''A Lost Man'' (, , Levantine Arabic ''rajolon ḍāˀyeˁ'') is a 2007 Lebanese film by the Lebanese director

Danielle Arbid Danielle Arbid is a French filmmaker of Lebanese origin who 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 Francisco, Locarno Festival ...

. The film premiered on 18 March during the

2007 Cannes Film Festival The 60th Cannes Film Festival was held from 16 to 27 May 2007. British filmmaker Stephen Frears served as jury president for the main competition. Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu won the Palme d'Or for the drama film ''4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 ...

, in the

Directors' Fortnight The Directors' Fortnight (, formerly ) is an independent section held in parallel to 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 festival as a ...

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 Matthias Julien Poupaud (born 26 January 1973) is a French actor. Early life Poupaud was born in Paris, the son of Michel Poupaud and publicist Chantal Poupaud. He has an elder brother, Yarol, who is a musician. Career Poupaud made hi ...

), 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-Fadil (born 21 November 1965) is a British actor and director, known professionally as Alexander Siddig. Siddig is best known for his roles as Dr. Julian Bashir in the television series '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', former terrori ...

), 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 Films directed by Danielle Arbid Arabic-language comedy-drama films {{2000s-comedy-drama-film-stub