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 Ilans vicious ordeal the story tracks the massive but futile investigation doomed by nearmisses and tragedy that triggered a national outcry For 24 days the police insistent upon handling the case as a normal forransom kidnapping failed to recognize the antiSemitic 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 antiSemitism and race relations in contemporary France
