Hors La Vie (1991)
Genre: Drama
Duration: 97 minuten
Alternative title: Out of Life
Country:
Belgium / France / Italy
Directed by: Maroun Bagdadi
Stars: Rafik Ali Ahmad, Nidal Al-Askhar and Hassan Farhat
IMDb score:
6,8 (545)
Releasedate: 15 May 1991
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Hors La Vie plot
The film is about the fate of a French photojournalist who is taken hostage in Beirut during the war. Over time, he slowly but surely loses his self-esteem and identity due to the nasty events.
Reviews & comments
eRCee
-
- 13453 messages
- 1982 votes
Still available on Netflix for a few weeks and apparently won the jury prize at Cannes in 1991. That is difficult to understand, because the film is hardly worth watching. For the most part, this can be attributed to the abysmal acting: almost everyone overacts, although the roles are also written in a clichéd manner. Furthermore, it is hysterical stuff with a lot of screaming and everything has to be fast-fast all the time, but actually you are waiting all the time for the Frenchman to be released and that is the story. By the way, it starts with an unintentionally funny depiction of what a war photographer does, apparently running through hails of bullets in the first line, even pushing the fighters aside. The shots of Beirut are really the only thing worth seeing about Hors la vie.
Translated from Dutch · View original
Corporate & Media
Realtimes Network
Innovatieweg 20C
7007 CD, Doetinchem, Netherlands
+31(315)-764002
