Synopsis
1943. They have never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war, Said, Abdelkader, Messaoud and Yassir enlist in the French Army, along with 130,000 other “indigenous” soldiers, to liberate the “fatherland” from the Nazi enemy. Heroes that history has forgotten…
Days of Glory (2006) is a 2h 8min drama feature film by Rachid Bouchareb. Selected for Bolton International Film Festival (2024).
Key facts
Cast
Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Bernard Blancan, Mathieu Simonet, Benoît Giros, Mélanie Laurent
Original language
Arabic
First release
September 27, 2006 (France)
Production companies
Kissfilms, Taza Productions, France 3 Cinéma, France 2 Cinéma, StudioCanal
Setting
Italy, Marseille
Crew
Screenplay
Olivier Lorelle, Rachid Bouchareb
Producer
Jean Bréhat
Cinematography
Patrick Blossier
Editing
Yannick Kergoat
Music
Armand Amar
Trailer
Stills
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Festival History
- Bolton International Film Festival 2024
- Academy Awards 2007 academy_award
- Independent Spirit Awards 2007 generic
- Cannes Film Festival 2006 generic
- Locarno International Film Festival 2006 generic
Titles
| Original title | Indigènes | |
| Translated title | Days of Glory | English, Québec |
Soundtracks
| CD | Indigènes (Bande Originale Du Film) - Armand Amar (2006) | 1 release, 2006: AZ |
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | France | September 27, 2006 |
| Theatrical | United States | December 6, 2006 |
| Theatrical | Spain | March 30, 2007 |
| Streaming | Ireland | March 30, 2007 |
| Theatrical | Germany | October 22, 2008 |
| Classification | Germany | 12 |
| Classification | United States | R |
Versions & editions
| Home video | Greece | April 3, 2007 |
| Home video | Czech Republic | October 1, 2007 |
Full credits
| Director | Rachid Bouchareb |
| Cast | Jamel Debbouze (Saïd), Samy Naceri (Yassir), Roschdy Zem (Messaoud), Sami Bouajila (Abdelkader), Bernard Blancan (Sergeant Martinez), Mathieu Simonet (Corporal Leroux), Benoît Giros (Captain Durieux), Mélanie Laurent (Margueritte), Antoine Chappey (Colonel), Assaad Bouab (Larbi), Aurélie Eltvedt (Irène), Thomas Langmann (Journalist), Thibault de Montalembert (Captain Martin), Diouc Koma (Touré), Philippe Beglia (Rambert), Momo Debbouze (Djellal), Abdelkim Bouchareb (Ahmed), Abdelhamid Idjaini (Omar) |
| Screenplay | Olivier Lorelle, Rachid Bouchareb |
| Producer | Jean Bréhat |
| Executive producer | Muriel Merlin |
| Cinematography | Patrick Blossier |
| Editing | Yannick Kergoat |
| Music | Armand Amar |
| Production design | Dominique Douret |
| Costumes | Michèle Richer |
Additional data: TMDB.
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Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
