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Ben CROLL

Film show: French WWII epic 'De Gaulle: Resistance' hits screens

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Ben Croll takes us through four films from the Cannes Film Festival which are being released in cinemas this week. One of France's biggest film events of the year is Antonin Baudry's "De Gaulle: Resistance", the first of a two-part WWII epic centred on French general Charles de Gaulle, from the fall of France in 1940 to the liberation in 1945. Ben tells us why this film is part of a new trend of French blockbusters focused on uniquely French stories.

World War II is also the inspiration for "Silent Rebellion", a Swiss film about a rape survivor's journey of self-discovery amidst the country's policy of neutrality during the war.

In other releases: "Crescendo" is a backstage comedy set in the world of opera and the #MeToo movement, while "Mata" is an espionage thriller for fans of the TV series "The Bureau".

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