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Ben X is a 2007 Belgian-Dutch psychological thriller film based on the novel Nothing Was All He Said by the film's director Nic Balthazar. It stars Greg Timmermans as a teenager with Asperger syndrome who finds solace in the MMORPG ArchLord as a result of severe bullying. The film's title is a reference to the leet version of the Dutch phrase "(ik) ben niks", meaning "(I) am nothing". The novel itself was inspired…
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Ben (Greg Timmermans) suffers from Asperger's Syndrome. His parents have placed him in normal schools hoping that he can lead a somewhat normal life. Instead, Ben is relentlessly bullied. The intervention of teachers only exasperbates his problems. Ben has withdrawn into his own world, where even his mother (Marijke Pinoy) seems a distant voice. Ben finds refuge in a video game, where he has ascended to Level 80. &q…More