This was a drama based on a real life kidnapping that occurred in France, in 2006.
The kidnapping gang targeted Jewish males, because they erroneously thought that all Jews were rich.
Performances were excellent all around. I thought the mother was a bit much at times and got on my nerves at times. I realize she was under great stress, but yelling at and berating the police officers and hostage negotiator, who are all there to help you, is not helpful and may indeed have caused them to perform at less than their best.
The movie insinuates that there must have been at least a few people in the apartment complex, where the kidnappee was being held, who must have seen something, but this seemed a bit of an overreach. They may have seen something, but given that they didn't know that there had been a kidnapping, they probably had insufficient cause to alert the police.
Also, the movie indicates that this was fundamentally an act of anti-semitism. I think it was primarily the act of a gang of fairly ignorant and violent people who thought they could make a quick buck because of their mistaken notion that all Jews were rich.
If they had thought a different group of people were all rich, they would most likely have targeted them as well.
While watching this movie, you basically vicariously experience what it's like to have a family member kidnapped, and one possible way that it could play out.
The kidnapping gang targeted Jewish males, because they erroneously thought that all Jews were rich.
Performances were excellent all around. I thought the mother was a bit much at times and got on my nerves at times. I realize she was under great stress, but yelling at and berating the police officers and hostage negotiator, who are all there to help you, is not helpful and may indeed have caused them to perform at less than their best.
The movie insinuates that there must have been at least a few people in the apartment complex, where the kidnappee was being held, who must have seen something, but this seemed a bit of an overreach. They may have seen something, but given that they didn't know that there had been a kidnapping, they probably had insufficient cause to alert the police.
Also, the movie indicates that this was fundamentally an act of anti-semitism. I think it was primarily the act of a gang of fairly ignorant and violent people who thought they could make a quick buck because of their mistaken notion that all Jews were rich.
If they had thought a different group of people were all rich, they would most likely have targeted them as well.
While watching this movie, you basically vicariously experience what it's like to have a family member kidnapped, and one possible way that it could play out.