Desolé, but this one is rather, no mostly kitschy
De Gaulle is one of "my men", definitely. Washed up from somewhere by more destiny than determination to become a leading figure of moral firmness in times of helplessness.
This movie however seems to concentrate on kitsch elements alone, stretching out the adventurous escape of his wife from France to the maximum. Not to talk about the somewhat manipulating focus on the daughter with down syndrome, it's of almost stupid, emotionally appealing voyerism, how this movie-telling card is played. There is barely any depth in the movie, specially pointing out de Gaulle's lost position within the winning agenda of defaitism of the government.
A wasted opportunity to set a cinematographic milestone around this important figure.
Alarmingly of almost the same annoying, opportunistic current zeitgeist of political correctness as most german productions of this sort. Vous meritez du mieux, mes chers ...
De Gaulle is one of "my men", definitely. Washed up from somewhere by more destiny than determination to become a leading figure of moral firmness in times of helplessness.
This movie however seems to concentrate on kitsch elements alone, stretching out the adventurous escape of his wife from France to the maximum. Not to talk about the somewhat manipulating focus on the daughter with down syndrome, it's of almost stupid, emotionally appealing voyerism, how this movie-telling card is played. There is barely any depth in the movie, specially pointing out de Gaulle's lost position within the winning agenda of defaitism of the government.
A wasted opportunity to set a cinematographic milestone around this important figure.
Alarmingly of almost the same annoying, opportunistic current zeitgeist of political correctness as most german productions of this sort. Vous meritez du mieux, mes chers ...