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Director:
Rachid Bouchareb
Screenplay:
Rachid Bouchareb, Olivier Lorelle
Cast:
Saïd: Jamel Debbouze
Yassir: Samy Naceri
Messaoud: Roschdy Zem
Abdelkader: Sami Bouajila
Sergent Roger Martinez: Bernard Blancan
Awards:
Best Screenplay, Lumière Awards (2007)
Best Writing, César Awards (2007)
Best Actor (male ensemble cast), Cannes Film Festival
(2006)
Running time: 120’
Production: France, Marocco, Algeria, Belgium, 2006
Rating: Rated R (war violence and brief language)
Gauge: 35mm, DVD (color)
Genre: Drama/History
Distributor:
Swank Motion Pictures
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"Days
of Glory makes no departures from previous war films,
but the tensions between the French commanders and the
indigenous troops - and the conflicts among themselves
over how best to respond to provocations - gives the film
its dramatic punch".
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter |
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In 1944 and
1945 the liberation of Italy, Provence, the Alps, the Rhone
Valley, Vosges, Alsace was essential to the victory of the
allies. What is little known is that these victories were
largely due to the accomplishment of recruits from Africa.
130 000 natives from North Africa and 20 000 Africans fought
to liberate France, a country they had never seen before.
With a reputation for endurance, sense of orientation and
great courage, they were sent to the front lines of the battlefields.
Days of Glory relates the forgotten story of these
soldiers known as “Indigènes” through four
of these courageous men: Yassir, Abdelkader, Saïd and
Messaoud. Yassir expects to collect a booty for his services
in the army. Surprised by the warm welcome he receives from
the French, Messaoud hopes to marry and live in France, in
order to escape racism in Algeria. By joining the military,
Saïd wishes to escape poverty in Morocco and hopes to
find a family in the French army. Abdelkader becomes a soldier
to fight for liberty and equality. While fighting for freedom,
these soldiers must face tremendous racism in the military,
and in French society, forcing them to struggle for equality
of treatment at every turn.
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