After more than five years in the making, Antonin Baudry’s deftly drawn geopolitical thriller DE GAULLE: RÉSISTANCE is the first part of a duology about the statesman and former President of France.

June 1940. France collapses and signs the Armistice. In the midst of the chaos, one man, Charles de Gaulle (Simon Abkarian), refuses to give up. Taking the ultimate gamble, he flees to London and seeks to convince the world that the battle for France is neither over nor lost. What follows next is a triumphant story of faith, audacity and an unshakeable quest for freedom that depicts the reality of intense politics, family struggles, and the impact of war.

Some French language, English subtitles.