Days of glory 2006

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Heroes that history has forgotten…. Rachid Bouchareb Olivier Lorelle. Dominique Douret. Olivier Walczak Franck Rubio. Algeria Belgium France Morocco. Arabic French. History War Drama.

Days of glory 2006

Sign In. Days of Glory Hide Spoilers. I was happy to see this film. However, this one is about men from the French colony of Algeria--folks you seldom ever hear about and I am sure many people from my country had no idea these folks fought for the Allies. In fact, now that I think about it, the only film where I can remember North African troops was "Two Women" and the Moroccan soldiers who raped the two ladies in the film! So, fortunately, these brave men get their due in "Days of Glory". These four volunteered to free their mother country in However, they soon saw that they weren't quite regular soldiers. Instead of receiving accolades or rank for their efforts, the men noticed that the white Christian French soldiers received these honors and the job of these Algerians was to shut up and die. Other examples of prejudice against these men were shown throughout the film as well as many incidents where they proved themselves in action. While I am thrilled that the men in this film finally get their due, I only give the film a 7.

As he walks out of the village, he passes a film cameraman filming only white French troops standing by the liberated villagers.

Algeria , With the Allies having beaten the Germans in North Africa , the Free French forces begin recruiting locals to bolster their numbers. Among the Algerians joining up are Said, an illiterate goat herder; Messaoud, who wants to move to France and assimilate; and Abdelkader, a politically-aware type who thinks that participation in the war against Germany will help Algerians gain equal treatment and political rights within The French Colonial Empire. Their unit commanders are "pied-noirs", Algerian residents of French ethnicity, including their sergeant, Martinez. The men are formed into an army. They first see action in Italy where they are tossed at German gun positions as cannon fodder by heedless French senior officers.

The film, the Algerian nominee for the best foreign-language film Oscar and the winner of a special acting ensemble award at the Cannes Film Festival, follows a group of indigenes from Algeria to Morocco, through Italy to Provence, and finally to a village in Alsace, where they station themselves in anticipation of joining the invading Allied troops. These men consider themselves French citizens, but the French military treats them as second-class soldiers, denying them equipment, promotions, even tomatoes with their rations. Officers exploit their fervent patriotism, making promises they have no intention of keeping, to motivate the "wogs" to fight and die for the "fatherland" that treats them like bastard children. As is customary for this kind of genre picture, the main characters are not much more than types, but the actors are splendid at fleshing them out. Said popular French comedian and sitcom star Jamel Debbouze leaves his impoverished life to enlist in the Army, becoming a personal assistant or man-servant to Sgt. Martinez Bernard Blancan. He's a small, quiet man, a poor illiterate peasant as rough as the perpetually heavy black stubble on his face.

Days of glory 2006

Sign In Sign In. New Customer? Create account. Jump to Summaries 4 Synopsis 1 Edit. Algeria, , through Italy and France, to Alsace in early , with a coda years later. North Africans volunteer to fight Germans to liberate France, their motherland. The men fight with courage against a backdrop of small and large indignities: French soldiers get better food, time for leave, and promotions.

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Never Learned to Read : Said is illiterate. The battle scenes are ambitiously but unimaginatively staged; they feel obligatory, and they prevent the slower storytelling stretches from doing more than scratching the surfaces of complicated questions. Tools Tools. It's an interesting bit of history that pulls back from the war cemeteries and brings these men to life. Agadir, Morocco. Time Skip : There's a pretty big time skip from the Algerian forces first being assembled in , to them seeing action for the first time in Italy. Credit must go to the ensemble cast of actors who play the warriors of North Africa, as they battle both the enemies on French soil, as well as enemies of men's heart. This group jointly received the Best Actor award at Cannes last May. Trailer Keep a look out for it! The French officer promises that Abdelkader and the other colonial soldiers will get the rewards and recognition that success in this operation will bring. The movie is well paced and straddled moments of action and quiet contemplation with aplomb. It turns out that Debbouze is actually one of the film's producers who contributed a bit of money to the film's production, so it appears they could not avoid using him. Historically significant!

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Their mission is to capture a heavily-defended mountain, but it soon becomes clear that their French commanding officer is using them as cannon fodder to identify artillery targets. Film Credits. Roschdy Zem Messaoud Souni. When a unit of Germans arrives into the village, a battle breaks out. On the one hand it can be seen as a sensible and worthy attempt to integrate Muslims into official French history. You feel frustrated, but you think of your rice bowl, and decide to grit your teeth and bear it, calling it just another day, secretly longing for a time where you are empowered to do something about it. Bernard Blancan as Martinez. Toggle limited content width. Chris Knipp 17 December Noteworthy is the subtext of unequal, discriminatory treatment of the Algerians, compared to French soldiers e. The men are hailed as liberators when they arrive in Marseilles, but, despite their bravery, they are discriminated against at every turn. Why this is I do not know, but it ought to be attributed to the film and not the superb performances.