Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 160 min
- Language
- French
- Country
- France, Belgium, United States
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
June, 1940. France collapses and signs the armistice. In the midst of the chaos, one man refuses to give up. Alone against the odds, this unknown general flees to London to save what remains of freedom.
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Simon Abkarian
Charles de Gaulle
Simon Russell Beale
Winston Churchill
Florian Lesieur
Fernand
Benoît Magimel
Koenig
- Mathieu Kassovitz — Darlan
- Loïc Corbery — Pleven
- Anamaria Vartolomei — Livia
- Niels Schneider — Général Leclerc
- Félix Kysyl — Jean Moulin/Rex
- Karim Leklou — Blazej
- Tom Mison — Anthony Eden
- Kacey Mottet Klein — Courcel
- Campbell Scott — Roosevelt
- Grégoire Colin — D'Argenlieu
- Daniel Betts — Eisenhower
- Directed
- Antonin Baudry
- Written
- Bérénice Vila, Antonin Baudry
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 170 ratings
- Studio
- Pathé, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, TF1 Films Production, Ness Films, Beside Productions, LDRP
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
2026 · You’re hereDe Gaulle: Résistance
Where it starts.
De Gaulle: Liberté
2026
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
