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  • 2006
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  • IFC Films
  • 2 h 3 m
  • 2006
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 2 h 3 m

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 the V...

Directed By: Rachid Bouchareb

Written By: Olivier Lorelle, Rachid Bouchareb

  • 2006
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 2 h 3 m
  • 2006
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 2 h 3 m

Days of Glory

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 25 Critic Reviews
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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 the V...

Directed By: Rachid Bouchareb

Written By: Olivier Lorelle, Rachid Bouchareb

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 25 Critic Reviews
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8% Mixed
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Universal Acclaim Based on 25 Critic Reviews
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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.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
90
Indigènes is a stupendous work--and why that new title stinks to heaven.
By David Edelstein FULL REVIEW
88
Its social impact is part of what makes this movie memorable. But as with almost any exceptional, truthful war picture, Days of Glory moves us because we know the soldiers -- because we share their fear, triumph and pain.
By Michael Wilmington FULL REVIEW
80
The performances are so passionate and the characters (even minor ones) so deftly sketched that it's impossible not to get swept up. You watch the battle scenes from behind your hands, just praying that these guys make it.
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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.
By Rick Groen FULL REVIEW
70
Is there anything new here? Honestly, not really. The content is the same, the plot the familiar litany of ordeals leavened by soapy interludes. But the fight that develops is taut, tough and extremely bitter; it's never showy in the grinding, big-movie Spielbergian way, but a portrait of the war's daily interface with hell in a very small space, as the four stand against a much larger unit.
By Stephen Hunter FULL REVIEW
50
Days of Glory has good intentions and a well-executed combat scene, but it could do with more originality.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Tessalit Productions, Kiss Films, France 2 Cinéma, France 3 Cinéma, StudioCanal, Taza Productions, Tassili Films, La Petite Reine, Versus Production, Royaume du Maroc, SCOPE Invest, La Région Île-de-France, Région Franche-Comté, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Région Alsace, Conseil Général des Vosges, Région Aquitaine, Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge, Royal Air Maroc, Maroc Telecom, F.A.S.I.L.D., Canal+, CinéCinéma, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Cofinova 1, Cofinova 2, Scope Pictures
Release Date Dec 6, 2006
Duration 2 h 3 m
Rating R
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Tagline The true story of World War II's forgotten heroes
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Awards

Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
César Awards, France
• 1 Win & 9 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations

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