''A Lost Man'' (french: Un homme perdu, ar, رجل ضائع , Levantine Arabic ''rajolon ḍāˀyeˁ'') is a 2007
Lebanese
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* Something of, from, or related to the Lebanese Republic
* Lebanese people
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film by the Lebanese director
Danielle Arbid.
The film premiered on 18 March during the
2007 Cannes Film Festival
The 60th Cannes Film Festival ran from 16 to 27 May 2007. The President of the Jury was British director Stephen Frears. Twenty two films from twelve countries were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or. The awards were announced on 26 May. ''4 M ...
, in the
Directors' Fortnight section. It is possibly the most sexually graphic film ever made by an Arab director.
''Variety'' article
/ref> The film was inspired by the life of the French photographer Antoine D'Agata.
Synopsis
The story is about a French photographer Thomas Koré ( Melvil Poupaud), who is searching for extraordinary experiences. Koré has become so detached from humanity that the only way he can connect with other people is to have—and photograph—bizarre and demeaning sexual encounters with prostitutes. When he meets Fouad Saleh ( Alexander Siddig), a man with memory problems, he realized that Fouad is even more lost than he, and befriends him. Koré then tries to uncover Fouad's history.
References
External links
Official website
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2007 films
2007 comedy-drama films
2000s Arabic-language films
Lebanese comedy-drama films
2007 comedy films
2007 drama films
Films directed by Danielle Arbid
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