{"id":33629,"date":"2026-08-20T09:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T09:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/33629\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T09:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T09:49:10","slug":"san-sebastian-to-close-with-film-about-media-hack-in-nazi-belgium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/33629\/","title":{"rendered":"San Sebastian to Close With Film About Media Hack in Nazi Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBelgian filmmaker\u00a0Micha\u00ebl R. Roskam\u00a0will return to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/marion-cotillard-mike-leigh-pablo-larrain-in-san-sebastian-1236658023\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Sebasti\u00e1n Film Festival<\/a> to close the official selection of the 74th edition of the Spanish festival in an out-of-competition with\u00a0Le Faux Soir, which will gets its European premiere following its world premiere at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/tiff-cate-blanchett-margaret-qualley-naomi-watts-premieres-1236650048\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe movie \u201crecreates one of the most curious episodes of the Belgian resistance movement during the Second World War, a clandestine operation that turned the press into a weapon against the Nazi occupiers,\u201d according to a synopsis.<\/p>\n<p>With\u00a0The Drop (2014), starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace and James Gandolfini, the filmmaker won the jury prize for best screenplay at San Sebastian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBased on the book\u00a0Le \u201cFaux\u201d Soir, 9 novembre 1943 by Marie Istas, the cast of the new film features Arieh Worthalter, M\u00e9lanie Thierry, Karim Leklou, Mara Taquin, Bouli Lanners, Julien Frison and Fran\u00e7ois Damiens, among others. The story is set in 1943, when, having occupied Belgium, the Nazis turn the national newspaper\u00a0Le Soir\u00a0into their propaganda tool. \u201cTo raise the spirits of the Belgian people, a group of resistance fighters comes up with a wild idea, to print a fake edition of the newspaper mocking the occupier in what some historians consider to be the first-ever media hack,\u201d reads the synopsis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tLe Faux Soir is a Belgian-French co-production. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tRoskam, who worked as a journalist for the Dutch-language newspaper\u00a0De Morgen, made his feature film debut with\u00a0Bullhead\u00a0(2011). In 2021, he directed the first three episodes of the miniseries Black Bird, starring Taron Egerton, which received Emmy and Golden Globe award nominations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tEarlier this week, the Spanish festival unveiled Fatih Akin\u2019s Ghost Song as its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/san-sebastian-2026-fatih-akin-ghost-song-opening-film-1236676846\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 opening film<\/a>. The 73rd edition of the San Sebastian festival takes place Sept. 18-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Belgian filmmaker\u00a0Micha\u00ebl R. 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