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The Assault

The Assault

Monday 26th December 1994. Marignane Airport.

20116.01h 28m

Overview

December 1994. On Saturday 24th, four GIA terrorists hijack an Air France A300 Airbus, bound for Paris, with 227 passengers on board, at the Algiers airport.

Directed by Julien Leclercq
Written by Julien Leclercq, Simon Moutaïrou, Roland Môntins
Produced by Julien Leclercq, Julien Madon
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Top Cast

Vincent Elbaz

Vincent Elbaz

Thierry

Grégori Derangère

Grégori Derangère

Denis Favier

Mélanie Bernier

Mélanie Bernier

Carole

Aymen Saïdi

Aymen Saïdi

Yahia

Chems Dahmani

Chems Dahmani

Mustapha

Mohid Abid

Mohid Abid

Makhlouf

Djanis Bouzyani

Djanis Bouzyani

Salim

Marie Guillard

Marie Guillard

Claire

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Naturel Le Ruyet

Emma

Philippe Bas

Philippe Bas

GIGN Snipper Didier

Themes & Keywords

husband wife relationshipbased on true storyairplane hijackingco-workers relationshipalgiers, algeriapolice raidterrorist groupislamic terrorism

About The Assault

The Assault is a drama, action, thriller film released in 2011 exploring themes of husband wife relationship, based on true story, airplane hijacking, co-workers relationship, algiers, algeria, police raid. Directed by Julien Leclercq, it stars Vincent Elbaz, Grégori Derangère, Mélanie Bernier. December 1994. On Saturday 24th, four GIA terrorists hijack an Air France A300 Airbus, bound for Paris, with 227 passengers on board, at the Algiers airport.

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