Out of Life
{{Infobox film
| name = Out of Life
| image = Hors la vie (1991 film).jpg
| caption =
| director = Maroun Bagdadi
| producer = {{ubl|Mario Gallo|Enzo Giulioli|Jacques Perrin}}
| writer = {{ubl|Maroun Bagdadi|Didier Decoin|Elias Khoury}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Hippolyte Girardot|Rafic Ali Ahmad}}
| music = Nicola Piovani
| cinematography = Patrick Blossier
| editing = Luc Barnier
| distributor = BAC Films
| released = {{Film date|1991|05|15|premiere at Cannes|df=yes}}
| runtime = 97 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Out of Life ({{langx|fr|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
- Rafic Ali Ahmad - Walid 'Chief'
- Hussein Sbeity - Omar
- Habib Hammoud - Ali 'Philippe'
- Majdi Machmouchi - Moustapha
- Hassan Farhat - Ahmed 'Frankenstein'
- Hassan Zbib - Fadi
- Nabila Zeitouni - Najat
- Hamza Nasrallah - 'De Niro'
- Sami Hawat - Hassan
- Sabrina Leurquin - Isabelle
- Roger Assaf - Farid
- Nidal Al-Askhar - Khaled's Mother (as Nidal Ashkar)
- Fadi Abou Khalil - (as Fady Abou Khalil)
Awards
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0102058|Hors la vie}}
{{Jacques Perrin}}
{{Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize}}
Category:French war drama films
Category:Films directed by Maroun Bagdadi
Category:Films produced by Jacques Perrin
Category:Lebanese Civil War films
Category:Films scored by Nicola Piovani
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