Un Soir de Joie (1955)
- Original title
- Un soir de joie
- Directed by
- Gaston Schoukens
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- Belgium
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
In German-occupied Belgium during World War II, the film shows how the resistance creates a fake satirical version of a newspaper run by the Nazis. It follows the ordinary people involved in this trick and includes many shots of 1950s Brussels.
lightheartedsatiricalwhimsicalnostalgicslow-pacedgentlehumorousobservational
What happens
Un Soir de Joie (French) is a Belgian comic film directed by Gaston Schoukens and released in 1955. The film's plot takes place in German-occupied Belgium during World War II and focuses on the so-called Faux Soir, a satirical version of the German-controlled newspaper Le Soir produced by the resistance. The film includes extensive footage of Brussels in the 1950s, where it was filmed on location. Marcel Roels, Roger Dutoit, Jean-Pierre Loriot, Victor Guyau, Madeleine Rivière, Jacques Philippet, Francine Vendel all acted in the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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