‘De Gaulle’ Wins Top Prize at American French Film Festival

According to Variety, Antonin Baudry's two-part historical saga "De Gaulle," starring Simon Abkarian as the French general and Simon Russell Beale as Winston Churchill, took home the top audience prize at the 30th-anniversary edition of the American French Film Festival in Los Angeles. The films screened back-to-back on Saturday to packed theaters and received a seven-minute standing ovation. The milestone edition of the festival drew a total of 18,000 attendees.

