15 Minutes of War

15 Minutes of War

NR 2019 · 98 min · ★ 6.8 · War, Action, Drama, History

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.

Directed by Fred Grivois · Written by Fred Grivois

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Olga Kurylenko Jane Andersen
Alban Lenoir André Gerval
Sébastien Lalanne Pierre Cazeneuve
Michaël Abiteboul Georges Campère
Vincent Perez Général Favrart
Guillaume Labbé Jean-Luc Larrain
David Murgia Patrice Lorca
Ben Cura Phillip Shafer
Josiane Balasko Michèle Sampieri
Kevin Layne Barkhad
Andre Pierre Morad

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