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My Name is not Ali

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Original title

Jannat 'Ali (My Name is not Ali)

Year

2011

Running time

98 min.

Country

Egypt

Director

Viola Shafik

Screenwriter

Viola Shafik

Cast

Cinematography

Viola Shafik

Producer

Co-production Egypt-Germany;

Diogenes Film, Viola Shafik

Genre

Documentary | Movie Documentary

Synopsis

El Hedi Ben Salem, Rainer Werner Fassbinder's unlucky North-African lover, lead player of Ali Fear Eats Soul (1973) has been the subject of a myth: described as a'cultural miracle' he was said to have terrified film director Fassbinder until he was jilted by him, only to take his own life soon after (sic.).
The real life story of Ben Salem however seems governed not only by misled professional aspirations, congested love and multiple betrayals, but also by the sexualized politics of imagining and possessing the cultural Other.

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My Name is not Ali

2011

Viola Shafik