''Out of Life'' (french: Hors la vie) is a 1991 film directed by Lebanese director

Maroun Bagdadi Maroun Bagdadi (also Baghdadi; ar, مارون بغدادي, ; January 21, 1950 – December 10, 1993) was a Lebanese film director known for his vivid portrayal of Lebanon's civil war. Bagdadi was internationally the best-known Lebanese filmmake ...

. The film tells the story of a French photographer (played by

Hippolyte Girardot Hippolyte Girardot (born Frédéric Girardot; 10 October 1955) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He is the father of actress Ana Girardot. Selected filmography * 1973: '' La Femme de Jean'', directed by Yannick Bellon, Rémi * ...

), who is kidnapped in

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, and attempts to maintain his personal dignity in the face of

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and brainwashing. The story was inspired by the events surrounding the kidnapping of

Roger Auque Roger Henri Auque (11 January 1956 – 8 September 2014) was a French journalist, war correspondent, and diplomat, and Israeli spy. He served as France's Ambassador to Eritrea from 2009 to 2012. Life and career Auque was born in Roubaix, Franc ...

during the

Lebanon hostage crisis The Lebanon hostage crisis was the kidnapping in Lebanon of 104 foreign hostages between 1982 and 1992, when the Lebanese Civil War was at its height. The hostages were mostly Americans and Western Europeans, but 21 national origins were represen ...

. The film was produced by the French companies Galatée Films and Films A2.

Cast

- Patrick Perrault *

Rafic Ali Ahmad Rafic may refer to: *Rafic Charaf (1932–2003), Lebanese painter *Rafic Hariri (1944–2005), Prime Minister of Lebanon, 1992–1998 and 2000–2004 *Rafic Nahra (born 1959), Lebanese priest of the Catholic Church * Mayan Rafic (born 1995), Israel ...

- Walid 'Chief' * Hussein Sbeity - Omar * Habib Hammoud - Ali 'Philippe' * Majdi Machmouchi - Moustapha *

Hassan Farhat Hassan Farhat ( ar, حسن فرحات) (Born in Telafa, Iraq, also known as Abdul Jabbar,Hamilton, Dwight. "Terror Threat: International and Homegrown terrorists and their threat to Canada", 2007 Abu Ossama, and Abu Khalid) is an Iraqi Imam who ...

- Ahmed 'Frankenstein' * Hassan Zbib - Fadi * Nabila Zeitouni - Najat * Hamza Nasrallah - 'De Niro' * Sami Hawat - Hassan * Sabrina Leurquin - Isabelle *

Roger Assaf Roger Assaf (in Arabic روجيه عساف ; born in 1941) is a Lebanese playwright, director and actor. Biography Assaf was born in Lebanon, son of Joseph Assaf and Rosette Brunas. His father was Lebanese and his mother was French. He studied ...

- Farid * Nidal Al-Askhar - Khaled's Mother (as Nidal Ashkar) * Fadi Abou Khalil - (as Fady Abou Khalil)

Awards

The film won the

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at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.

References

External links

* * 1991 films French war drama films Films directed by Maroun Bagdadi Films produced by Jacques Perrin Lebanese Civil War films Films scored by Nicola Piovani 1990s French films {{1990s-France-film-stub