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I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed

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After learning that a rich stranger wants him to make a politically themed film, producer Georges Figon (Charles Berling) enlists help from director Georges Franju (Jean-Pierre Léaud) and writer Marguerite Duras (Josiane Balasko). But when one of the film's consultants, Moroccan politician Mehdi Ben Barka (Simon Abkarian), is kidnapped, Figon realizes he's in cahoots with the wrong people. Narrated by the doomed Figon, the film explores actual events that rocked Paris.

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Anton Bitel Film4 a thrilling docudrama in which all the mystery, scandal and conspiracy behind an unsolved political abduction from 1965 are imaginatively refashioned as Melvillean noir. Rated: 4/5 Jun 15, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews
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Serge Le Péron

Director

Charles Berling

Georges Figon

Simon Abkarian

Mehdi Ben Barka

Josiane Balasko

Marguerite Duras

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Georges Franju

Fabienne Babe

Anne-Marie Coffinet
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Synopsis After learning that a rich stranger wants him to make a politically themed film, producer Georges Figon (Charles Berling) enlists help from director Georges Franju (Jean-Pierre Léaud) and writer Marguerite Duras (Josiane Balasko). But when one of the film's consultants, Moroccan politician Mehdi Ben Barka (Simon Abkarian), is kidnapped, Figon realizes he's in cahoots with the wrong people. Narrated by the doomed Figon, the film explores actual events that rocked Paris.
Director
Serge Le Péron
Screenwriter
Serge Le Péron, Frédérique Moreau, Saïd Smihi
Genre
History, Drama
Original Language
Arabic
Runtime
1h 41m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital