Everything Now

Everything Now

2016 · 114 min · FR · 6.3 (24 votes)
Dir. Richard Berry · Starring Richard Berry, Steve Achiepo, Marc Ruchmann, Romane Rauss, Idit Cebula, Pascale Louange · Music Harry Escott
Thriller

This gripping and wrenching thriller tells the story of Ilan Halimi who was kidnapped for ransom in a Paris suburb. His captors, who dub themselves The Gang of Barbarians, operate under the assumption that his Jewish heritage means he is worth a lot of money. Taking the audience through the harrowing experience of the Halimi family and sharing a searing insight into Ilan's vicious ordeal, the story tracks the massive but futile investigation doomed by near-misses and tragedy that triggered a national outcry. For 24 days the police, insistent upon handling the case as a normal for-ransom kidnapping, failed to recognize the anti-Semitic overtones of the abduction. Faithfully reenacting events from the view of the various characters, Tout, tout de suite raises troubling questions about the state of anti-Semitism and race relations in contemporary France.

VIBE

A deeply unsettling and frustrating procedural drama that exposes the dark underbelly of prejudice. It’s a harrowing, gripping watch that leaves you questioning societal failings and the devastating consequences of hate.

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