De Gaulle, l'éclat et le secret

This is so cheeky and cheesy, what a disappointment to see Samuel Labarthe in this "Naufrage". The director has made a Theatrical performance not a series. The credibility is going down episode by episode. It is difficult to decide which of Malraux or Pompidou is the worst interpretation! Malraux is interpreted as an escapee of "La Cage aux Folles" and Pompidou looks like Don Corleon from "The GodFather". Bad, very bad...It looks like this series was designed to kill a second time De Gaulle, this time under a flood of pink marshmallows!

Plodding and ponderous dialogue dominate as we skate through what is probably a highly sanitised version of De Gaulle's life.

The characters communicate in rousing epithets, ladling on the patriotism by the bucket load.

I'm sure that De Gaulle loved his country, his wife and children very much, and that's a good thing, but the ham fisted focus on his struggle, despite his doubts about the rightness of his purpose, just makes this too much of a hagiography for my taste.

In the end, it probably gives an ok précis of his life and no doubt enormous achievements, but seriously suffers from lousy writing.

I am not French, I have no knowledge of De Gaulle. I was curious to know about this French icon. This series didn't help much. It was confusing, moving forward and backward in timelines. I suggest the documentary "De Gaulle: histoire d'un géant" if you are interested in De Gaulle