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De Gaulle, Jean Moulin, Vichy: why the Second World War still fascinates

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The Battle of Gaullein theaters this Wednesday, arouses enormous expectations. On the power of the subject, no one has until now tackled such a fresco. On the interpretation of the man of June 18, the title role being entrusted to Simon Abkarian. And on the success that this diptych by Antonin Baudry, the director from Polytechnic and Normalien du Wolf songwhose 75 million euros budget is financed by Pathé. Released on March 18, Rays and shadowsby Xavier Giannoli, is approaching 900,000 entries. Are expected at the start of the school year Moulin (by Laszlo Nemes) about the hero of the Resistance and Our Salvation (by Emmanuel Marre) on Vichy.


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