Days of Glory (2006)
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- Synopsis
- Director Rachid Bouchareb teams with screenwriter Olivier Morelle to offer a revealing look at the brave contributions made by North African soldiers who fought for France during World War II in this emotionally-charged war drama starring Jamel ......
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- Starring
- Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Bernard Blancan
- Director(s)
- Rachid Bouchareb
- Distributor(s)
- Weinstein Company
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 123 min.
Critic Reviews
A splendid war movie. The combat sequences are harrowing -- all the more so for the director's spare, sharp-eyed style -- and the performances are phenomenally fine.Read the full review
The ensemble cast shared the best-actor award at the 2006 Cannes film festival -- and rightly so.Read the full review
As directed by Rachid Bouchareb, himself born in France to Algerian immigrants, "Days of Glory" is a kind of a North African "Saving Private Ryan," a taut, involving film that delivers all the things we look for in war movies and does so with intelligence and integrity.Read the full review
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