🎬 The DE GAULLE saga hits the big screen at Cité du Cinéma!
On Sunday 18 October, Cité du Cinéma offers you a themed weekend under the banner of History, with three films on the bill: NOTRE SALUT, hailed by exceptional reviews, stands out as a must-see this season, showing at Cité du Cinéma. Alongside it, the DE GAULLE saga, the event of the summer, returns to tell the extraordinary story of the famous general. Directed by Antonin Baudry, director of LE CHANT DU LOUP, LA BATAILLE DE GAULLE, divided into two parts, vividly portrays the decisive hours of June 1940 and Charles de Gaulle's fight to continue the war and organize Free France. An ambitious historical narrative matched by spectacular filmmaking. Book your ticket now to discover the first part: LA BATAILLE DE GAULLE – L'ÂGE DE FER
General Info
📍 Location: Cité du Cinéma – Saint-Denis
📅 Dates and times: Sunday 18 October at 16:50
⏳ Duration: 2h39
🎞 Version: French version
👤 Age requirement: general audience with warning (A battle scene showing dead and mutilated bodies and the soundtrack may be distressing for sensitive or young viewers.) 🎟 Discovery Rate: €10 (plus €0.40 booking fee per ticket)
❓Check the FAQs for this experience here
💡Discover the rest of the programming here
The Film
🎭 Genre: Historical, Thriller
🎬 Directed by: Antonin Baudry
✍ Screenplay: Antonin Baudry and Bérénice Vila
⭐ Starring: Simon Abkarian, Simon Russell Beale, Florian Lesieur, Benoît Magimel, Mathieu Kassovitz, Anamaria Vartolomei
Synopsis
June 1940. France is collapsing and signs the armistice. Amid the chaos, one man refuses to give in. Alone against all, this unknown general escapes to London to save what remains of a dream: freedom. Without an army, without support, without hope. But with one crazy conviction: France, his France, has not laid down its arms. He tries one last gamble: to convince the world that the Battle of France is neither over nor lost. Reality is stubborn, and proves him wrong. But slowly, resistance fighters working in the shadows, rebellious students, and determined soldiers begin to rally around him in England, France, and Africa. Their faith, boldness, and thirst for freedom defy History, which seemed already written.
