15 Minutes of War explained

15 Minutes of War
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Director:	Fred Grivois
Producer:	Henri Debeurme Raphaël Rocher
Starring:	Alban Lenoir Olga Kurylenko Kevin Layne Michaël Abiteboul Sébastien Lalanne David Murgia Guillaume Labbé Vincent Perez Josiane Balasko
Music:	Fabien & Mike Kourtzer
Cinematography:	Julien Meurice
Editing:	Baxter
Distributor:	SND Groupe M6
Studio:	Capture the Flag Films Empreinte Cinema Agora Films
Runtime:	98 minutes
Country:	France Belgium
Language:	French English
Budget:	$6.2 million^[1]
Gross:	$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 .^[5]

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

• Alban Lenoir as André Gerval
• Olga Kurylenko as Jane Andersen
• 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

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: L'Intervention (2019). 25 February 2019. JPBox-Office. French.
2. Web site: 15 Minutes of War. 25 February 2019. Box Office Mojo.
3. Web site: 15 minutes de guerre (2017). www.unifrance.org. 4 July 2018. French.
4. Web site: L'Intervention. AlloCiné. 4 July 2018. French.
5. Web site: 1976 Loyada Hostage Rescue Mission. 20 June 2019. French Foreign Legion Information.
6. Web site: '15 Minutes de guerre' de Fred Grivois en plein tournage au Maroc. 4 July 2018. Aujourd'hui Le Maroc. 16 August 2017 . French.