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 movie is based on the Ben Barka affair.

I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed
Directed bySerge Le Péron
Saïd Smihi
Produced byGilles Sandoz
Abdelhai Laraki
Paco Poch
Saïd Smihi
Written bySerge Le Péron
Saïd Smihi
Frédérique Moreau
StarringCharles Berling
Simon Abkarian
Josiane Balasko
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Mathieu Amalric
Music byJoan Albert Amargós
Pierre-Alexandre Mati
CinematographyChristophe Pollock
Edited byJanice Jones
Production
company
A2L Production Films
Distributed byRézo Films
Release date
  • 2 November 2005 (2005-11-02)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
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 "middle" since his years in prison, 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

References
  1. http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=931
  2. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fJAIVUTUERBENBARK01&country=FR&wk=2005W44&id=_fJAIVUTUERBENBARK01&p=.htm
  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.
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