I found this movie barely palatable and I am French, so I didn't even have to bother with any sort of subtitle.
First, the storyline is riddled with clichés - Moulin's sentimental love affairs, of which in reality we know very little of, the "strong rebellious girl" played by Mélanie Laurent which inevitably outsmarts her male counterparts and whose presence doesn't really add anything to the plot, etc.
Secondly, whilst Francis Huster is generally a good actor, I didn't feel the charisma here. His Moulin seemed your average run-of-the-mill Joe who decides out of the blue to join the Resistance. I would think that a man who made such a bold decision, with all the risk it entailed at the time, and was so gutsy that he could withstand day long torture sessions without giving in would have a more forceful personality, but that didn't shine through in the movie.
Third, the movie states as facts what are largely unverified hypotheses and is also politically slanted. What it is almost certain that René Hardy was the main culprit in Moulin's capture, whether or not other people were involved is, to this day, a moot point. Clearly, the director was hell bent on casting the blame on the conservative wing of the French resistance with very flimsy evidence to back it up and while being oblivious to the fact that those involved ran the same risks as Moulin did, notably being captured, tortured and deported.
First, the storyline is riddled with clichés - Moulin's sentimental love affairs, of which in reality we know very little of, the "strong rebellious girl" played by Mélanie Laurent which inevitably outsmarts her male counterparts and whose presence doesn't really add anything to the plot, etc.
Secondly, whilst Francis Huster is generally a good actor, I didn't feel the charisma here. His Moulin seemed your average run-of-the-mill Joe who decides out of the blue to join the Resistance. I would think that a man who made such a bold decision, with all the risk it entailed at the time, and was so gutsy that he could withstand day long torture sessions without giving in would have a more forceful personality, but that didn't shine through in the movie.
Third, the movie states as facts what are largely unverified hypotheses and is also politically slanted. What it is almost certain that René Hardy was the main culprit in Moulin's capture, whether or not other people were involved is, to this day, a moot point. Clearly, the director was hell bent on casting the blame on the conservative wing of the French resistance with very flimsy evidence to back it up and while being oblivious to the fact that those involved ran the same risks as Moulin did, notably being captured, tortured and deported.