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24 Days
Year
2014
Language
FRENCH (ENGLISH subtitles)
Duration
1h 48m
Rating
NR
CC
Performers
Zabou Breitman, Jacques Gamblin, Éric Caravaca, Sylvie Testud, Syrus Shahidi, Alka Balbir, Tony Harrisson, Olivier Sitruk, Matthieu Boujenah, Pascal Elbe
Directed By
Alexandre Arcady
Written By
Antoine Lacomblez, Emilie Frèche
Publication Information
Menemsha Films
Summary
January 20, 2006: after dinner with his family, Ilan Halimi gets a call from a beautiful girl who had approached him at work and makes plans to meet her for coffee. Ilan didn't suspect a thing. He was 23 and had his whole life ahead of him. The next time Ilan's family heard from him was through a cryptic online message from kidnappers demanding ransom in exchange for their son's life. Based on a book co-written by the victim's mother, Ruth Halimi, director Alexandre Arcady's cinematic adaptation offers a harrowing view into his ordeal: from his kidnapping and torture at the hands of the Gang of Barbarians, to the nearly 700 phone calls, insults, and threats received by his family. Meanwhile the Parisian police fail to recognize the anti-Semitic hatred of his abductors.