The Assault (2010 film)

{{Infobox film

| name = The Assault

| image = L'Assaut 2010.jpg

| caption = French theatrical release poster

| native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|L'Assaut}}

| director = Julien Leclercq

| producer = {{Plainlist|

• Julien Leclercq
• Julien Madon

}}

| screenplay = {{Plainlist|

• Simon Moutaïrou
• Julien Leclercq

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| based_on = {{based on|{{lang|fr|L'Assaut : GIGN, Marignane, 26 décembre 1994, 17 h 12|italic=yes}}|Roland Môntins|Gilles Cauture}}

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Vincent Elbaz
• Grégori Derangère
• Mélanie Bernier
• Aymen Saïdi
• Marie Guillard
• Chems Dahmani
• Djanis Bouzyani
• Mohid Abid
• Antoine Basler

}}

| music = {{Plainlist|

• Jean-Jacques Hertz
• François Roy

}}

| cinematography = Thierry Pouget

| editing = {{Plainlist|

• Mickael Dumontier
• Christine Lucas Navarro
• Frédéric Thoraval

}}

| production_companies = {{Plainlist|

• Labyrinthe Films
• Mars Films

}}

| distributor = Mars Distribution

| released = {{Film date|2010|11|12|Sarlat Film Festival|2011|03|09|France|df=y}}

| runtime = 95 minutes

| country = France

| language = French

| budget = $4.6 million{{cite web |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=11813 |title=L'Assaut |work=JP's Box-Office }}

| gross = $4.3 million{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2011W10&id=_fLASSAUTTHEASSAU01 |title=L'assaut (The Assault) |work=Box Office Mojo}}

}}

The Assault ({{langx|fr|L'Assaut}}) is a 2010 French action thriller film directed by Julien Leclercq, based on the 1994 hijacking of Air France Flight 8969 by Algerian Islamic fundamentalist terrorists and the raid to free the hostages by the GIGN, the elite counter-terrorism unit of the French National Gendarmerie.[http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/theassault/ The Assault]