Movie: Vive la France

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Michel Audiard
Michel Audiard

Narrator (voice)

Albert Lebrun
Albert Lebrun

Self (archive footage)

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    Feature-film director Michel Audiard tackles what he believes to be the mistakenly heroic status given to Charles De Gaulle. In this documentary film, he uses humor, among other things, to demythologize him.

  • Release Date

    1974-09-16

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    4.25

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