Synopsis
1943. They have never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war, Said, Abdelkader, Messaoud and Yassir enlist in the French Army, along with 130,000 other “indigenous” soldiers, to liberate the “fatherland” from the Nazi enemy. Heroes that history has forgotten…
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Cast
- Jamel DebbouzeSaïd Otmari
- Samy NaceriYassir
- Roschdy ZemMessaoud Souni
- Sami BouajilaAbdelkader
- Bernard BlancanSergent Roger Martinez
- Mathieu SimonetCaporal Leroux
- Assaad BouabLarbi
- Benoît GirosCapitaine Durieux
- Mélanie LaurentMargueritte village Vosges
- Antoine ChappeyLe colonel
Recommendations
- 100
Wall Street Journal
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. - 100
Entertainment Weekly
The ensemble cast shared the best-actor award at the 2006 Cannes film festival -- and rightly so. - 90
Los Angeles Times
As directed by Rachid Bouchareb, himself born in France to Algerian immigrants, "Days of Glory" is a kind of a North African "Saving Private Ryan," a taut, involving film that delivers all the things we look for in war movies and does so with intelligence and integrity. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
With strong visuals and even stronger emotions, Rachid Bouchareb's Days of Glory makes a powerful war film about a particularly unique subject. - 80
The New York Times
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. - 75
The A.V. Club
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. - 75
New York Daily News
Conventional, but intensely passionate, war movie. - 70
Variety
Committed performances and strong widescreen lensing carry the message with a righteous, if heavy weight.
