Days of Glory


2h 2006

Brief Synopsis

The tale of a group of African soldiers who join the French in their fight against the Nazis. Although they passionately battle to defend the motherland, a place they've never been, they face inequality and daily humiliation within the French army. These heroes that history forgot won battles thro

Film Details

Also Known As
Dias de Glória, Indigenes, Indigens, Indigens - ~0~rens dage
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Foreign
Period
War
Release Date
2006
Production Company
Canal Plus; Centre National Du Cinema; Cinephase; Ciné+; Digital Factory; Distributors Corporation Of America; Eastman Kodak; Ercidan Films; Europcar International; France 2 Cinéma; France 3 Cinéma; IFC Films; Kodak; L'Est; La Petite Reine; La Region Ile De France; Marques Et Films; Playtime; Provence-Alpes-Cote D'Azur (Paca); SOFICA Cofinova; Scope Pictures; Sonetrans; StudioCanal; The Tax-Shelter Of The Federal Government Of Belgium; The Weinstein Company; Versus Productions
Distribution Company
Agora Films (Switzerland); Alfa Films; Belga Films; Cathay Film Organization; Filmcompagniet; Folkets Bio; Lnk; Mars Distribution; Metrodome Distribution; The Weinstein Company; Vertice Cine

Technical Specs

Duration
2h

Synopsis

The tale of a group of African soldiers who join the French in their fight against the Nazis. Although they passionately battle to defend the motherland, a place they've never been, they face inequality and daily humiliation within the French army. These heroes that history forgot won battles throughout Europe before finding themselves alone to defend a small village against a German battalion.

