El Hedi ben Salem
Born: 1936-01-01
Place: Morocco
El Hedi ben Salem was a Moroccan actor. He is best known as the lover and collaborator of provocative German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. He died while in prison. Fassbinder dedicated his last film, Querelle (1982), to Salem. In 2012, a documentary on Salem's life entitled My Name Is Not Ali, premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival.
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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Tenderness of the Wolves
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Fox and His Friends
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- 9 nominations