15 Minutes of War
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 at the Prise d'otages de Loyada. [5]
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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] | 
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
 - 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
    
Principal photography on the film was conducted during the summer of 2017.[6]
References
    
- "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). Retrieved 4 July 2018.
 
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