Crew

Mbark Aabach

Tailor

Azzouz Aabouch

Assistant

Saadia Aalami

Production Coordinator

Youssef Abagourram

Location Manager

Brahim Abaragh

Tailor

Jilali Abbassi

Other

Zaim Abdelouahed

Music

Adil Abdelwahab

Project Director

Samira Abdoune

Tailor

Noureddine Aberdine

Casting Director

Jamal Adnani

Other

Camille Adrien

Music Publisher

Camille Adrien

Music Arranger

Camille Adrien

Original Music

El Mahjoub Ahbid

Location Manager

Mohamed Najib Ait Lhaj

Driver

Zoubair Ajedigue

Tailor

Samir Akrab

Driver

Sebastien Allagnon

Props

Jtr(me Almtras

Director Of Photography

Armand Amar

Original Music

Ali Ameghchoun

Other

Khalid Ameskane

Transportation Manager

Nezha Aouis

Makeup Artist

Sébastien Aptel

Other

Vincent Arenilla

Wardrobe Assistant

Florence Arira

Other

Roger Arpajou

Photography

Catherine Athon

Post-Production Supervisor

Marie-pierre Attabi

Other

Luc Augereau

Visual Effects Producer

Kily-hann Auriault

Construction

Hafid Baba

Driver

Najat Ait Badi

Wardrobe Assistant

Camille Ballhouey

Other

Lahcen Ait Baouana

Wardrobe Assistant

Virginie Barbay

Script Coordinator

Magali Baret

Wardrobe Assistant

Guillaume Barjot

Sound Editor

Loïc Barnier

Other

Helen Bartolucci

Music Editor

Stéphane Basset

Location Manager

Idriss Bayoussef

Tailor

Antoine Beau

Project Director

Najib Benfares

Electrician

Najib Bennani

Supervisor

Odile Beraud

Digital Effects

Kevin Berger

Visual Effects Supervisor

Anne Bernard

Assistant Director

Laurence Berodot

Other

Delphine Berroyer

Production Secretary

Benoit Biral

Sound Mixer

Véronique Biron

Other

Tristan Bivaud

Carpenter

Aziz Bizzi

Key Grip

Simon Blanchard

Assistant Camera Operator

Eric Blanckaert

Assistant Camera Operator

Patrick Blossier

Director Of Photography

Serguei Bogev

Visual Effects

Alain Bohly

Other

Bernard Bolzinger

Project Director

Alexandre Bon

Visual Effects Supervisor

Franck Bonetto

Welder

Jean-baptiste Bonetto

Special Effects Supervisor

Guillaume Bonnier

Assistant Director

Patineurs Maroc Thomas Bonvalo

Other

Julie Bordes

Assistant Designer

Bernard Bordet

Props

Daniel Borenstein

Other

Nicolas Boucart

Grip

Abdelkrim Bouchareb

Production Executive

Rachid Bouchareb

Screenplay

Samir Bouchareb

Assistant Location Manager

Mohamed Bougati

Wardrobe Assistant

Nadia Bougraine

Painter

Grégory Boulay

Other

Mohamed Bounouar

Sound Engineer

Julien Bourdin

Music

Lucie Bourzam

Post-Production Supervisor

Brahim Boussalem

Location Manager

Aurelie Boutet

Production Secretary

Martin Boutilie

Carpenter

David Bouttin

Location Manager

Nathalie Bouvier

Other

Hafid Bouzi

Grip

Oscar Bowman

Set Designer

Felix Boyer

Music

Jody Braibant

Visual Effects

Jean Brehat

Associate Producer

Anne-marie Bretagne

Assistant Designer

Loic Brisson

Set Designer

Jacques-henri Bronckart

Producer

Olivier Bronckart

Producer

Jerome Brousseau

Wardrobe Assistant

Joe Brun

Props

Olivier Brunelliere

Welder

Vincent Van Den Bulck

Accountant

Stéphane-jack Bunel

Construction

Remi Canaple

Stunts

Raphaël Capotorto

Other

Jean-louis Carlotti

Music

Ricardo Castro

Supervising Sound Editor

Alexandre Cauderlier

Stunts

Patrick Cauderlier

Stunt Coordinator

Franck Le Cavorsin

Storyboard Artist

Denis Chaboissier

Painter

Noel Chainbaux

Props

Lahcen Chamane

Assistant

Vincent Champsiaux

Software Engineer

Gilles Chandelier

Construction

Alexandre Chapuis

Construction

Laurent Charasson

Construction

Pierre Chevalier

Location Manager

Latifa Chouih

Production Secretary

Mathieu Choux

Assistant Sound Editor

Fabien Cimetiere

Location Manager

Lionel Claude

Carpenter

Jerome Clavier

Painter

Caroline Cochaux

Production Executive

Caroline Cochaux

Coproducer

Jean Coinel

Other

Emmanuel Colleau

Other

Sandrine Collomb

Other

Virginie Combet

Script Coordinator

Isabelle Constant

Caterer

Mathieu Coupat

Original Music

Mathieu Coupat

Music Arranger

Mathieu Coupat

Music

Olivier Coutard

Assistant Director

Delphine Couturier

Other

Nicolas Criqui

Film Lab

Angelo Cucchiara

Caterer

Delphine Daull

Location Manager

Olivier De Laveleye

Visual Effects

Jamel Debbouze

Coproducer

Axel Deboaisne

Construction

Christophe Debono

Other

Anne-claire Delmas

Assistant Location Manager

Frank Delpeut

Music

Jacqueline Delvert

Production Executive

Laurent Delville

Caterer

Yannick Demarle

Props

Reynald Desbant

Hair Stylist

Christine Descloitres

Painter

David Dessites

Other

Séverin Dhellemmes

Location Manager

Marc Diederichs

Welder

Antonio Dimundu

Grip

Acene Djarit

Other

Lionel Dolique

Painter

Yves Domenjoud

Special Effects Supervisor

Berengere Dominguez

Visual Effects

Agnès Donatella

Other

Dominique Douret

Set Designer

Dominique Douret

Production Designer

Yan Dron

Stunt Coordinator

Krystel Ducamp

Assistant Location Manager

