FRANCE: J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka (I Saw the Killing of Ben Barka) 2005

Director: Serge Le Péron
Stars: Charles Berling, Simon Abkarian, Josiane Balasko, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Fabienne Babe.
Release date: France - 2 Nov 2005
Length: 101 mins

The dissapearance of Morrocan politician Medhi Ben Barka (played by french Armenian actor Abkarian) in Paris in 1965 is the catalyst for this political thriller. All sorts of people like the CIA were linked to this affair so it was inevitable that a similiarly themed version was filmed in 1972, "L'attentat" by Yves Boisset, though it deals with different circumstances.

Synopsis
Early 1965, the journalist Georges Figon, riddled with debt, is offered a strange assignment: a crime organisation offers him to produce a documentary about decolonisation. Marguerite Duras would write the commentary and Georges Franju would direct. A certain Mehdi Ben Barka would be hired as historical consultant. But the film turns out to be a trap: Ben Barka is arrested. The affair gains amplitude and becomes a political scandal.

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