In Bruges

It looks like a major motion picture is being filmed now over the hill in Bruges. I fact, the film is calle "In Bruges", and is about some mobsters lying low there. It will star Colin Farrell and Ralph Fiennes. Some people I work with saw them filming about a week ago.

The Flemings are upset that apparently a French speaking actor Jeremy Renier, will be displayed speaking French, which some commentators found upsetting:

"Jeremy Renier is going to be the 'local character'. Jeremy Renier is a french speaking actor who will most likely speak French in this movie. French is NOT the local language in Bruges. I hope someone from the production team will make sure not to make the mistake of having the local characters in this movie speak French."- Nicofavo

This is followed up by numerous assenting comments decrying the fact, and demanding local Flemish be used in the movie. Which is immediately followed by Vlaamse political commentary about Belgian language issues. I do hope they use Flemish in the movie- if they don't, it will be incredibly inaccurate, and since most Americans learn geography from television, it makes it an even worse offense.

At any rate, now I'll keep my eye on this. It will be interesting to see when it comes out, since it allegedly addresses cultural exchanges between the characters and locale. The film info: http://imdb.com/title/tt0780536/