Infödd Soldat

A French movie (french title: "Indigenes") which is well worth seeing. It took me 5 minutes after the end to be able to speak, the story is probably the most moving I've seen this year, together with "Hotel Rwanda" and "När Mörkret Faller".
The movie tells the story of north Africans who sign into the free French army to fight the Germans and liberate the "mère patrie" (homeland). We follow a group of soldiers from the artillery. Surprisingly, their task as little to do with firing shells at the Germans. Instead, their first fight consists of throwing themselves against German machine guns to reveal their positions to the artillery (the part of the "regiment" which stands back with the cannons).
Obviously, that's a dangerous job. Unfortunately, it's poorly rewarded. The problem is not so much the money, but the total lack of respect from the "metropolitains", the French from the continent (that is, Europe).
No point of trying to describe the movie with words, you just have to see it. I guess you might not appreciate it as much if you are not French, or from the former French colonies, but it should be interesting nonetheless. A piece of history which is embarrassingly under-toned in the official History teaching programme.
A few interesting things I noted while watching. The feeling you get when you see an Arab with a riffle shouting "Allahuakhbar" is mixed. Given the current world situation, the first reaction is fear, then comes the realization that in that time, it meant joy and relief. Hearing that shout meant you were not facing a German soldier, but I friend fighting with you for the same ideals.
What a way we've come, or gone back should I say.