Days of Glory (2006 film)
| Days of Glory Indigènes |
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| Directed by | Rachid Bouchareb |
| Starring |
Jamel Debbouze Samy Naceri Sami Bouajila Roschdy Zem Bernard Blancan |
| Cinematography | Patrick Blossier |
| Distributed by |
North America: The Weinstein Company IFC Films International sales: UK Film Council Metrodome Entertainment Sky Movies BBC 4 |
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Release date
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2006 |
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Running time
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128 minutes |
| Country | France Morocco Belgium Algeria |
| Language | French, Arabic |
| Budget | $14.5 million |
| Box office | $22.5 million |
Days of Glory (French: Indigènes - "Natives"; Arabic: بلديون) is a 2006 French film directed by Rachid Bouchareb. The cast includes Sami Bouajila, Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Mélanie Laurent and Bernard Blancan.
The film deals with the contribution of North African soldiers to the Free French Forces during the Second World War and, controversially, with the discrimination against them. The film's release contributed to a partial recognition of the pension rights of soldiers from former French possessions by the French government.
Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila and Bernard Blancan won the Prix d'interprétation masculine at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
The film begins in North Africa where large numbers of indigènes (French Algerian Tirailleurs as well as Tunisian or Moroccan Goumiers) have been recruited into the French First Army of the Free French Forces, that has been formed to liberate France of the Nazi occupation in World War II.
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