''A Lost Man'' (french: Un homme perdu, ar, رجل ضائع , Levantine Arabic ''rajolon ḍāˀyeˁ'') is a 2007 Lebanese film by the Lebanese director

Danielle Arbid Danielle Arbid (born 26 April 1970) is a French filmmaker of Lebanon, Lebanese origin. She has been directing films since 1997. Her work has been selected for numerous film festivals, including Cannes Film Festival, Toronto FF, New York FF, San ...

. The film premiered on 18 March during the

2007 Cannes Film Festival The 60th Cannes Film Festival ran from 16 to 27 May 2007. The President of the Jury was British director Stephen Frears. Twenty two films from twelve countries were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or. The awards were announced on 26 May. '' 4 ...

, in the

Directors' Fortnight The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) is an independent selection of the Cannes Film Festival. It was started in 1969 by the French Directors Guild after the events of May 1968 resulted in cancellation of the Cannes festiv ...

section. It is possibly the most sexually graphic film ever made by an Arab director. ''Variety'' article
/ref> The film was inspired by the life of the French photographer Antoine D'Agata.

Synopsis

The story is about a French photographer Thomas Koré (

Melvil Poupaud Melvil Poupaud (born 26 January 1973) is a French actor, author and filmmaker. Career Poupaud's first appearance was, as a child, in Raúl Ruiz's 1983 film '' City of Pirates''. He met Ruiz through his mother, Chantal Poupaud, who was a well-kn ...

), who is searching for extraordinary experiences. Koré has become so detached from humanity that the only way he can connect with other people is to have—and photograph—bizarre and demeaning sexual encounters with prostitutes. When he meets Fouad Saleh (

Alexander Siddig Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abdurrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi (born 21 November 1965) is a Sudanese-born English actor and director known professionally as Siddig El Fadil and subsequently as Alexander Siddig. Siddig i ...

), a man with memory problems, he realized that Fouad is even more lost than he, and befriends him. Koré then tries to uncover Fouad's history.

References

External links

Official website
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* 2007 films 2007 comedy-drama films 2000s Arabic-language films Lebanese comedy-drama films 2007 comedy films 2007 drama films Films directed by Danielle Arbid {{2000s-comedy-drama-film-stub