Antonin Baudry’s two-part World War II epic about Charles de Gaulle made its U.S. premiere Saturday at the American French Film Festival in Los Angeles, drawing a seven-minute standing ovation after both installments, each running more than two and a half hours, played back-to-back to packed audiences at the DGA Theater. The €74 million production, starring Simon Abkarian as the French general and Simon Russell Beale as Winston Churchill, marks one of Pathé’s boldest gambles following “The Count of Monte Cristo” and the two-part “The Three Musketeers,” which were also distributed in the U.S. by Samuel Goldwyn Films. Related Stories...
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