Blind Flight (2003)

Directed by

John Furse

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 37m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two men are kidnapped and held captive in Lebanon. The film follows their long imprisonment and how they cope with isolation and uncertainty.

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What happens

Blind Flight is a 2003 British prison film directed by John Furse and starring Ian Hart and Linus Roache. It is based on the true-life story of the kidnapping and imprisonment of the Irish academic Brian Keenan and the English journalist John McCarthy, two of the hostages in the Lebanon hostage crisis. The film is based on Keenan's memoir, An Evil Cradling and Some Other Rainbow by John McCarthy who was a screenplay consultant. The film received widespread critical acclaim, being nominated for six awards, and winning a BAFTA. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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