|
Days of Glory (Indigenes) |  | Director: Rachid Bouchareb
Actors: Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Jamel Debbouze, Bernard Blancan
Studio: Weinstein Company
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.95
Buy Used: $2.79
as of 7/31/2010 18:04 MDT details
You Save: $12.16 (81%)
New (29) Used (31) Collectible (1) from $2.79
Seller: megamediaonline
Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 14891
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Arabic (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Running Time: 120 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WEID80242D
UPC: 796019802420
EAN: 0796019802420
ASIN: B000NVT0RU
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Release Date: June 12, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
| |
| Similar Items:
| |
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Studio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 02/05/2008 Run time: 125 minutes Rating: R
Amazon.com
Hype can be a dangerous thing, and the newspaper ads touting Days of Glory (aka Indigenes, French for "Indigenous") as "so powerful it changed the world" are nigh on impossible for any movie to live up to. This one doesn't, but director Rachid Bouchareb's World War II drama still makes for compelling viewing. Confronting the Nazis both in Italy and at home in 1943, the French Army recruits men from Algeria, then a French colony, and other North Africans to help out. Of the film's two principal themes, one, the horrors of war, is nothing new. But the battle scenes are well done; the first major clash, on a bleak Italian hillside, effectively conveys the young Muslims' confusion and abject terror. The second theme is clearly the one that inspired Bouchareb in the first place: the eternal issue of race and discrimination (also explored in 1989's Glory, about black soldiers in the Civil War). Focusing in particular on four Algerians, including Jamel Debbouze as the naïve Saïd and Roschdy Zem as the lovestruck Messaoud, the films depicts how they are denied basics like food, mail delivery, time off, and such, effectively rendering meaningless the French ideal of liberty, equality, and brotherhood. It all culminates in a small town in Alsace, where the four find brief respite before having to face a much larger and better equipped German force (this scene, as well as a final bit in a cemetery, carry heavy echoes of Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan). Bouchareb apparently made Days of Glory at least in part to shame the French government into handing over long-frozen pensions to surviving soldiers and their kin. French president Jacques Chirac finally approved the funds in 2006--apparently after seeing this film. So maybe it did change the world a little after all. --Sam Graham
|
| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 29
 A different WWII tale July 7, 2010
MISTER SJEM (CALIF BAY AREA United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The tale of the forgotten African soldiers who fought for France in WWII. There are some slow moments in this subtitled picture but other than that it's pretty solid. WWII buffs will appreciate this much more than the masses. MY GRADE: B minus for the masses (B to B plus for WWII buffs).
The French Foreign Legion April 23, 2010
Randy Keehn (Williston, ND United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I "discovered" "Days of Glory" as a nominee for the Best Foreign Language Oscar of 2006. I understood that I was going to discover a hidden secret from the liner notes and I guess I did. The movie focusses on the French Army's recruitment of volunteers from their African territories during WWII and the service that those recruits experienced. The movie's point was that the African soldiers experienced a lot more that they had expected because of France's discrimination of them. There was little or no promotional potential for them and we view numerous scenes where things are available to the French soldiers but not the African soldiers. The reactions that we witness are a compelling part of the film. Another compelling part of the film were the combat sequences; especially the final battle we watch. Actually, the FINAL battle is the culmination of the discrimination we've already watched. There is a closing account of modern-day issues concerning French war veterans who came from countries that later broke away from the French "Empire". After what we had seen, this information was pretty unsettling.
I could only recall three other WWII films that had French African soldiers in the cast and they were all briefly depicted. I'm giving credit to "Casablanca" but I don't have any strong images of the local soldiers. In another Bogart movie, "Sahara" there was a soldier from (I think) Cameroon who was a part of the ragtag crew associated with Bogart's tank. However, it was "Two Women" (with Sophia Loren) that left a lasting impression on me. It was, to me, an odd scene in which a jeep full of Algerian soldiers came across the title characters. Things happen in war but I was bothered somewhat that the realization that there were Algerian French soldiers in WWII was immediately followed their evil act and quick disappearance. I couldn't help but notice in "Days of Glory" that the soldier's orientation included the admonition to "stay away from the women". Anyhow, I appreciated the more positive impression to go along with the negative one I had seen before.
 Awesome Historical Drama April 9, 2010
S. Pappa (USA)
French version of Saving Private Ryan -- sort of. A very very very good World War 2 drama that shows the perspective of French colonial fighters. Pressed into service from the French colonies of North Africa, these soldiers fought both the Germans and the injustices of being treated as second-class citizens. The Saving Private Ryan reference is made because the final battle scene reminds the viewer of the final battle scene in the aforementioned movie. I rented this movie after hearing about it and then decided to buy it when it became available for sale.
Days of Glory February 6, 2010
Troy Shapcott (Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you like your war movies Hollywood-free you'll like this movie. It wasn't only the U.S. that defeated Germany and this movie tells the story of Algerian fighters who helped liberate France and bring down the Third Reich.
 Righteous Indignation over French Colonialism WWII Era April 6, 2009
Rextrent (Wichita, Kansas USA)
5 out of 17 found this review helpful
This film does not compare to many other WWII efforts.
It is primarily a reminder of the overwhelming Liberal Whacko Trend that will continue until democracy is destroyed by Muslim Extremist or Anti-American forces.
It's good to understand the truth- that there has been evil in the world as a result of Bigotry & Colonialism, but to whine about it without ceasing is just unacceptable.
Grow up!
I recommend another war movie other than this one.
Showing reviews 1-5 of 29
|
|
|
| |
