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Based on the 1976 true story of the Somalian rebel hijacking of a school bus with 21 French children and an American teacher onboard. The rebels drive the bus to the border between the French colony and Somalia. French captain Andre Gerval is called to lead a small team of elite snipers to secretly prepare an emergency rescue. When diplomacy comes to a standstill and time is running out, Gerval and his team carry out a sniper attack to get the children and their teacher out safely.
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15 Minutes of War (2019)
98 min
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.