The Grand Charles

Presentation

August 1944: in a liberated Paris , Charles de Gaulle descends the Champs-Élysées in triumph. It is up to him to raise a bloodless country and no one thinks of challenging his authority. In a few months, however, the unity forged in the Resistance is shattered, with partisan quarrels taking over. De Gaulle, little inclined to the political game, is exhausted in sterile struggles. On January 20, 1946, he abruptly announced his resignation. No doubt he plans that his departure this Sunday will create a healthy shock and that the French will call him back in the following weeks. But nothing like that happens. The Fourth Republicthe country straightened up, the memory of the war fading away. Thus begins for de Gaulle what history will call the “crossing of the desert”, twelve years of loneliness, disappointed hopes and bitterness. Fortunately, the writing of his memoirs occupies the General daily. Remembering the hardships of war, will he forget the mediocrity of the present hours? Does the evocation of his harsh confrontations with Churchill and Roosevelt compensate for the poor reply that his opponents of the moment make against him? Where will the spark come from? Can an unforeseen situation bring him back to the head of the country?

Technical sheet

• Production: GMT Productions / France 2 / Arte France / with the support of the Île-de-France Region
• Produced by Jean-Pierre Guérin
• Written and directed by Bernard Stora
• Literary Director: Sonia Moyersoen
• Original music: Vincent Stora
• Pictures: Gérard De Battista
• Editing: Jacques Comets
• Sets: Jean-Pierre Bazerolle and Jimena Esteva
• Sound: Henri Morel
• Mixing: Stéphane Thiebaut
• Costumes: Virginia Vogwill
• Makeup Chef: Charly Koubesserian
• Special makeup: Dominique Colladant
• Cast: Nicolas Ronchi
• Repeater: Daniel Marchaudon
• 2 ^e camera Stéphane Degnieau
• Archives: Véronique Lambert de Guyze
• Editing archives: David Korn-Brzoza
• 1 ^st assistant and director of the 2 ^e team: Alan Corno
• Production Manager: Philippe Chaussende
• Executive production: Véronique Marchat
• Shot in High Definition
• Duration: 3:25
• Year: 2005
• 1 ^st broadcast on France 2: Monday 27 and Tuesday, March 28, 2006
• 1 ^st broadcast on Arte: Friday, May 9, 2008 at 21h (the two parties following)
• 2 ^nd broadcast on France 2: Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 15:10 (the two parties in a row)
• 2 ^nd broadcast on Arte: Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 8:40 pm (both parties in a row)
• Country: France
• Genre: Documentary fiction

Distribution

Distinctions

This film received two FIPA in 2006, category series and soap operas, the FIPA Gold Award for Best Actor Bernard Farcy and FIPA silver for Bernard Stora ¹ .

Bernard Farcy was also nominated at the 2006 Emmy Awards ² for his performance.

See also

Related Articles

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External links

• (in) Grand Charles [ archive ] on the Internet Movie Database
  • (in) Episode 1 [ archive ] on the Internet Movie Database
  • (in) Episode 2 [ archive ] on the Internet Movie Database
• The Grand Charles [ archive ] on Allociné
• (in) Grand Charles [ archive ] on the Site British Film Institute

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