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France/Belgium

2019

 98 minutes

 

Synopsis: In February 1976 in Djibouti, the last French colony, a school bus is taken hostage 100 meters from the Somali border. A unit of top French snipers is sent to neutralise the terrorists in a high-risk operation, marking the birth of the elite GIGN group, and after 30 hours of tension a rescue effort is organised for the captured children.

Production Notes:

Filmed during the summer of 2017 on a budget of $6.2 million in Morocco near Marrakech in the middle of the desert.

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Cast:

 Alban Lenoir...........André Gerval
Olga Kurylenko.......Jane Andersen
Sébastien Lalanne......Pierre Cazeneuve
David Murgia..... Patrice Lorca
Michaël Abiteboul...Georges Campère
Josiane Balasko....Michèle Sampieri

Credits: 

Directed by Fred Grivois
Cinematography by Julien Meurice
Music by Fabien & Mike Kourtzer

 

Release Dates:

France: January 30, 2019
USA & Canada: August 2, 2019