Days of Glory (2006)

Cautiously Recommended

France/Algeria/Belgium/Morocco

Feature Film

Original Title: Indigènes

Director: Rachid Bouchareb

Writers: Rachid Bouchareb, Olivier Lorelle

Cinematographer: Patrick Blossier

Composers: Armand Amar, Cheb Khaled

Cast: Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Bernard Blancan, Mathieu Simonet, Assaad Bouab

Bouchareb’s well-meaning and important film – following a troop of Algerian soldiers in the French army, fighting against the Nazis towards the and of the Second World War, highlighting the inequalities inherent in the French military system – has perhaps one or two (or twelve) clichés too many to be taken totally seriously, but excellent production values and good performances ensure that it is never anything less than watchable. Iain.Stott