The days of glory illustrate a part of the history during the World War 2, when the French resistance commanded by general de Gaulle gathered a new army to fight with the allies, this new army was called ‘les indigènes’, they were men recruited from the countries occupied by the French empire.
The movie shows how they participate in the liberation of the French Republic from the Nazis, and how during the war they suffered from injustice inside the army, they were “under feeded, not well dressed and not well trained” comparing to the French soldiers, in spite of they struggled believing the day of liberty is close.
The idea to tell the story of those called ‘les indigènes’ was great, but not well exposed, the scenario and the emotions were poor, the whole movie was about the North African soldiers (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia), especially the Algerian ones, certainly because of the background of the director who is originally from Algeria.
The good thing about the movie was the music which was very interesting and very expressive, and the performance of the actors, great combination between the French language and the Arabic language.
It is a nice movie after all, because it shows a historical reality unknown by many persons.
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