Run time: 159 mins

(Subtitled)

Language: French

The second part of Antonin Baudry’s two-part series devoted to the figure of the General follows De Gaulle in his quest for freedom and the sovereignty of France.

De Gaulle (Simon Abkarian) believes in a free France, and he is prepared to confront on Moroccan soil both General Giraud (Thierry Lhermitte), a dignitary put forward by the US who has no qualms about collaborating with the collaborators, as well as President Roosevelt (Campbell Scott), who has a firm vision of a Europe with redrawn borders.

The film weaves three storylines together. First, that of the General: an uncompromising hero who upends diplomacy to safeguard his country’s interests. Next is that of Jean Moulin (Félix Kysyl), the great organiser of the domestic Resistance and France’s youngest prefect, whose determination overcomes the ideological differences between the various Resistance leaders. Finally, there is the story of General Leclerc (Niels Schneider), who leads his battalion to victory in the Libyan desert against the German panzers, despite being vastly outnumbered.

A much grittier, bloodier film, Liberté brings this defining chapter in the General’s life – and in France’s destiny – to a grand close