... Di almost by chance with this movie and you are trapped, almost imprisoned, in a category oldads of TV-movie, it does no justice. "The Ben Barka affair" , directed by Serge Le Peron is an interesting film. The plot has a perfect structure, gender, that strange hybrid of melodrama and hat 'film noir' , As French, but revised, contemporary-hoist-o. Seems modest, but in reality this film (more in the middle of a media maelstrom and a billboard that so far this year, has offered little or nothing) is not only necessary to raise awareness and deepen, with great probability, in historical fact and the character that starred in, which, unfortunately, has passed quite unnoticed by her, but by being charged to the brim I would say, of elements that make it almost a guide, a French film tribute . Not to mention the cast, high class, where each blends perfectly and get frighteningly similar reasonable with the real characters they play, with actors with such brilliance, that ' Quelch choise' Mathieu Amalric as or Abrakian -Simon and saw that "Yes" of Sally Potter , which I posted in his day, "I like both, led on by someone very special veteran: Jean-Pierre Leaud , which is a tremendous pleasure to see at this point, because (leaving out Meliès, Chaplin and Keaton ) the history of French cinema is practically written on it, is so endearing and exciting for those who love the movies do well over time, with that naturally, with the same expression as always, in fact quite inexpressive ... The child that so many pranks and adventures Paris has played in the always-for-so tempting francophone filmmakers fine line between political correctness and what can legitimately The advocacy of the rebellion that shaped 
The fact is that there is something I love about French cinema, especially that develops on the streets of Paris (a devastating rate): it feels "deeply Parisian." View soufflé A bout him, The 400 Blows, My Night at Maud, Lift to the scaffold, Zazie in the Metro .. and a long and incomprehensible etc. is to see the characters do things for the city, making almost fall for it. They have a very close relationship with her, know the alleys and shortcuts, frequent the cafes and bistros, are regulars on the jazz clubs, the waiters are called by name and know what they make, are made visits to their apartments, chat Affairs personal, transcendental until the wee hours of the morning, accompanied by glasses of wine and cigars incalculable; Others live (or barely survive) in dingy rooms and loft shave in the mirror in the room. Guys who take appointments, meetings ..; even leave the car and started exactly the film-... Samples of camaraderie with all the flavor 'tipycalment parissinne' , reflecting real stunningly habits, daily life, the pace, the lifestyle of the city itself. And of course there B-sides of the city underworld, special places to which bourgeois thought, materialism and conformity seem to have arrived. And the 60 would join the strange mixture of intellectual and gulfs under the same roof: the open sky of Paris, the B side of town, no strings attached, to give free rein, each in its own way, freedom and debauchery, respectively, together with the denial of an established order of things, rejecting . Searching the recesses, one of the law to their advantage, others, influential: looking for information denied, hidden, to show what really is happening, for the common good.
And that is precisely "The Ben Barka affair" , agitation and provocation of intellectuals, complemented by measures of crime and corruption. A complex background, socio-political agitation, in which France is confirmed as the power, ruled by Charles de Gaulle , and the repression of their colonies seems to take power and voice to this issue: Ben Barka , a historical episode and the name of its leader, who, from the opposition, Morocco, and, by extension of the third world, fought inequality and gave voice to overseas (colonies) where real grappling massacres. He advocates make a documentary about colonialism, which is the turning point of the film, and it was, I understand, also of reality in which all the people involved will meet in the famous scene synthesis of
One of the things I like and I think that best suits him to "The Ben Barka affair" is the fact that within the plot, there is a pre-production process film, reflection, meetings and discussions about how to shape and bring to the screen a topical issue for a political documentary, we see that 'work in progress', which enriches a strong point of the plot: the importance POV. Coexistence of two planes of reality and fiction converge, which here contribute to strengthening the idea that reality is often stranger than fiction and that it irreversible events occur we can not control or avoid.
That is precisely what he feels and he is especially the character-one of a real-life and documentary filmmaker Georges Franju , played by the great Jean-Pierre , which is or represents the location of the viewer, at least an engaged and critical look, which includes the barbarism without knowing how to avoid feeling guilty and responsible for other persons, for damage and congestion. Pities failing to prevent an unusual fact that could have changed the course of things in the world. In her crisis, personal, professional and existential apologetic to the fact I get to have hallucinations never really know where reality ends and where fiction begins, and this is a coral biography: From Marguerite Duras of Georges Franju of Mehdi Ben Barka of Charles Figon . How to know and sets a string of false favors, a gear whose consequences are in fact a corpse.
Franju And so moral, so committed to his work at his own unbelief have fallen into the trap for him to undertake this project necessary and a very serious matter - make that documentary, "since, unwittingly or unknowingly, that would hook up to the legendary Ben Barka Brasserie Lipp, where never go ... feels a bitter disappointment. Just the time finally came to know, what a brilliant resource, because they feel a mutual admiration, and previously only had been greeted on the phone and just share some impressions of what the documentary could be, and Franju was unable to attend the previous meeting, for fear of flying. And Finally, when a reference librarian as he, the French intellectual elite, with a critical eye, and Ben Barka , the celebrated Moroccan opposition leader, are very near, about to eat together and Franju already expected, produces irreversible. While sharing tables and wine with the guy who gave the tip, which fell so low, who gave up a good cause, the truth, to carry out this evil plan, without remorse, and with it their own personal: the possibility of leaving of the absurd and mediocre life spiral, always bouncing from scam scam, moving in that batch of questionable legality ... betraying all those who sponsor, those who gave their vote of confidence for him.
Paris witnessing a violent thing, not explicitly, full of nuances, dark, with latent conflicts ... And this is the story of how the intellectual class is corrupted and manipulated by a guy unscrupulous, willing to go to where it is necessary to save his skin and out of this absurd spiral of eternal life lies and rehabilitation, offering the promise of a better life for the lover with so few resources and output as he, the eternal Actress Anne Marie -indeed, it is true, the actress made cameo appearances in several classic of the
Then, once the damage is done, the trial, which has much to do with "The Stranger" Camus of : witnesses not feel comfortable with the court order to answer provocative questions absurd, an atmosphere of confusion, the inability to explain the events-that is, in essence, a way to show a strong disagreement, "as that unforgettable character, a stranger in his own land, indifferent reality, the thin line between guilt and innocence, in which logical processes are broken, it creates new ones.
coral A nice story, with many executioners and one victim. A kaleidoscope of fact, occurred in a major landmark of Paris, unjust, in which the power stru truth, takes away the map, as a paper to be squeezed and pulled. And above all, "The Ben Barka affair" is the story of how it affected each such event, ie what degree of awareness and consciousness each had, in the midst of these interlocking interests of a double standard, with the reality and status of politics. That feeling of a ship about to wreck it is, sometimes, fate, the future ... Film with political overtones highly recommended.
And that film or dyes nouvellevagueriano siemper sponsored bet and the picaresque, in these small bays that 'amor fou' for one night, uprooting understood as triggering questionable actions amorality, caring and closer to these beings 'without a job or benefit', wandering around town looking for the perfect opportunity, change, a stroke of luck, and so has been ever since the French cinema, "the eternal tribute to the underworld, film par excellence of the oppressed, not the oppressor.
Ah, to clarify (and that is, without doubt, its greatest merit) that " The Ben Barka affair" , despite not missing a single gag, one of tic cinema of the time, everything leads us to the historical background portrays the year 1966 is, however, in 2006, 40 years later, although all processing is an astonishing verisimilitude.
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