Delphine Duguet

Makeup Artist

Laurent Duhaut

Caterer

Benoît Dupuis

Painter

Claire Duran

Assistant Director

Celine Durand

Other

Jean-luc Dussauchoy

Supervisor

Annie Edelin

Other

Fabien Eigen

Digital Effects

Houcine El Behja

Tailor

Lahcen Ait El Haj

Wardrobe Assistant

Colonel Mohamed El Jaouhari

Consultant

Ahmed Akrane El Meziana

Assistant Director

Moulay El Hassane El Yazidi

Construction

Ahmed Elamrani

Grip

Hassane Ait Elhaj

Lighting

Zohra Ennouissi

Tailor

El Hassane Errahali

Driver

Federico Escartin

Other

Marie-jose Escolar

Costume Supervisor

Julian Esposito

Sound Department

Himed Essalhi

Assistant Location Manager

Cedric Ettouati

Post-Production

Abdelhadi El Fakir

Production Supervisor

Sébastien Fauchere

Graphic Designer

Joseph Ferreira

Location Manager

Nancy Ferri

Casting Director

Alain Filliung

Other

Thierry Flamand

Set Designer

Marc Flouquet

Assistant Designer

Magali Fontaine

Painter

Luz Nieto Fontez

Construction

Virgine Le Forestier

Painter

Gabrielle Forestti

Other

Karine Fra

Other

Marie Pierre Franck

Visual Effects

Beatrice Fraschini Rey

Special Effects

Isabelle Fraysse

Other

Eric Frechou

Graphic Designer

Abdelmajid El Gachbour

Tailor

Bruno Gaconnet

Set Designer

Bertrand Gagey

Film Lab

Alexandra Gaillard

Researcher

Pierre-hugues Galien

Steadicam Operator

Film Details

Also Known As
Dias de Glória, Indigenes, Indigens, Indigens - ~0~rens dage
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Foreign
Period
War
Release Date
2006
Production Company
Canal Plus; Centre National Du Cinema; Cinephase; Ciné+; Digital Factory; Distributors Corporation Of America; Eastman Kodak; Ercidan Films; Europcar International; France 2 Cinéma; France 3 Cinéma; IFC Films; Kodak; L'Est; La Petite Reine; La Region Ile De France; Marques Et Films; Playtime; Provence-Alpes-Cote D'Azur (Paca); SOFICA Cofinova; Scope Pictures; Sonetrans; StudioCanal; The Tax-Shelter Of The Federal Government Of Belgium; The Weinstein Company; Versus Productions
Distribution Company
Agora Films (Switzerland); Alfa Films; Belga Films; Cathay Film Organization; Filmcompagniet; Folkets Bio; Lnk; Mars Distribution; Metrodome Distribution; The Weinstein Company; Vertice Cine

Technical Specs

Duration
2h

Award Nominations

Best Foreign Language Film

2006

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Winner of the Silver Hugo Award Special Jury Prize and co-winner of the Audience Choice Award at the 2006 Chicago International Film Festival.

Released in United States Winter December 6, 2006

Limited Release in United States February 16, 2007

Released in United States on Video June 12, 2007

Released in United States 2006

Released in United States August 2006

Released in United States September 2006

Released in United States October 2006

Released in United States November 2006

Released in United States 2007

Released in United States January 2007

Shown at London Film Festival (Film on the Square) October 18-November 2, 2006.

Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (Piazza Grande) August 2-12, 2006.

Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (World Cinema/Special Program - Contemporary French Auteurs) October 12-20, 2006.

Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 5-19, 2006.

Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival (World Cinema) January 25-February 4, 2007.

Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (Awards Buzz - Best Foreign Language Film) January 4-15, 2007.

Released in United States Winter December 6, 2006 (NY, LA)

Limited Release in United States February 16, 2007

Released in United States on Video June 12, 2007

Released in United States 2006 (Shown at London Film Festival (Film on the Square) October 18-November 2, 2006.)

Released in United States August 2006 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (Piazza Grande) August 2-12, 2006.)

Released in United States September 2006 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival September 1-4, 2006.)

Released in United States October 2006 (Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (World Cinema/Special Program - Contemporary French Auteurs) October 12-20, 2006.)

Released in United States October 2006 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 5-19, 2006.)

Released in United States November 2006 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles Film Festival (African Voices) November 1-12, 2006.)

Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival (World Cinema) January 25-February 4, 2007.)

Released in United States January 2007 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (Awards Buzz ¿ Best Foreign Language Film) January 4-15, 2007.)

Winner of the Best Actor award (ensemble) and the Francois Chalais Prize at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.