Out of Life
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.
| Out of Life | |
|---|---|
.jpg) | |
| Directed by | Maroun Bagdadi |
| Produced by | Mario Gallo Enzo Giulioli Jacques Perrin |
| Written by | Maroun Bagdadi Didier Decoin Elias Khoury |
| Starring | Hippolyte Girardot Rafic Ali Ahmad |
| Music by | Nicola Piovani |
| Cinematography | Patrick Blossier |
| Edited by | Luc Barnier |
Release date | 15 May 1991 (premiere at Cannes) |
Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
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
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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.