days of glory (2006). directed by rachid bouchareb.

i wasn't in the mood for movies yesterday but i thot my bro gonna put up something english. he did not, instead showed a movie about the french resistance by the 7th algerian infantry division during the second world war. the movie was a close up of 4 arab algerian men fighting along side the french army to liberate italy and southern france from nazi occupation in circa 1944-45. each of them brought their dreams of greater acceptance and equality from their colonial master, as well as riches and a sense of belonging. this proved to be the things that even a so called civilised nation, france in this case, has a real trouble giving. and the shame, on top of the obvious inequality and discrimination of the soldiers from french colonies, was the fact that france have continually refused to award pensions to the native soldiers who had fought for her during the second world war.