"As a suspenseful true crime story, 24 Days succeeds. As a warning against the ever present dangers of anti-Semitism, it is eloquent and disturbing."
"A real-life Taken. Tremendously gripping Paris police procedural."
"[It] has a more upsetting dimension than most suspense dramas as it's based on a true story, a story that touches on issues still roiling France today."
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Director: Alexandre Arcady
Runtime: 110 minutes Rating: NR Language: English UPC: Public Performance Rights Licensing: Starting at $250 Organizations & Institutions please contact info@passionriver.com for a quote GENRE: Drama, Jewish Studies, Foreign
SYNOPSIS: 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 this 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. |
