I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed
2005 · 101 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · 317 VOTES · DIR. Saïd Smihi, Serge Le Péron
Overview
January 1966. In a Paris apartment, police discovers the corpse of Georges Figon, the man who broke the scandal of the Ben Barka affair and undermined Gaullist power.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,148 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:33 Did anyone see the killer?
00:05:01 You'd only come into contact
00:08:46 Look at this - unsold, not even unwrapped.
00:12:13 He went through that?
00:14:49 Roger Frey.
00:17:48 You're never serious. Ten minutes is your limit.
00:21:48 Ben Barka works internationally.
00:25:08 You can't cheat with a scientist.
00:28:16 As if the Christians hadn't invented remorse.
00:32:06 It ruined the family. Colonialism inspires her.
00:35:15 Very well.
00:40:56 The anterior thorax and the abdomen are against the floor.
00:44:37 intelligence has dumped Lopez.
00:48:13 - You're not scared? - Of what?
00:52:00 You were upstairs at Lipp. Ben Barka couldn't see you.
00:55:27 It's an ugly world. And the bullets are for real.
01:01:03 OK, it's working.
01:05:41 It's never fired. Look.
01:11:12 in a place suited to settling matters between them.
01:15:56 Don't you understand?
01:20:23 At school in Rabat, you did algebra problems faster than anyone.
01:26:17 - Where is he? - Upstairs.
01:30:27 Georges Figon was murdered!
01:37:39 to Ben Barka's kidnapping in Paris
Cast & Characters
Charles Berling
Georges Figon
Simon Abkarian
Mehdi Ben Barka
Josiane Balasko
Marguerite Duras
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Georges Franju
Fabienne Babe
Anne-Marie Coffinet
Mathieu Amalric
Philippe Bernier
Azize Kabouche
Chtouki
François Hadji-Lazaro
Le Ny
Jean-Marie Winling
Maître Pierre Lemarchand
Franck Tiozzo
Georges Boucheseiche
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,148
Dialogue density11.4 lines / min
First line00:00:33
Final line01:37:39
Production Record
DirectorSaïd Smihi, Serge Le Péron
LanguageFrench
Budget$4,080,000
IMDb votes317