The read
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
1943. They have never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war, Said, Abdelkader, Messaoud and Yassir enlist in the French Army, along with 130,000 other “indigenous” soldiers, to liberate the “fatherland” from the Nazi enemy. Heroes that history has forgotten...
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Metacritic82/100
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
416 audience votes
Key crew
- Rachid BoucharebDirector
- Armand AmarOriginal Music Composer
- Olivier LorelleWriter
- Rachid BoucharebWriter
Cast
- Jamel DebbouzeSaïd
- Samy NaceriYassir
- Roschdy ZemMessaoud
- Sami BouajilaAbdelkader
- Bernard BlancanSergeant Martinez
- Mathieu SimonetCorporal Leroux
- Benoît GirosCaptain Durieux
- Mélanie LaurentMargueritte
- Antoine ChappeyColonel
- Assaad BouabLarbi
- Aurélie EltvedtIrène
- Thomas LangmannJournalist
Stills
Themes
armyworld war iialgerianinfantrynorthern africainstitutional discriminationfrench algerianfrench algeriaappreciative