SCREENING FROM AUGUST 28th

The first part of Antonin Baudy’s ambitious portrait of one of modern France’s defining statesmen follows Charles de Gaulle (Simon Abkarian) from the collapse of France in 1940 to the emergence of the Free French movement in exile. Combining intimate character study with sweeping historical drama, the film examines the sacrifices, contradictions, and unwavering self-belief that shaped a leader in wartime. An engrossing exploration of courage, nationhood and the price of resistance.

Notes by David O’Mahony

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