The Battle of Gaulle, Moulin, Notre Salut… Why the Second World War is making a comeback in cinema

She really doesn’t look 80 years old. The Second World War returns to the screen these days with tanks shining in the sun, little soldiers and big men. It has been a long time since the conflict was represented with such means. Around 70 million euros were disbursed for the two parts of The Battle of Gaulle  - curious title – of which festival-goers discovered the first episode on Wednesday evening. Two weeks before the rest of France. The most famous Frenchman, played by Simon Abkarian, walked the red carpet not far from General KÅ“nig (Benoît Magimel) and Marshal Leclerc (Niels Schneider).

This staff embodies the new wave of films dedicated to the period and screened at the Cannes Film Festival.Moulinby Laszlo Nemes, illustrates the ordeal of the prefect who refused to give in to Klaus Barbie, Our Salvationby Emmanuel Marre, explores the Vichy machine, andThe Third Night, by Daniel Auteuil, relates the rescue of young Jews in 1942. The good…