In 2006, a 23-year-old Parisian Jew named Ilan Halimi was lured to a late-night rendez-vous by a young woman, then kidnapped, held for ransom, and tortured in a basement for three weeks by a gang known as the “Barbarians”. Finally, when his captors realised no money was coming their way, they doused him in acid and dumped him bound and naked by the side of a highway. Halimi was found alive, but died before reaching the hospital.
The grisly murder shocked France -- which is home to Europe’s largest Jewish population -- and made front-page headlines abroad.
Now, somewhat inevitably, the story is coming to the big screen: Alexandre Arcady’s “24 Jours: La vérité sur l’affaire Ilan Halimi” (which translates as “24 Days: The Truth about the Ilan Halimi Case”) will be released in France on April 30. Taken from News 24
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