I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed

I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed (French: J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka) is a 2005 French-Moroccan film drama directed by Serge Le Péron and Saïd Smihi.^[3] The film is based on the Ben Barka affair.

I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed
Directed by	Serge Le Péron Saïd Smihi
Written by	Serge Le Péron Saïd Smihi Frédérique Moreau
Produced by	Gilles Sandoz Abdelhai Laraki Paco Poch Saïd Smihi
Starring	Charles Berling Simon Abkarian Josiane Balasko Jean-Pierre Léaud Mathieu Amalric
Cinematography	Christophe Pollock
Edited by	Janice Jones
Music by	Joan Albert Amargós Pierre-Alexandre Mati
Production company	A2L Production Films
Distributed by	Rézo Films
Release date	2 November 2005 (2005-11-02)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$3.8 million[1]
Box office	$192.000[2]

Plot

In a Parisian apartment, police discover the body of Georges Figon, the man who broke the scandal of the Ben Barka affair, and undermined Gaullist power. A year earlier, Figon, tired of dubious deals and petty scams, is looking for a lucrative job. Close to the "milieu" (the criminal underworld) since his years in prison,^{[clarification needed]} he is given a big assignment: to produce a documentary about decolonization, written by Marguerite Duras and directed by Georges Franju, with the help of famous Moroccan dissident, Mehdi Ben Barka, who has been hired as an historical consultant. The film project is a trap.

Cast

• Charles Berling as Georges Figon
• Simon Abkarian as Mehdi Ben Barka
• Josiane Balasko as Marguerite Duras
• Jean-Pierre Léaud as Georges Franju
• Mathieu Amalric as Philippe Bernier
• Fabienne Babe as Anne-Marie Coffinet
• Azize Kabouche as Chtouki
• François Hadji-Lazaro as Le Ny
• Jean-Marie Winling as Pierre Lemarchand
• Franck Tiozzo as Georges Boucheseiche
• Jo Prestia as Dubail
• José María Blanco as The judge
• Georges Bigot as Inspector Louis Souchon
• Rony Kramer as Lopez
• Xavier Serrat as Voitot
• Brahim Aït El Kadi as Thami Azzemouri
• Mouna Fettou as Ghita Ben Barka
• Fayçal Khyari as Mohamed Oufkir
• Abdellatif Khamolli as Ahmed Dlimi
• Hubert Saint-Macary as The doctor

References

1. "J\'ai vu tuer Ben Barka (2005) - JPBox-Office".
2. "I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed".
3. Orlando, Valerie; Orlando, Valerie K. (2011). Screening Morocco: Contemporary Depictions in Film of a Changing Society. Ohio University Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-89680-281-0.

External links

• J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka at IMDb