Just one month after its first half, comes the conclusion to Antonin Baudry’s huge retelling of the tense, many-sided struggle to free WWII-era France.
Having helped France cling on to its identity and will to survive from London, Charles de Gaulle must continue to marshal support against Nazi Germany from across the globe, not least from a newly entered America sceptical of his legitimacy. Alongside him, a young French prefect struggles to band the domestic resistance together and a general in North Africa prepares to fight a much larger Panzer force – and against fierce odds, a greater victory begins to seem possible. Made in tandem with the first half, director Baudry continues to add detail, depth, lesser-known stories, and moment-by-moment excitement to an oft-told history, while Simon Abkarian still shines as the droll, unsinkable general.
