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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.

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