15 Minutes of War
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| French | L'intervention |
| Directed by | Fred Grivois |
| Written by | Fred Grivois Ileana Epsztajn Jérémie Guez |
| Produced by | Henri Debeurme Raphaël Rocher |
| Starring | Alban Lenoir Olga Kurylenko Kevin Layne Michaël Abiteboul Sébastien Lalanne David Murgia Guillaume Labbé Vincent Perez Josiane Balasko |
| Cinematography | Julien Meurice |
| Edited by | Baxter |
| Music by | Fabien & Mike Kourtzer |
Production companies | Capture the Flag Films Empreinte Cinema Agora Films |
| Distributed by | SND Groupe M6 |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Countries | France Belgium |
| Languages | French English |
| Budget | $6.2 million[1] |
| Box office | $455,000[2] |
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.[5]
Plot
[edit]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
[edit]- Alban Lenoir as André Gerval
- Olga Kurylenko as Jane Andersen
- Sébastien Lalanne as Pierre Cazeneuve
- David Murgia as Patrice Lorca
- Michaël Abiteboul as Georges Campère
- Guillaume Labbé as Jean-Luc Larrain
- Ben Cura as Phillip Shafer
- Vincent Perez as Général Favrart
- Josiane Balasko as Michèle Sampieri
- Kevin Layne as Barkhad
- Moumouni Seydou Almoctar as Mahat
Production
[edit]Principal photography on the film was conducted during the summer of 2017.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "L'Intervention (2019)". JPBox-Office (in French). Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ "15 Minutes of War". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ "15 minutes de guerre (2017)". www.unifrance.org (in French). Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ "L'Intervention" (in French). AlloCiné. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ "1976 Loyada Hostage Rescue Mission". French Foreign Legion Information. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ "'15 Minutes de guerre' de Fred Grivois en plein tournage au Maroc". Aujourd'hui Le Maroc (in French). 16 August 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
External links
[edit]- 15 Minutes of War at IMDb
- L'Intervention at AlloCiné (in French)
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