Indigènes

original title:
Indigènes
other titles:
Days of Glory, (Tage des Ruhms)
country / year of production:
France , Algeria , Morocco , Belgium / 2006 (x)
original length:
128 min. , color
premiere:
25 May 2006, Cannes Film Festival
genre:
melodrama
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director:
Rachid Bouchareb
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keywords:
colonialism , racism , liberation , mercenaries
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Charles Onana. 1940-1945 - Noirs, Blancs, Beurs: libérateurs de la France. Paris: Duboiris, 2006.
remarks:
Homepage: http://www.tadrart.com/tessalit/indigenes/

Won two awards at the "Cannes Film Festival" in 2006.

The film has moved President Chirac to restore full pensions to the 80,000 surviving veterans (see also: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-2374535.html).
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