Days of glory 2006

Heroes that history has forgotten…. Rachid Bouchareb Olivier Lorelle. Dominique Douret. Olivier Walczak Franck Rubio.

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.

Days of glory 2006

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. Loyal to his sergeant, the only person of stature and authority who has ever taken notice of him, Said is outwardly humble but has a fierce temper when his dignity is insulted. As he proudly recounts his battlefield exploits to a young Frenchwoman, Said's tale of heroism climaxes in a passionately declaration: "I free a country and it's my country. Even if I've never seen it before. It's my country.

Martinez Bernard Blancan.

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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. Is the promise of liberty, equality, and fraternity hollow?

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In many ways the story is related through the reactions of Abdelkader, especially the heartbreaking ending. 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. However, no attempt was made in this film to shoot around this issue. If you've missed this during the French Film Festival, don't fret. Did you know Edit. It portrays the contribution of the North African soldiers to the Free French Forces during the Second World War and also, about the discrimination against them. The Africans, who know that they'll never get promotions, aren't happy to see this. As always, the prejudicial views at the time are as frustrating as they are now and I'm not sure things are getting any better. 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. This means the film is good and worth seeing, but it had room for improvement. The anti-Semitism is presented in most of the films about WWII; racism and segregation with the American soldiers has been explored in a couple of movies; but the treatment spent to the Arab soldiers in World War II by France command is the first time that I see in a movie. Film Credits. She strips. He's restored after the brass realize they cannot dispense with his skills as a marksman.

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.

Sign In Sign In. In truth the movie's never about the glorification of gore, violence and war - most scenes aren't really blood splattering to draw in the crowds. Though conventional in its technique and lacking in any real character development, Days of Glory, a French Moroccan Algerian co-production, is an involving and heartfelt film whose outstanding ensemble cast won the award for Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival. The value of both films are that they chronicle the little-known history of discrimination against these minority group soldiers despite all their sacrifices made during wartime. 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. In Indigenes, the abuses keep coming, slowly, but surely. The Germans march into town, taking no cover, and are picked off too easily by the North Africans. Even he proves a brave fighter in a pinch. That is blatant discrimination! In its portrayal of officers in jeeps making patriotic speeches and Arab volunteers foot-slogging through difficult country, the film underlines a divide which continues to exist within French society. Now playing. The Africans, who know that they'll never get promotions, aren't happy to see this. Rachid Bouchareb Olivier Lorelle. Many details, some relatively banal, others terribly outrageous, keep piling up as these men slowly realize they are being cynically used and abused by the French military. They see their service pragmatically as a ticket to a better life, and, meanwhile, they aren't beneath stealing from corpses on the battlefield.