Days of Glory (Indigènes) is a true story about World War II's forgotten heroes, North African men whom were enlisted in the French Army to liberate France from Nazi oppression. This is partly a war drama, and also partly an art film. The whole film does not focus much on the combat action in the war, but more on the other things which revolve around it (e.g. lives of the soldiers, people) though there is enough action going around to satisfy those who like combat scenes. There is also a reason why I label this as an art film, because there are many scenes which portray that (e.g. a soldier helps a villager to milk a cow). Generally, the actors gave strong performances in their roles as soldiers who are in a foreign land fighting for a foreign country, and also the hardships that they face alongside the war (e.g. racism amongst them). At the end of the show, it gives us a very strong and touching scene about the film's true message, the very core issue which it wants to tackle. I won't raise the issues here, but you can read about it in this site. I would recommend this show to anyone who likes to watch foreign movies in general.
(3.5 out of 5)
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