DAYS OF GLORY aka INDIGeNES

Year: 2006
USA: The Weinstein Company / IFC Films
UK: Metrodome Group
Cast: Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Bernard Blancan, Mathieu Simonet, Benoît Giros, Melanie Laurent, Antoine Chappey, Assaad Bouab, Aurelie Eltvedt, Thomas Langmann, Thibault de Montalembert, Diouc Koma, Philippe Beglia, Momo Debbouze, Abdelkim Bouchareb, Abdelhamid Idjaini
Director: Rashid Bouchareb
Countries: France / Morocco / Algeria / Belgium
Languages: French / Arabic (English subtitles)
USA: 120 mins
UK: 123 mins
USA Rated: R for war violence and brief language
UK Certificate: 12A contains strong language and moderate war violence
USA Release Date: 16 February 2007 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 30 March 2007


Synopsis

In 2006, there was one film that was so powerful, it would change the course of history...

1943. They had never set foot on French soil, but because France was at war, four young Algerian men, Said (Jamel Debbouze), Abdelkader (Sami Bouajila), Messaoud (Roschdy Zem) and Yassir (Samy Naceri), enlisted in the French army along with 130,000 other 'indigenous soldiers', to liberate the 'fatherland' from the Nazi enemy.

DAYS OF GLORY chronicles the story of these forgotten heroes, the injustices they faced at the time of war, and the discrimination they have subsequently encountered from the French authorities. After seeing the film, French President Jacques Chirac agreed to restore veterans' pensions to the North Africans who fought alongside French troops during the war.

A movie can make a difference...