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Out of Life

Out of Life

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

97 mins

Rating

5.816/10

Release Date

15 May 1991

Country

Belgium

Cast

Hippolyte Girardot

Hippolyte Girardot

Patrick Perrault

Rafic Ali Ahmad

Rafic Ali Ahmad

Walid 'Chief'

Hussein Sbeity

Hussein Sbeity

Omar

Majdi Machmouchi

Majdi Machmouchi

Moustapha

Habib Hammoud

Habib Hammoud

Ali 'Philippe'

Hassan Farhat

Hassan Farhat

Hamza Nasrallah

Hamza Nasrallah

Sami Hawat

Sami Hawat

Sabrina Leurquin

Sabrina Leurquin

Roger Assaf

Roger Assaf

Nidal Al-Askhar

Nidal Al-Askhar

Fadi Abou Khalil

Fadi Abou Khalil

Ninar Esber

Ninar Esber

Hassan Zbib

Hassan Zbib

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