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Director Michaël R. Roskam Turns WWII Fake Newspaper Prank Into Heist Movie

Michaël R. Roskam directs Le Faux Soir, a period comedy thriller about Resistance journalists who hijacked Belgium's biggest newspaper to mock the Nazis.

1 publisher · 1 article · first seen 13 Sept 2026 · updated 2h ago

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  1. ‘Words Are Weapons’: Michaël R. Roskam on Turning a WWII Fake-Newspaper Prank Into a Heist Movie The Hollywood Reporter ·

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