Days of glory 2006

Heroes that history has forgotten….

After the German conquest of France in the second world war, the Free French army drummed up recruits from its African colonies to bolster its comeback. North African troops had fought for France as far back as the Crimean war, and west Africans from the first world war. The film's characters are fictional, but plausible. Whereas its English-language title, Days of Glory, though also taken from the Marseillaise, sounds like a cross between a Tom Cruise movie and a Bon Jovi song. Thus not so clever. After serving as cannon fodder during the Italian campaign, the surviving troops sail for Provence.

Days of glory 2006

Algeria , With the Allies having beaten the Germans in North Africa , the Free French forces begin recruiting locals to bolster their numbers. 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. Their unit commanders are "pied-noirs", Algerian residents of French ethnicity, including their sergeant, Martinez. The men are formed into an army. They first see action in Italy where they are tossed at German gun positions as cannon fodder by heedless French senior officers. Soon they are sent to France as part of the August landings on France's Mediterranean coast. The men are hailed as liberators when they arrive in Marseilles, but, despite their bravery, they are discriminated against at every turn. They are denied the best rations, denied promotions, and denied leave. The African troops do not accept this placidly, but continue to agitate for equal treatment, even as they face the Germans in the Vosges and then are sent into an attack in Alsace.

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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. In fact, now that I think about it, the only film where I can remember North African troops was "Two Women" and the Moroccan soldiers who raped the two ladies in the film! So, fortunately, these brave men get their due in "Days of Glory".

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Days of glory 2006

The film deals with the contribution of North African soldiers to the Free French Forces during the Second World War and 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. In French North Africa in large numbers of men from France's overseas possessions have been recruited into the French First Army of the Free French Forces to fight alongside the other Allies against Nazi Germany and liberate France from occupation. With him are other Algerians including Messaoud, who wants to marry and settle in France, and the literate Corporal Abdelkader, who seeks equality with settlers for the indigenous people of his country. There are also two Moroccan brothers Yassir and Larbi, Yassir's aim being booty so that Larbi can afford to marry. Soon the men, dressed in mostly lend-lease American uniforms meet Sergeant Martinez, a battle-hardened pied-noir , who trains them before leading them on their first engagement against the Germans in Italy. Their mission is to capture a heavily-defended mountain, but it soon becomes clear that their French commanding officer is using them as cannon fodder to identify artillery targets.

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This was based on true events that happened. The French state perpetuates an anti-religious version of secularism which was born out of the great Schism of the French Revolution. It's the same old racist story told again and again and it does get any less galling, each injustice feels as fresh and offensive as if it was the first time and it is that power that caused…. If you want to nitpick, it needs to be said that some moments such as key death scenes , although tragic, inexplicably lack the propelling poignancy to elicit tears. Some people on this page have criticised this movie as not being a Gallic version of GLORY and you can see their point. I wanted to see more humanity and individual stories. Director Rachid Bouchareb. There are a few Hollywood touches, but mostly these just serve to make Days of Glory entertaining. Arabic French. In the end, it is a great deception that the beautiful message "Liberty, Equality and Fraternity" is not applicable to the soldiers from the exploited colonies. How long is Days of Glory?

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This is an interesting part of the war that has been white-washed. The film deals with the contribution of North African soldiers to the Free French Forces during the Second World War and with the discrimination against them. Messaoud falls in love with a French girl, but when she sends him a letter with photo, his reply, also with photo, is quietly buried by the censor for whom the spectacle of 'our women' being taken by 'them' is untenable; and her attempts to find out what happened to her lover are politely frustrated. See all related lists ». The film touches very private interaction amongst "foreign" and French soldiers, but also their different ideology amongst themselves as some wanted to be French others wanted their own identity. Man, they are a rag tag bunch too. On the one hand it can be seen as a sensible and worthy attempt to integrate Muslims into official French history. At the end of de Gaulle's total forces never numbered more than 50,, but now, in , thanks to Algeria, he had an army of about half a million men. As he walks out of the village, he passes a film cameraman filming only white French troops standing by the liberated villagers. Algeria France Morocco Belgium. FAQ Later, the white company captain tells the corporal that the colonel will keep his word.