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Out of Life
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Out of Life

1991-05-15 · 97 min · ★ 6.0

Drama · War

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.

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Directors
Maroun Bagdadi
Production companies
Galatée Films, Films A2
Countries
Belgium, France, Italy, Lebanon
Status
Released

Top Cast

Hippolyte GirardotHippolyte GirardotPatrick Perrault
Rafik Ali AhmadWalid 'Chief'
Hussein SbeityOmar
Majdi MachmouchiMajdi MachmouchiMoustapha
Habib HammoudAli 'Philippe'
Hassan FarhatHassan Farhat
Hamza Nasrallah
Sami Hawat
Sabrina LeurquinSabrina Leurquin
Roger AssafRoger Assaf
Nidal Al-AskharNidal Al-Askhar
Fadi Abou Khalil
Ninar Esber
Hassan Zbib

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