Drama ·War · Belgium · 1991 · 1h 37m

Out of Life

Hors la vie

Out of Life poster
Director
Maroun Bagdadi
Cast
Hippolyte Girardot as Patrick Perrault Rafic Ali Ahmad as Walid 'Chief' Hussein Sbeity as Omar Majdi Machmouchi as Moustapha Habib Hammoud as Ali 'Philippe' Hassan Farhat as
Crew
Patrick Blossier — Director of Photography Luc Barnier — Editor Nicola Piovani — Original Music Composer Maroun Bagdadi — Screenplay Didier Decoin — Screenplay Magali Guidasci — Costume Design
Synopsis

Patrick Perrault, a photo-journalist covering the war in Beirut in the late 1980s, is himself caught up in the hostilities when one day he is picked up and bundled into a car at gun-point. Blind-folded, he is taken to an unknown location where he discovers that he is being taken hostage by Lebanese guerrillas.

Mood & Themes
civil warhostage
Key Collaborators
Maroun Bagdadi Director Patrick Blossier Director of Photography Luc Barnier Editor Nicola Piovani Original Music Composer Maroun Bagdadi Screenplay Didier Decoin Screenplay Magali Guidasci Costume Design
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