Initially, De Gaulle was released on March 4, 2020. But with the cinemas closing on March 13, the duration of operation was short-lived. To make up for this shortfall, SND has decided to release the film in theaters since June 22. The opportunity to return to this biopic of Gabriel Le Bomin. Gabriel Le Bomin has recently distinguished himself through Nos Patriotes or Tout contre elle. But with De Gaulle, he changes register and offers a very precise biopic on the history of the general. For the occasion, he surrounds himself with a four-star cast with Lambert Wilson as General De Gaulle, Isabelle Carré as his wife Yvonne de Gaulle, or Olivier Gourmet in the clothes of President Paul Reynaud.
A classic but precise biopic
De Gaulle clearly does not propose anything innovative. Gabriel Le Bomin prefers to fall into the ultra classic biopic, playing it safe and leaving little room for creativity and originality. De Gaulle is a bit like the staged general's Wikipedia page . A documented, precise film that traces a whole period of the life of this great French figure but without any zest of madness. De Gaulle is a terribly academic film. Difficult to do more academic as the film takes all the shackles of its genre. The staging is rather platonic, offering no inventiveness. 
In short, you have understood the picture; De Gaulle is a precise, pedagogical and informative feature film, but extremely classic. Gabriel Le Bomin ticks the boxes of the specifications without really thinking about how he can magnify his aesthetic and creative approach. De Gaulle is, of course, a careful film, whether in its photography or in what it tells, but it never emerges from its status as a conventional biopic.
An interesting time choice
There, where Gabriel Le Bomin is intelligent, it is in what he chooses to tell. De Gaulle stands out from his peers thanks to the period chosen. The filmmaker prefers to focus on a small but important stage of his career rather than retrace his entire life. And the choice is far-sighted. Gabriel Le Bomin focuses on the very beginning of the war. He made his film debut in May 1940, when the conflict intensified. Thus, through this prism, De Gaulle makes it possible to show the rise in power of the general. The film tells the story of how this political figure managed in such a complex situation. The director shows how De Gaulle became the icon we know today. Thus, this choice to reduce the timeline to this precise moment of the conflict is the primary interest of the footage. It is thanks to this detail that the film stands out a minimum of the countless other biopics on De Gaulle. Preferring to focus on a fatal era that nevertheless made De Gaulle grow. As for Lamber Wilson, he portrayed a solid General De Gaulle. The actor is rather convincing in the clothes of this emblematic politician. Without overdoing it, Lambert Wilson manages to find the right balance between his own style and the universal representation of De Gaulle. De Gaulle is therefore a relatively classic but rather effective biopic. An interesting reconstruction, rather wise, but totally mastered. Lambert Wilson portrays a solid general. https://youtu.be/gzkGfqvuS_c
