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February 1976. Somalian rebels hijack a school bus carrying 21 French children and their teacher in Djibouti City. When the terrorists drive it to a no-man’s-land on the border between Somalia and French territory, the French Government sends out a newly formed elite squad to rescue the hostages. Within a few hours, the highly trained team arrives to the crisis area, where the Somalian National Army has taken position behind the barbed wire on the border. The French unit is left with very few options to rescue the hostages. As the volatile situation unravels, the French men quickly come up with a daring plan: carry out a simultaneous 5 men sniper attack to get the children and the teacher out safely. A true story.
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February 1976. Somalian rebels hijack a school bus carrying 21 French children and their teacher in Djibouti City. When the terrorists drive it to a no-man’s-land on the border between Somalia and French territory, the French Government sends out a newly formed elite squad to rescue the hostages. Within a few hours, the highly trained team arrives to the crisis area, where the Somalian National Army has taken position behind the barbed wire on the border. The French unit is left with very few options to rescue the hostages. As the volatile situation unravels, the French men quickly come up with a daring plan: carry out a simultaneous 5 men sniper attack to get the children and the teacher out safely. A true story.
Rating:NR
Genre:War, Action, Drama, History
Written By:Jérémie Guez, Ileana Epsztajn, Fred Grivois
In Theaters:8/2/2019
Box Office:
Runtime:98 minutes
Studio:Capture The Flag Films, Playtime
Cast
Fred Grivois
Director
Olga Kurylenko
Jane Andersen
Alban Lenoir
André Gerval
Sébastien Lalanne
Pierre Cazeneuve
Michaël Abiteboul
Georges Campère
Vincent Perez
Général Favrart
Guillaume Labbé
Jean-Luc Larrain
David Murgia
Patrice Lorca
Ben Cura
Phillip Shafer
Josiane Balasko
Michèle Sampieri
Kevin Layne
Barkhad
Andre Pierre
Morad
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