Product Details

• Actors: Josiane Balasko, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jo Prestia, Charles Berling, Simon Abkarian
• Directors: Saïd Smihi, Serge Le Péron
• Producers: I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed ( J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka ), I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed, J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka
• Format: Import, PAL, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Artificial Eye
• Run Time: 98 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B002VL7ZZ4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #284,026 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN, SPECIAL FEATURES: Cast/Crew Interview(s), Filmographies, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: January 1966: In a Paris flat 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, tired of dodgy deals and petty scams, ex-con Georges Figon had gone in search of something big. Through his underworld connections he had got himself hired as producer for a documentary on de-colonialisation to be written by Marguerite Duras and directed by Georges Franju. The well-known Moroccan dissident Mehdi Ben Barka was to be the film's 'historical advisor'. But the whole film project was a trap... ...I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed ( J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka )

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2.0 out of 5 stars previous knowledge necessary, November 3, 2010

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This review is from: I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed ( J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ] (DVD)

this film is centered on a small-time french criminal who narrates the events (after his death)....we only see ben barka very briefly, and so, you must already know about him and his disappearance, to have any emotional involvement.....the film is not about making us care....the acting is all excellent but the dynamics of involving the audience have been neglected.....simon abkarian plays ben barka, and i was further distanced from the events on the screen because in "l'affaire ben barka" directed by jean-pierre sinapi, which i recently saw on t.v., he plays the moroccan suposedly in charge of ben barka's torture and murder.....the moroccan and c.i.a. involvement is hardly presented in this film, whereas in sinapi's work it is central.