''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 Mehdi Ben Barka, the Ben Barka affair.

Plot

In a Parisian apartment, police discover the body of Georges Figon, the man who broke the scandal of the Mehdi Ben Barka, 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 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

External links

* 2005 films 2005 drama films French drama films 2000s French-language films Moroccan drama films 2000s French films {{2000s-drama-film-stub