Days of Glory

Name: Days of Glory
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Released: December 6, 2006
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 82
Cast: Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Samy Naceri

2006

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IFC Films | Release Date: December 6, 2006 | R

Starring: Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Samy Naceri

Summary: 1943. The young North Africans had never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war, Said, Abdelkader, Messaoud and Yassir enlisted in the French Army, along with 130,000 other "indigenous soldiers," to liberate the "fatherland" from the Nazi enemy. These heroes that history forgot won battles in Italy, Provence and the1943. The young North Africans had never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war, Said, Abdelkader, Messaoud and Yassir enlisted in the French Army, along with 130,000 other "indigenous soldiers," to liberate the "fatherland" from the Nazi enemy. These heroes that history forgot won battles in Italy, Provence and the Vosges before finding themselves alone to defend an Alsatian village against a German battalion. (The Weinstein Company)… Expand

Director: Rachid Bouchareb

Genre(s): Action, Drama, War

Rating: R

Runtime: 120 min

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Joe Morgenstern

A splendid war movie. The combat sequences are harrowing -- all the more so for the director's spare, sharp-eyed style -- and the performances are phenomenally fine.

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TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

On the list of WWII stories criminally ignored by six decades of combat movies in the past 60 years, the heroics of French colonial soldiers ranks pretty high. But Rachid Bouchareb's powerful drama -- which won the 2006 Cannes Film Festival's best-actors award for its superb ensemble cast and was nominated for a best foreign-language-film Oscar, went a long way toward rectifying the situation, both on screen and in real life. Read full review

Peter Travers

Bouchareb's film helped shame the French government into raising pensions for more than 80,000 of these veterans. Here's that rare movie that really did change things. I'll be damned. Read full review

A.O. Scott

It is a chronicle of courage and sacrifice, of danger and solidarity, of heroism and futility, told with power, grace and feeling and brought alive by first-rate acting. A damn good war movie. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

Days Of Glory isn't subtle in its exploration of the racial politics of warfare, but its grim, cynical portrayal of young men considered worthy enough to die for a foreign country, yet unworthy of being treated as equals, proves bluntly powerful. Read full review

Rick Groen

In recounting this conflicted tale, director Rachid Bouchareb displays some valour of his own, resisting what must have been a strong temptation to deal in aggrieved agitprop, and instead, quietly but powerfully, confining his attentions to a small group of indigenous soldiers. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

The story here isn't much, and the truth it reveals, to them and us, isn't earthshaking, just quiet and somber. Read full review

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PeterF.

Apr 25, 2008

Brilliant on just about all fronts. Easy to follow, simple with an important aim. Essential viewing.