Out of Bounds (2005 film)

Out of Bounds
Directed byAlexandre Leborgne
Pierre Barougier
Written byAlexandre Leborgne
Produced byAlexandre Leborgne – CAP Films
Zarafa (Les Films du Village)
Narrated byAlexandre Leborgne (English version)
Alexandre Leborgne (Tagalog version)
Alexandre Leborgne (French version)
CinematographyPierre Barougier
Beta SP PAL
Edited byJean Conde
Music byOlivier Cuinat
Distributed byCAP Films
Release date
  • 2005 (2005)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesEnglish
French
Tagalog

Out of Bounds (also known as Hors les murs) is a 2005 French documentary film directed by Alexandre Leborgne and Pierre Barougier.

Subject matter

Founded by the American colonial administration in 1904, The Iwahig prison on the island of Palawan in the Philippines is an open air penal colony covering 38,000 hectares of jungle and coastland. After a probationary period, long-term prisoners are allowed to become farmers, fishermen or wardens, as the prison is self-supporting and self-managed. The “lifers’” families organise their own community existence. Alejandro will soon be released. As “mayor” of the 2,300 prisoners, he acts as an experienced mentor for various inmates, such as Toting the fisherman or Rodrigo, a domestic that rebels against his boss, a violent warden. In the prison court, Alejandro acts as the prisoners’ lawyer, since he knows about everything that is going on. When he is finally released, he starts life all over again with his reconquered rights and a feeling of dignity.

Awards

It was nominated for the French selection of Cinéma du Réel in 2006 and was selected in the following festivals:[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.eidf.org/2006/fall_en/sub/board.htm?table=news_en&mode=read&no=52&curPage=1&col=&str=&rnum=49
  2. ^ http://www.festivalenvironnement.com/historique-et-archives/archives/palmares/palmares-2006/index.html [dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Cinéma du réel - "Hors les murs" - Festival international". Archived from the original on 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
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  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-04-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  7. ^ http://www.miradasdoc.com/2006/html/secc656.asp [dead link‍]