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L'intervention
''15 Minutes of War'' (french: L'intervention, lit=The Intervention) is a 2019 French-Belgian war film directed by Fred Grivois. It is freely based on real events known at the Prise d'otages de Loyada. 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 Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personn ...
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Alban Lenoir
Alban Lenoir (born 16 December 1980) is a French actor, screenwriter and stuntman. He was nominated for a Lumières Award for his leading role in the film '' French Blood'' (2015). Career As a stuntman, he has worked on ''Les Brigades du Tigre'' (2006), '' Taken'' (2008), ''Hero Corp'' (2008-2010), ''The Princess of Montpensier'' (2010), '' Outside the Law'' (2010), ''Point Blank Point-blank range is any distance over which a certain firearm can hit a target without the need to compensate for bullet drop, and can be adjusted over a wide range of distances by sighting in the firearm. If the bullet leaves the barrel paral ...'' (2010), '' Erased'' (2012). Theater Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lenoir, Alban 1980 births 21st-century French male actors Actors from Dijon Living people French male screenwriters French screenwriters Writers from Dijon ...
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GIGN
The GIGN ( ; ) is the elite police tactical unit of the National Gendarmerie of France. Among its missions are counterterrorism, hostage rescue, surveillance of national threats, protection of government officials, critical site protection (such as French embassies in war-torn countries), and targeting organized crime. GIGN44 Domenjod 011021.jpg, Search and Observation GIGN57 Domenjod 170322.jpg, Intervention GIGN35 Domenjod 270918.jpg, Protection Established in 1973, the GIGN was initially created as a relatively small tactical unit specialized in sensitive hostage situations, but has since grown into a larger force with expanded responsibilities and capabilities. It is now composed of nearly 1,000 operators : around 400 operators based in Satory, near Versailles in the Paris area and approximately 600 operators in fourteen regional GIGN branches, AGIGN (french: Antennes du GIGN, label=none), located in metropolitan France or in the French overseas territories. The unit sha ...
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Michaël Abiteboul
Michaël Abiteboul is a French actor. Filmography Theatre References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Abiteboul, Michael French male film actors Living people 21st-century French male actors Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century French male actors French male stage actors French male television actors ...
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David Murgia
David Murgia (born 16 March 1988) is a Belgian actor. He started his career in theatre in the early 2000s and has since gone on to appear in films. Theater Filmography References External links * 1988 births 20th-century Belgian male actors 21st-century Belgian male actors Belgian male film actors Belgian male stage actors Living people Magritte Award winners {{Belgium-actor-stub ...
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Vincent Perez
Vincent Perez (born 10 June 1964) is a Swiss actor, director and photographer. He played the title character, Ashe Corven, in '' The Crow: City of Angels'', and starred in ''Queen of the Damned'', playing Marius de Romanus. Some of his films in French cinema include ''Cyrano de Bergerac'', '' Le Bossu'', '' La Reine Margot'' and '' Indochine''.Guerif, Francois"Vincent Perez Unmasked" Vogue Hommes International Mode. 1997. Retrieved 18 April 2010. Early life Perez was born on 10 June 1964 in Lausanne, Switzerland, to a Spanish father and a German mother. His mother was a housewife and his father worked in the import-export business. He commenced acting studies in Geneva, followed by the CNSAD and completed his training at the school of the Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers. He started acting in theatre before starring in films. Career Cinema His breakthrough role was starring as Christian opposite Gérard Depardieu in ''Cyrano de Bergerac''.Peres, Daniel"Perez is Burning" W Magazi ...
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Olga Kurylenko
Olga Kostyantynivna Kurylenko ( uk, Ольга Костянтинівна Куриленко; born 14 November 1979) is a Ukrainian and French actress and model. She started her acting career in 2005, and first found success as an actress for her role as Nika Boronina in the film adaptation of the video game ''Hitman'' (2007). She is known as Bond girl Camille Montes in the 22nd James Bond film, ''Quantum of Solace'' (2008), and as Taskmaster in '' Black Widow'' (2021). She starred in Terrence Malick's ''To the Wonder'' (2012), Martin McDonagh's dark comedy ''Seven Psychopaths'' (2012), the Tom Cruise science fiction film '' Oblivion'' (2013), Armando Iannucci's political satire ''The Death of Stalin'' (2017), and Terry Gilliam's ''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'' (2018). Early life Kurylenko was born in Berdyansk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. Her father, Konstantin, is Ukrainian, and her mother, Marina Alyabusheva, who teaches art and is an exhibited artist, was born in Irku ...
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2019 Films
2019 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2019, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and movie programming. Evaluation of the year In his article highlighting the best movies of 2019, Richard Brody of ''The New Yorker'' said, "It's the year of apocalyptic cinema of the highest order, the year in which three of our best filmmakers have responded with vast ambition, invention, and inspiration to the crises at hand, including the threats to American democracy, the catastrophic menaces arising from global warming, the corrosive cruelty of ethnic hatreds and nationalist prejudices, and the poisonous overconcentration of money and power. At the same time, it's a year of inside-movies practicalities, of special attention to the business at hand, because of the structural threats to the movie business from new and powerful players. The major crisis specific to cinema outleaps ...
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French Films Based On Actual Events
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * Frenc ...
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Films Set In 1976
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ...
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French Action Drama Films
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * Fren ...
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Films Set In Djibouti
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ...
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Films Shot In Morocco
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ...
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