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| A lawyer representing a man accused of a foiled French terror attack has spoken out against a film by Clint Eastwood depicting the incident. | A lawyer representing a man accused of a foiled French terror attack has spoken out against a film by Clint Eastwood depicting the incident. |
| The film - The 15:17 to Paris - is based on events on board a Thalys express train when a gunman tried to attack passengers in August 2015. | The film - The 15:17 to Paris - is based on events on board a Thalys express train when a gunman tried to attack passengers in August 2015. |
| The film, starring the men who stopped the attacker, opened on Wednesday. | The film, starring the men who stopped the attacker, opened on Wednesday. |
| A lawyer for suspect Ayoub El-Khazzani has asked for showings to be suspended while a judge reviews evidence. | A lawyer for suspect Ayoub El-Khazzani has asked for showings to be suspended while a judge reviews evidence. |
| Sarah Mauger-Poliak said the film was a violation of her client's rights because it presents a "fictionalised" and "one-sided" view to the public as fact. | Sarah Mauger-Poliak said the film was a violation of her client's rights because it presents a "fictionalised" and "one-sided" view to the public as fact. |
| "I am aware that my client is not an angel but let justice do its work," she said. | "I am aware that my client is not an angel but let justice do its work," she said. |
| Mr Khazzani, from Morocco, was found with a range of weapons including a Kalashnikov assault rifle on board the Amsterdam-to-Paris train. He is alleged to have links to radical Islam. | Mr Khazzani, from Morocco, was found with a range of weapons including a Kalashnikov assault rifle on board the Amsterdam-to-Paris train. He is alleged to have links to radical Islam. |
| He was eventually subdued by some of the passengers after opening fire, including three American friends who star as themselves in the Clint Eastwood-directed re-creation. | He was eventually subdued by some of the passengers after opening fire, including three American friends who star as themselves in the Clint Eastwood-directed re-creation. |
| Off-duty military servicemen, Spencer Stone and Alek Skarlatos, and their friend Anthony Sadler, were backpacking through Europe on holiday at the time of the attack. | Off-duty military servicemen, Spencer Stone and Alek Skarlatos, and their friend Anthony Sadler, were backpacking through Europe on holiday at the time of the attack. |
| They were hailed as heroes after the foiled attack - they and three other passengers, including a British businessman, were awarded with France's top honour. | They were hailed as heroes after the foiled attack - they and three other passengers, including a British businessman, were awarded with France's top honour. |
| Ms Mauger-Poliak said she had not ruled out taking legal action against Warner Brothers to get the film suspended during the judge's instruction period - where he decides if there is enough evidence for the case to go to trial. | Ms Mauger-Poliak said she had not ruled out taking legal action against Warner Brothers to get the film suspended during the judge's instruction period - where he decides if there is enough evidence for the case to go to trial. |
| "That Hollywood has delivered its 'truth' before the judges is at the very least worrying," Ms Mauger-Poliak told radio station France Inter. | "That Hollywood has delivered its 'truth' before the judges is at the very least worrying," Ms Mauger-Poliak told radio station France Inter. |
| Mr Eastwood's film is the latest in a series of movies he has made about real-life people in extraordinary situations. | Mr Eastwood's film is the latest in a series of movies he has made about real-life people in extraordinary situations. |
| He has also directed films about pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who landed his damaged plane on the Hudson River, and about record-breaking US Navy Seal sniper Chris Kyle. | |
| The 15:17 to Paris is released in the US and UK on Friday, but has been met with overall poor reviews in France at its opening. | The 15:17 to Paris is released in the US and UK on Friday, but has been met with overall poor reviews in France at its opening. |