Days of Glory (2006)
7/10
120 min
2006
fr
Action
Drama
War
Synopsis
Algeria, 1943, through Italy and France, to Alsace in early 1945, with a coda years later. North Africans volunteer to fight Germans to liberate France, their motherland. We follow Saïd, dirt poor, an orderly for a grizzled sergeant, Martinez, a pied noir with some willingness to speak up for his North African troops; Messaoud, a crack shot, who in Province falls in love with a French woman who loves him back; and Abdelkader, a corporal, a budding intellectual with a keen sense of injustice. 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?—
Cast
Mélanie Laurent as Margueritte village Vosges Jamel Debbouze as Saïd Otmari Sami Bouajila as Abdelkader Samy Naceri as Yassir
