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Days of Glory (2007) Days of Glory , Rachid Bouchareb's great, important drama about North African soldiers fighting for France in World War II, has the contours of a… R PT120M Drama War Jamel Debbouze Samy Naceri The Weinstein Company
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Days of Glory (2007)

MPAA Rating: R
Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Dec 31, 2006

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ESPRIT DE CORPS Glory 's ensemble cast (including Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem and Sami Bouajila, pictured) took honors at Cannes
Image credit: Days of Glory: Roger Arpajou
ESPRIT DE CORPS Glory's ensemble cast (including Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem and Sami Bouajila, pictured) took honors at Cannes
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Details Limited Release: Feb 16, 2007; Rated: R; Length: 120 Minutes; Genres: Drama, War; With: Jamel Debbouze and Samy Naceri; Distributor: The Weinstein Company

Days of Glory, Rachid Bouchareb's great, important drama about North African soldiers fighting for France in World War II, has the contours of a traditional 1940s war pic, focused on the lives of individual soldiers in and out of battle. But the story Bouchareb tells is something no classic has tackled before — that of patriots fighting for a homeland that didn't treat them with égalité. (The picture has shamed the French government into granting pension increases.) The ensemble cast shared the best-actor award at the 2006 Cannes film festival — and rightly so.

Originally posted Dec 13, 2006 Published in issue #912 Dec 22, 2006 Order article reprints