Themes: Political Unrest, Members of the Press, Hostage Situations
Main Cast: Hippolyte Girardot, Habib Hammoud
Release Year: 1991
Country: FR/BE/DE/IT
Run Time: 97 minutes
Plot
Patrick (Hippolyte Girardot) is a news photographer in Lebanon who is captured and held hostage by one of the factions fighting in the civil war there. This hostage drama film is unusual in that it attempts to show what motivates the captors, as well as showing the brave attempts of the captive to maintain his dignity in daunting circumstances. Despite the fact that the captors' motives are better portrayed than ordinarily, they are not whitewashed, and Patrick endures a great deal of mental and some physical torture. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
Cast
Hippolyte Girardot - Patrick Perrault
Habib Hammoud - Ali "Philippe"
Sabrina Leurquin - Isabelle
Credit
Magali Guidasci - Costume Designer, Maroun Bagdadi - Director, Luc Barnier - Editor, Nicola Piovani - Composer (Music Score), Dan Weil - Production Designer, Patrick Blossier - Cinematographer, Jacques Perrin - Producer, Didier Decoin - Screenwriter, Roger Auque - Book Author
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 dignity in the face of torture and brainwashing. The film was produced by the French companies Galatée Films and Films A2.
