Le Faux Soir is the closing film of Film Fest Gent

With this film, director Roskam pays tribute to one of the most daring acts of the Belgian Resistance during the Second World War: the publication of a fake edition of the newspaper Le Soir – which had been seized by the Germans at the time – in which the occupying forces and their propaganda were openly ridiculed. Belgian actor Arieh Worthalter plays the lead role of Marc “Yvon” Aubrion and heads an impressive Belgian-French cast, including Peter Van de Begin, Ruth Bequart, Karim Leklou, Bouli Lanners, François Damiens, Mara Taquin, Viviane De Muynck, Pierre Gervais and Jan Bijvoet. Cinéart will release *Le Faux Soir* in Belgian cinemas on 2 December 2026. 

With Le Faux Soir, Michaël R. Roskam revisits an almost forgotten chapter in Belgian history. On 9 November 1943, the Belgian Resistance succeeded in carrying out the most daring stunt in the history of the underground press, an action that would later inspire other resistance movements across Europe. The roars of laughter that echoed through occupied Belgium were heard as far afield as the Allied capitals, from London to Washington.