The 74th San Sebastián Film Festival will conclude its official competition with ‘Le Faux Soir,’ a Belgian-French co-production directed by Michaël R. Roskam. The film receives its European premiere at the Spanish festival after debuting at Toronto. Roskam previously won the jury prize for best screenplay at San Sebastián for his 2014 film ‘The Drop,’ which starred Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace and James Gandolfini.
‘Le Faux Soir’ centers on a significant episode in Belgian resistance history during World War II. The narrative focuses on a covert operation in which resistance fighters created and distributed a counterfeit edition of the Belgian newspaper Le Soir, which had been commandeered by Nazi occupiers as a propaganda instrument. According to the film’s synopsis, the fake newspaper was designed to boost morale among the Belgian population through mockery of the occupying forces, with some historians regarding the effort as an early instance of media manipulation tactics.
The film is based on the book ‘Le “Faux” Soir, 9 novembre 1943’ by Marie Istas and is set in 1943. The cast includes Arieh Worthalter, Mélanie Thierry, Karim Leklou, Mara Taquin, Bouli Lanners, Julien Frison and François Damiens. Roskam previously worked as a journalist for the Dutch-language publication De Morgen before launching his film career. His debut feature, ‘Bullhead,’ premiered in 2011, and he later directed the opening three episodes of the miniseries ‘Black Bird,’ which earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.
The San Sebastián Film Festival’s opening film for the event will be Fatih Akin’s ‘Ghost Song.’ The festival runs later this month.
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