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The Siege of Jadotville

In the early 1960s, Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan finds himself at the center of a tense standoff with French and Belgian mercenaries in the Congo.

In 1961, the United Nations dispatches an Irish peacekeeping force, led by Commandant Pat Quinlan, to Jadotville, Congo, to safeguard the mining town's inhabitants as a civil war erupts. As the UN advisor, Dr. Conor Cruise O'Brien, launches a military operation against French and Belgian mercenaries, the Irish troops find themselves vastly outnumbered and under siege by Katangese and mercenary forces. Can they hold out against the overwhelming attack?

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Info about The Siege of Jadotville

Studio(s): Parallel Films, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Originally Released: United Kingdom, Sep 19, 2016

Production Country: Ireland

Genres:Action, Drama, Thriller, War