24 days
79% "Fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes!
Winner of the Lia Award - Jerusalem Film Festival 2014
Winner of the Lia Award - Jerusalem Film Festival 2014
"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."
- Boston Globe
"A real-life Taken. Tremendously gripping Paris police procedural."
- Boston Herald
"[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."
- RogerEbert.com
- Boston Globe
"A real-life Taken. Tremendously gripping Paris police procedural."
- Boston Herald
"[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."
- RogerEbert.com
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. FILM INFORMATION: Director: Alexandre Arcady Runtime: 110 minutes Rating: NR Language: English Pre-book: 7/21/15 Street: 8/18/15 BR UPC: 019962171314 BR Cat#: PRDVD2943 BR SRP: $34.95 DVD UPC: 019962171215 DVD Cat#: PRDVD2941 DVD SRP: $29.95 |