''Lost in Transit'' (original title: ''Tombés du ciel''; literally "Fallen from the Sky") is a 1993 French
comedy-drama
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film directed by
Philippe Lioret. The film is about a man who loses his passport and spends a couple of days at a Paris airport, where he meets four people in similar circumstances. The film won the Grand Prize at the 6th
Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival held in February 1995.
The film was inspired by the predicament of
Mehran Karimi Nasseri.
Cast
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Jean Rochefort as Arturo Conti
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Marisa Paredes as Suzana, Arturo's wife
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Ticky Holgado as Serge
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Laura del Sol as Angela
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Sotigui Kouyaté as Knak
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Ismaïla Meite as Zola
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Jean-Louis Richard as Monsieur Armanet
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José Artur as Newspaper shop keeper
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Olivier Saladin as Restaurant manager
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François Morel as first C.R.S.
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Philippe Duquesne as C.R.S.
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Claude Derepp as Bébert, policeman
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Jacques Mathou as Policeman
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Christian Sinniger as Policeman
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Yves Osmu as Policeman
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Dimitri Radochevitch as Bus driver
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Pierre LaPlace as Inspector
Accolades
See also
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Mehran Karimi Nasseri
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Flight
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'', 1998 opera
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The Terminal
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'', a 2004 film directed by
Steven Spielberg
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, based on a similar story.
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List of people who have lived at airports
Notes
External links
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cinemovies.fr entry
1993 films
1993 comedy-drama films
Films directed by Philippe Lioret
French comedy-drama films
1990s French-language films
Films about friendship
Films set in airports
1990s French films
French-language comedy-drama films
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