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Indigènes (2006)

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User Rating: 7.3/10 (3,340 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Rachid Bouchareb
Writers:
Rachid Bouchareb (writer)
Olivier Lorelle (writer)
Release Date:
27 September 2006 (France) more view trailer
Genre:
Drama | History | War more
Tagline:
The true story of World War II's forgotten heroes more
Plot:
During WWII, four North African men enlist in the French army to liberate that country from Nazi oppression, and to fight French discrimination. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 wins & 12 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Spanish May Be the Language of the Oscars (From WENN. 17 January 2007)
Movie Moves French President (From Studio Briefing. 26 September 2006)
User Comments:
Hopeful Education more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)
Jamel Debbouze ... Saïd Otmari
Samy Naceri ... Yassir
Roschdy Zem ... Messaoud Souni
Sami Bouajila ... Abdelkader
Bernard Blancan ... Sergent Roger Martinez

Mathieu Simonet ... Caporal Leroux

Assaad Bouab ... Larbi
Benoît Giros ... Capitaine Durieux
Mélanie Laurent ... Margueritte village Vosges
Antoine Chappey ... Le colonel
Aurélie Eltvedt ... Irène
Thomas Langmann ... Le journaliste
Thibault de Montalembert ... Capitaine Martin
Dioucounda Koma ... Touré (as Diouc Koma)
Philippe Beglia ... Rambert
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Days of Glory (Singapore: English title) (USA)
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MPAA:
Rated R for war violence and brief language.
Runtime:
Argentina:128 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival) | Canada:120 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | USA:120 min | Canada:123 min (Ontario) | France:128 min
Language:
French | Arabic
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | DTS
Filming Locations:
Agadir, Morocco more
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Trivia:
Festival selections:
  • Rio de Janeiro (21-9/5-10-2006)
  • Zurich (27-9/2-10-2006)
  • Namur (29-9/6-10-2006)
  • Singapore (6-10/15-10-2006)
  • Pusan (12-10/20-10-2006)
  • São Paulo (20-10/2-11-2006)
  • Valladolid (22-10/28-10-2006)
  • London (October/November 2006)
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Goofs:
Anachronisms: Military trucks used in the Italian front look like US M35 Vietnam era vehicles, WWII US trucks look very different. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Indigenes: Le making of (2006) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Le lac des cygnes more

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9 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
Hopeful Education, 14 March 2007
7/10
Author: Andres Zambrano from United States

For the first time this year the Weinstein Company has made something bearable --Hell, actually something good. The film is called Days of Glory (a title strangely reconfigured from Indigènes) and it chronicles a regiment in the war against Nazism, or, as the French call it, "liberty". But, the catch here is that these soldiers, they aren't French: They're Algerian and Morroquian. The film first suffers from superfluous paper-mâché clichés in order to demonstrate racial inequality, not as a subtle character study, but rather as an insolent whole which creates that annoying been-there, done-that feeling. Such a scene occurs when Abdelkader (Sami Bouajila) realizes that not all African troops are getting tomatoes, where as the French are. What does he do? He smashes them so "Nobody can have them". Director Rachid Bouchareb narrative is also first a bit fragmented, jumping from country to country as if they were stones. Eventually, it develops into an assured rhythm which corroborates with the film.

Brilliance in Days of Glory neither comes from ideas nor direction, but rather, through the magisterial acting, prized at Cannes, and small war vignettes. They are gripping and moving, like all war movies should be. These war scenes are powerful, and that is what makes up Days of Glory, because in the end, Days of Glory is one of the few good but flawed war films worth a damn. It has power and it is evident that it uses it wisely and vigorously.

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