''I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed'' () is a 2005 French-Moroccan film drama directed by Serge Le Péron and Saïd Smihi.
The film is based on
the Ben Barka affair.
Plot
In a Parisian apartment, police discover the body of
Georges Figon Georges-Auguste Figon (21 October 1926 – 17 January 1966) was a French chemist who was a freelance ''barbouze'' (secret agent). He arranged the meeting with Mehdi Ben Barka in the ''Brasserie Lipp'' in Paris. He later told ''L'Express
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, 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, he is given a big assignment: to produce a documentary about decolonization, written by
Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film '' Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) e ...
and directed by
Georges Franju
Georges Franju (; 12 April 1912 – 5 November 1987) was a French filmmaker. He was born in Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine.
Biography Early life
Before working in French cinema, Franju held several different jobs. These included working for a ...
, 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
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Charles Berling
Charles Berling (born 30 April 1958) is a French actor, director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Charles Berling, son of a navy doctor, is also the nephew of the literary critic Raymond Picard. His mother, Nadia, "only daughter of (French) s ...
as
Georges Figon Georges-Auguste Figon (21 October 1926 – 17 January 1966) was a French chemist who was a freelance ''barbouze'' (secret agent). He arranged the meeting with Mehdi Ben Barka in the ''Brasserie Lipp'' in Paris. He later told ''L'Express
''L'Exp ...
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Simon Abkarian
Simon Abkarian (Armenian: Սիմոն Աբկարյան, born March 5, 1962) is a French-Armenian actor.
Life and career
Born in Gonesse, Val d'Oise, of Armenian descent, Abkarian spent his childhood in Lebanon. He moved to Los Angeles, wher ...
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Josiane Balasko
Josiane Balasko (born Josiane Balašković; 15 April 1950) is a French actress, writer, and director. She has been nominated seven times for César Awards, and won twice.
Career
One of Balasko's most recognized roles among English speakers is ...
as
Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film '' Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) e ...
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Jean-Pierre Léaud
Jean-Pierre Léaud, ComM (; born 28 May 1944) is a French actor, known for playing Antoine Doinel in François Truffaut's series of films about that character, beginning with ''The 400 Blows'' (1959). He also worked several times with Jean-Luc ...
as
Georges Franju
Georges Franju (; 12 April 1912 – 5 November 1987) was a French filmmaker. He was born in Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine.
Biography Early life
Before working in French cinema, Franju held several different jobs. These included working for a ...
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Mathieu Amalric
Mathieu Amalric (; born 25 October 1965) is a French actor and filmmaker. He is best known internationally for his roles in the James Bond film '' Quantum of Solace'', in which he played the lead villain, Steven Spielberg's ''Munich'', Wes An ...
as Philippe Bernier
* Fabienne Babe as Anne-Marie Coffinet
* Azize Kabouche as Chtouki
* François Hadji-Lazaro as Le Ny
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Jean-Marie Winling as Pierre Lemarchand
* Franck Tiozzo as Georges Boucheseiche
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Jo Prestia
Jo Prestia (born 5 June 1960 in Porto Empedocle) is an Italian born French kick boxer and actor. He has appeared in more than seventy films since 1996 and is best known for his performance as Le Tenia in the controversial 2002 film, ''Irréversib ...
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
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Mouna Fettou as Ghita Ben Barka
* Fayçal Khyari as
Mohamed Oufkir
* Abdellatif Khamolli as
Ahmed Dlimi
Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet.
Etymology
The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...
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Hubert Saint-Macary as The doctor
References
External links
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2005 films
2005 drama films
French drama films
2000s French-language films
Moroccan drama films
2000s French films
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