Out of Life
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Directed by | Maroun Bagdadi |
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Cinematography | Patrick Blossier |
Edited by | Luc Barnier |
Music by | Nicola Piovani |
Release date | 15 May 1991 (premiere at Cannes) |
Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Out of Life (French: Hors la vie) is a 1991 film directed by Lebanese director Maroun Bagdadi. The film tells the story of a French photographer (played by Hippolyte Girardot), who is kidnapped in Beirut, Lebanon, and attempts to maintain his personal dignity in the face of torture and brainwashing. The story was inspired by the events surrounding the kidnapping of Roger Auque during the Lebanon hostage crisis. The film was produced by the French companies Galatée Films and Films A2.
Cast[]
- Hippolyte Girardot - Patrick Perrault
- - Walid 'Chief'
- - Omar
- - Ali 'Philippe'
- - Moustapha
- Hassan Farhat - Ahmed 'Frankenstein'
- - Fadi
- - Najat
- - 'De Niro'
- - Hassan
- - Isabelle
- Roger Assaf - Farid
- Nidal Al-Askhar - Khaled's Mother (as Nidal Ashkar)
- - (as Fady Abou Khalil)
Awards[]
The film won the Jury Prize at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Out of Life". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
External links[]
- Hors la vie at IMDb
- Hors la vie at AllMovie
Categories:
- French-language films
- 1991 films
- French films
- Films directed by Maroun Bagdadi
- Lebanese Civil War films
- Films scored by Nicola Piovani
- 1990s French film stubs