In the tense, fact-based action thriller "15 Minutes of War," director Fred Grivois crafts a gripping race against time. When a school bus carrying French children and their teacher is hijacked by terrorists on a remote desert road in Djibouti, an international crisis erupts. The elite French GIGN unit, led by the determined and skilled Alban Lenoir, is dispatched alongside a local police officer played by Olga Kurylenko to resolve the standoff. With the volatile captors threatening to execute their hostages, the team has a mere quarter of an hour to plan and execute a daring, high-stakes rescue operation. This intense drama captures the immense pressure and split-second decisions faced by the operatives as they navigate a volatile political landscape and a seemingly impossible tactical challenge, where every second counts and the cost of failure is unthinkable.