Bastille Day is a 2016 English-language Action Crime film written by Andrew Baldwin and James Watkins. The movie is directed by James Watkins and produced by Steve Golin, David Kanter, Bard Dorros, Fabrice Gianfermi and Philippe Rousselet under the banner of Anonymous Content in collaboration with Vend me Pictures, StudioCanal and TF1 Films Production. Michael Mason, a pickpocket living in Paris, steals a bag with a teddy bear in it. Not realizing the toy contains a timed bomb, he tosses it aside on a busy street. A few seconds later it explodes, killing four people. CCTV footage reveals Mason's face and the French police tag him as a terrorist threat. The explosion, although botched, was set up by a select group of the French Interior Ministry as a decoy so they can make a half billion dollar digital transfer from a bank (closed on French National Day) -- hence the title Bastille Day. In a separate CIA investigation the unruly agent Sean Briar discovers the real story behind Mason's terrorist attack. The two men, on different sides of the law, collaborate to bring the corrupt members of the Ministry down. Written by kwedgwood@hotmail.com. Bastille day stars Idris Elba, Richard Madden, Charlotte Le Bon, Eriq Ebouaney, Jos Garcia, Kelly Reilly and Miroslav Zaruba. The music was composed by Alex Heffes. Cinematography was done by Tim Maurice-Jones and editing by Jon Harris. The motion picture has a running time of 92 minutes. It was released on 21st April 2016. The film made a box office gross of $14 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by StudioCanal.