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 as the Prise d'otages de Loyada [fr].^[5]

15 Minutes of War
Film poster
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	30 January 2019 (2019-01-30) (France)
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 [fr] 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]