The Siege of Jadotville (film)
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| Directed by | Richie Smyth |
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| Music by | Joseph Trapanese |
| Cinematography | Nikolaus Summerer |
| Edited by | Alex Mackie |
| Distributed by | Netflix |
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108 minutes |
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Ireland South Africa |
| Language | English Irish French |
The Siege of Jadotville is a 2016 historical drama war film directed by Richie Smyth and written by Kevin Brodbin. It was first screened at the 2016 Galway Film Festival. The film received a limited cinema distribution in Ireland in September 2016, and planned for simultaneous worldwide distribution on Netflix and a number of US iPic Theaters during October 2016. The film is based on Declan Power's book, The Siege at Jadotville: The Irish Army's Forgotten Battle (2005).
Following the assassination of Prime Minister Lumumba, UN Irish troops are sent to the Congo on a peacekeeping mandate from the United Nations, overseen by Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold and Conor Cruise O'Brien. Commandant Pat Quinlan is in charge of a battalion of peacekeepers stationed near Jadotville in Katanga. While in Jadotville, Quinlan meets French mercenary Rene Paulques who is defending mining interests. He also talks to a Belgian colonist, Madam LaFongagne, who tells him that the mining companies are unhappy with Lumumba and are determined to defend their interests. Elsewhere, UN forces launch an attack against the Kataganese. Kataganese forces, in conjunction with mercenaries under Paulques, attack the Irish at Jadotville.
The film is based on Declan Power's non-fiction book, The Siege at Jadotville: The Irish Army's Forgotten Battle (2005), and covers the story of the Siege of Jadotville, a conflict involving Irish Army UN Peacekeepers and Katangese forces during the Congo Crisis in September 1961.
Jamie Dornan said the real veterans "didn’t get the recognition they deserved. In fact the opposite. They got that term Jadotville Jacks. They have had to live with that and they appreciate any light that can be shone on their heroics."
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