Out of Life
Directed by	Maroun Bagdadi
Written by	Maroun Bagdadi Didier Decoin Elias Khoury
Produced by	Mario Gallo Enzo Giulioli Jacques Perrin
Starring	Hippolyte Girardot Rafic Ali Ahmad
Cinematography	Patrick Blossier
Edited by	Luc Barnier
Music by	Nicola Piovani
Release date	15 May 1991 (premiere at Cannes)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

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.

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.^[1]