15 Minutes of War

2019 French film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

15 Minutes of War (French: L'intervention, lit.'The Intervention') is a 2019 French-Belgian war film directed by Fred Grivois.[3][4] It is freely based on real events known as the Prise d'otages de Loyada [fr].[5]

FrenchL'intervention
Directed byFred Grivois
Written byFred Grivois
Ileana Epsztajn
Jérémie Guez
Produced byHenri Debeurme
Raphaël Rocher
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15 Minutes of War
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FrenchL'intervention
Directed byFred Grivois
Written byFred Grivois
Ileana Epsztajn
Jérémie Guez
Produced byHenri Debeurme
Raphaël Rocher
StarringAlban Lenoir
Olga Kurylenko
Kevin Layne
Michaël Abiteboul
Sébastien Lalanne
David Murgia
Guillaume Labbé
Vincent Perez
Josiane Balasko
CinematographyJulien Meurice
Edited byBaxter
Music byFabien & Mike Kourtzer
Production
companies
Capture the Flag Films
Empreinte Cinema
Agora Films
Distributed bySND Groupe M6
Release date
  • 30 January 2019 (2019-01-30) (France)
Running time
98 minutes
CountriesFrance
Belgium
LanguagesFrench
English
Budget$6.2 million[1]
Box office$455,000[2]
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Plot

In February 1976 in Djibouti, a school bus was taken hostage at the Somali border. The GIGN is sent on the spot, where after 30 hours of tension a rescue operation is organized.

Cast

Production

Principal photography on the film was conducted during the summer of 2017.[6]

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