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Posts archive for: 6 March, 2008
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Days Of Glory
@ Thursday, 06. Mar, 2008 – 12:50:00
I watched this movie the other night which sets out to tell the story of the enrollment of often poor, sometimes uneducated and untrained North Africans who were tasked with liberating occupied France from the Germans during World War II. I have to say, I'm not really all that familiar with the intricacies of World War II apart from the celebrated, dramatised success stories of the British and American regiments, oft the building material for Hollywood blockbusters... This movie is made in a different mould and aims to highlight the racism and exploitation suffered by the patriotic North African troops at the hands of the French army. The movie title itself is an ironic jibe and is crystallised in one of the final scenes of the movie, which I won't describe as I don't want to give too much away...