Belgian director Olivier Ringer and his producer brother Yves Ringer have been enjoying success for several years now in the domain of live action films for young audiences, offering up movies which have made their way around the world, including Pom, le poulain, On The Sly [+leggi anche:
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With Les Gentils, the directors are changing register to try their hand at a social comedy, examining the scars and after-effects of globalisation within a small community.

When their biggest client relocates, Michel and Blandine’s small business slowly begins to sink, dragging its staff down with it. Just when they’re losing everything, including their house and their love for one another, they receive help from Florent, their accountant, and Bruno, one of their workers. Together, the four of them try to find a way through.

To star in their film, which is deeply rooted in the local area, Olivier and Yves Ringer have chosen four Belgian actors/actresses who are well-known to the public and ooze popularity: Renaud Rutten (an actor trained in improv and hailing from the world of one-man-shows, as well as a radio commentator well-liked by Belgian audiences who is continually shooting films and TV shows and was recently seen in The Most Assassinated Woman in the World [+leggi anche:
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Les Gentils - a 100% Belgian film - is produced by Yves Ringer and Ring Prod. Filming is due to wrap mid-May, having kicked off at the end of March in Brussels and its surrounds.