About
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.
World on a Wire
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Querelle
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Martha
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Tenderness of the Wolves
Fox and His Friends