15 Minutes of War

15 Minutes of War

98 mins | Drama, Action, War, History | Jan. 30, 2019

February 1976. Somalian rebels hijack a school bus carrying 21 French children and their teacher in Djibouti City. When the terrorists drive it to a no-man’s-land on the border between Somalia and French territory, the French Government sends out a newly formed elite squad to rescue the hostages. Within a few hours, the highly trained team arrives to the crisis area, where the Somalian National Army has taken position behind the barbed wire on the border. The French unit is left with very few options to rescue the hostages. As the volatile situation unravels, the French men quickly come up with a daring plan: carry out a simultaneous 5 men sniper attack to get the children and the teacher out safely. A true story.

15 Minutes of War

98 mins | Drama, Action, War, History | Jan. 30, 2019

15 Minutes of War
February 1976. Somalian rebels hijack a school bus carrying 21 French children and their teacher in Djibouti City. When the terrorists drive it to a no-man’s-land on the border between Somalia and French territory, the French Government sends out a newly formed elite squad to rescue the hostages. Within a few hours, the highly trained team arrives to the crisis area, where the Somalian National Army has taken position behind the barbed wire on the border. The French unit is left with very few options to rescue the hostages. As the volatile situation unravels, the French men quickly come up with a daring plan: carry out a simultaneous 5 men sniper attack to get the children and the teacher out safely. A true story.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Capture The Flag Films, Playtime
Original title L'Intervention
Directors Fred Grivois
Writers Fred Grivois

Cast

Olga Kurylenko

as Jane Andersen

Alban Lenoir

as André Gerval

Sébastien Lalanne

as Pierre Cazeneuve

Michaël Abiteboul

as Georges Campère

Vincent Perez

as Général Favrart

Josiane Balasko

as Michèle Sampieri

Guillaume Labbé

as Jean-Luc Larrain

David Murgia

as Patrice Lorca

Ben Cura

as Phillip Shafer