15 Minutes of War

15 Minutes of War

2019•1h 38m•6.8/10

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6.8/10(313)

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.

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Production

Capture The Flag Films, Playtime

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Olga Kurylenko

Olga Kurylenko

Jane Andersen

Alban Lenoir

Alban Lenoir

André Gerval

Sébastien Lalanne

Sébastien Lalanne

Pierre Cazeneuve

Michaël Abiteboul

Michaël Abiteboul

Georges Campère

Vincent Perez

Vincent Perez

Général Favrart

Guillaume Labbé

Guillaume Labbé

Jean-Luc Larrain

David Murgia

David Murgia

Patrice Lorca

Ben Cura

Ben Cura

Phillip Shafer

Josiane Balasko

Josiane Balasko

Michèle Sampieri

Kevin Layne

Kevin Layne

Barkhad

Andre Pierre

Morad

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