Special Forces

1h 49m

Action Drama War

6.7

Afghanistan. War correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to free her. In some of the world’s most breathtaking yet hostile landscapes, a relentless pursuit begins between her kidnappers who have no intention of letting their prey escape them and a group of soldiers who risk their lives in pursuit of their single aim – to bring her home alive. This strong, independent woman and these men of duty are thrown together and forced to confront situations of great danger that inextricably bind them – emotionally, violently and intimately.

Cast

Commander Kovax

Benoît Magimel

Captain 'Tic-Tac '

Denis Ménochet

Raphaël Personnaz

Amin, Elsa's guide

Ahmed Zaief, leader of the hostage takers

Admiral Guezennec

Jacques Beauregard

President of the Republic

Patron De La Duse

Jean-Paul Dubois

Defense Minister

Antoine Blanquefort

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Chief of Staff of the President

Jeanne Bournaud

Isabelle Vitari

Lisa, Captain Lucas' friend

Jeanne, wife of Kovax

Nurullo Abdullayev

Serbian war criminal

Gregory Fromentin

Claire, journalist colleague of Elsa

Matthias Van Khache

Séverin Bavarel

Stéphanie Brongniart

Olivier Pierre Richard

Fabrice Laroche-Joubert

Guest (uncredited)

Crew

Christophe Jutz

Head Decorator, Production Design

Stéphane Rybojad

Director, Writer, Adaptation, Editor

David Jankowski

Director of Photography

Benoit Ponsaillé

Juliette Ménager

Céline El Mazouzi

Richard Le Bihan

Makeup Department Head

Arnaud Lavaleix

Xavier Berthelot

Original Music Composer

Emmanuelle Collomp

Script Consultant

Stéphane Orsolani

Frédéric Alhinho