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Salem was born El Hedi ben Salem m'Barek Mohammed Mustafa in a small village in Morocco to a well to do Hartani family. At the age of 15, he married a 13-year-old girl. He and his wife eventually had five children and settled in a town near the Atlas Mountains. [2] By the early 1970s, Salem had left his wife and children and moved to Europe.
El Hedi ben Salem was a Tunisian actor and set decorator who appeared in several films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. He died by suicide in a French prison in 1976, after being arrested for drug possession.
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- Redeyef, Gafsa, Tunisia
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- Nîmes, Gard, France
Mar 30, 2017 · The performances of Brigitte Mira and El Hedi Ben Salem as Emmi and Ali are superb; they act with instant sympathy and charm and in their own way, they are the most purely lovable characters I ...
- 3 min
- Peter Bradshaw
A film that explores the life and legacy of El Hedi Ben Salem, a Moroccan actor who was Fassbinder's lover and co-star in several films and plays, but also a victim of his drug and alcohol addiction. The film interviews former co-workers, relatives and experts to piece together a fragmentary portrait of a complex and enigmatic figure.
May 13, 2021 · Famous Fassbinder players include the actor Kurt Raab (Hary Prinz), and El Hedi ben Salem (Erdal Yildiz), the male lead of “Ali: Fear Eats the Soul” and a lover; not all appear by name (Frida ...
- 134 min
- Nicolas Rapold
Nov 7, 2011 · My Name Is Not Ali: Directed by Viola Shafik. With El Hedi ben Salem, Rudolf Waldemar Brem, Thea Eymèsz, Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Viola Shafik's documentary explores the story of El Hedi ben Salem, a lover and collaborator of provocative German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Oct 31, 1974 · Ali: Fear Eats the Soul: Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. With Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Irm Hermann, Elma Karlowa. A lonely widow meets a much younger Moroccan worker in a bar during a rainstorm.
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