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Indigènes

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
Release date
2006
Running time
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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