Days of Glory R
The true story of World War II's forgotten heroes.
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 5 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: June 12, 2007
- Originally Released: 2006
- Label: Lisa's Skus
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Jamel Debbouze & Samy Naceri | |
Performer: | Sami Bouajila, Roschdy Zem, Bernard Blancan, Mathieu Simonet, Giros. Benoit, Mélanie Laurent, Antoine Chappey & Aurelie Eltvedt | |
Directed by | Rachid Bouchareb | |
Edited by | Yannick Kergoat | |
Screenwriting by | Olivier Lorelle | |
Music Performer: | Khaled | |
Produced by | Jean Bréhat | |
Director of Photography: | Patrick Blossier |
Entertainment Reviews:
Included in Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 Films Of The Year -- [An] engrossing, marvelously composed picture...
Entertainment Weekly
Rating: B --
As by the numbers as it sometimes becomes, those very clichés also emphasize the fact that we haven't seen these men in this setting before.
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Flipside Movie Emporium
3.5 stars out of 5 -- [Bouchareb] knows these racial tensions are still simmering. And in this wallop of a war movie he makes you feel the heat.
Rolling Stone
Rating: 3/5 --
Its message is dimmed by a procession of war and race movie clichés that even the excellent cast and epic cinematography cannot revive.
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BBC.com
Rating: 3/4 --
It's to the credit of the actors, and Algerian-born director Rachid Bouchareb, that we become emotionally involved with the soldiers and the injustices they are forced to endure.
Detroit Free Press
Bouchareb shows a real talent for action sequences.
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Time Out
4 stars out of 5 -- A poignant drama that will jolt you into a state of righteous indignation...
Total Film
Product Description:
There has never been a WWII film quite like Rachid Bouchareb's DAYS OF GLORY, which shows the "good war" through the eyes of four North African soldiers fighting for the French army during the German occupation. Though similar in both structure and tone to Steven Spielberg's SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, GLORY seeks recognition for soldiers who were treated as second-class citizens during their service and never given their due. Under the leadership of Sergeant Martinez (Bernard Blancan), a company of North African soldiers undergoes a series of skirmishes across Italy and France, preventing the advance of the Nazis. Uneducated Said (Jamel Debbouzel, AMELIE), who had few options outside of enlistment, acts as a virtual servant to Martinez. Yassir (Samy Naceri) and his brother, Larbi (Assad Bouab), also come from poverty and--though they joined for selfish reasons--are fierce fighters. Messaoud (Roschdy Zem) is strong and silent, and has deadly aim with a rifle. Abdelkader (Sami Bouajila), however, is the ambitious one, unafraid to speak up when he and his company encounter prejudice, yet ever hopeful that he will be recognized for his achievements and be given the same liberty, equality, and fraternity as those who were born French. Through a series of bloody and spectacular battles with the Germans, these men risk their lives, never knowing what they will have at the end of it all.
DAYS OF GLORY packs all the punch of a great war film---thrilling and heartbreaking battles, humor, and the loss of people we grow to care for. Bouchareb fearlessly uses a time-honored genre to address an elephant in the French living room: we are told at the film's conclusion that, in 1952, France voted to cease pension payments to soldiers from countries no longer under French rule. In 2006, following a screening of this film, Jacques Chirac reinstituted their pensions.
DAYS OF GLORY packs all the punch of a great war film---thrilling and heartbreaking battles, humor, and the loss of people we grow to care for. Bouchareb fearlessly uses a time-honored genre to address an elephant in the French living room: we are told at the film's conclusion that, in 1952, France voted to cease pension payments to soldiers from countries no longer under French rule. In 2006, following a screening of this film, Jacques Chirac reinstituted their pensions.
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