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.

Contents

• Getting some fun out of life
• Cast
• Awards
• References

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.