Summer blockbuster: Why the French keep coming back to Charles de Gaulle
The release of a two-part summer blockbuster on General Charles de Gaulleโs fight to rally resistance to Nazi occupation is yet another sign that the once-divisive figure continues to fascinate the French public. And while his name risks being turned into an empty signifier of fading French glory on the lips of politicians of every stripe, his call for France to forge its own foreign policy โ free of Washingtonโs dictates โ may have found new relevance as Europeโs relationship with the US worsens.