24 Days

24 Days
Film poster
Directed by Alexandre Arcady
Produced by Alexandre Arcady
Starring Zabou Breitman
Pascal Elbé
Jacques Gamblin
Sylvie Testud
Éric Caravaca
Syrus Shahidi
Tony Harrisson Mpoudja
Olivier Sitruk
Olivier Barthelemy
Music by Armand Amar
Cinematography Gilles Henry
Edited by Manu De Sousa
Production
company
Alexandre Films
New Light Films
Distributed by Paradis Films
Menemsha Films
Release date
  • 30 April 2014 (2014-04-30) (France)
Running time
 110 minutes
Country France
Language French
Box office $979,417[1]

24 Days (French: 24 jours, la vérité sur l'affaire Ilan Halimi — lit. 24 Days: The True Story of the Ilan Halimi Affair) is a French drama film directed by Alexandre Arcady released in 2014. It examines The Affair of the Gang of Barbarians of January 2006.[2]

Synopsis

On a Friday night of January 2006, after Shabbat dinner with his mother (Zabou Breitman) and sister, 23-year-old Ilan Halimi (Syrus Shahidi) receives a phone call. Ilan quickly arranges to meet up with the caller, a beautiful young woman, and is subsequently attacked and kidnapped by a gang. The following afternoon, the Halimi family are sent a harrowing online message demanding a ransom for Ilan's return. Ilan's parents, Ruth and Didier Halimi (played by Pascal Elbé), immediately contact the police.[3]

The police, failing to recognize the anti-Semitism behind the attack, treat Ilan's case as a normal kidnapping. The film depicts the next 24 days, in which the Halimi family receives over 700 threatening phone calls from Ilan's kidnappers. Tensions rise between the family and the police assigned to their case, as days go by without Ilan's safe return. Eventually, more is discovered about Ilan's kidnapper (Tony Harrisson Mpoudja), who seems to be in multiple places at once. The film is a chilling depiction of the real-life events surrounding the attack, and presents a commentary on growing anti-Semitism in France.[4]

Cast

  • Zabou Breitman as Ruth Halimi
  • Pascal Elbé as Didier Halimi
  • Jacques Gamblin as Commandant Delcour
  • Sylvie Testud as Brigitte Farell
  • Syrus Shahidi as Ilan Halimi
  • Alka Balbir as Yaël Halimi
  • Éric Caravaca as Lieutenant Fernandez
  • Audrey Giacomini as Mony
  • Pauline Cheviller as Anne-Laure Halimi
  • Olivier Sitruk as Raphy
  • Kevin Elarbi as Karim
  • Tony Harrisson Mpoudja as Youssouf Fofana
  • Olivier Barthelemy as Jérôme Ribeiro
  • Matthieu Boujenah as Johan
  • Pierre Abbou as Lieutenant Dussault
  • Emilie Caen as Lieutenant Barsac
  • Marc Robert as Capitaine Garcin
  • Sophie Tapie as Lieutenant Vogel
  • Alexis Michalik as Lieutenant Joubert
  • Donia Eden as Emma
  • Philippe Hadjez as Lieutenant Menault
  • Victor Dadoun as The investigator
  • Romain Guillaume as Vocal Analyst Investigator

References

  1. ↑ Box Office
  2. ↑ "24 Days (24 Jours: La Verite sur l'affaire Ilan Halimi): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-24-days-review-20150424-column.html
  4. ↑ https://www.npr.org/2015/04/23/401044245/24-days-retells-a-brutal-crime-with-little-explanation


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