---
title: 'Ben X (2007)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nic Balthazar'
released: '2007-08-26'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Netherlands'
  - 'Belgium'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ben-x-2007'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0953318/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Ben X (2007)

2007 · 93 min · Drama, Thriller · Netherlands, Belgium


## Synopsis

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 by the true story of a boy with autism who committed suicide because of bullying.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Nic Balthazar](https://cinepixo.com/people/nic-balthazar)
- **Screenplay:** [Nic Balthazar](https://cinepixo.com/people/nic-balthazar), [Bram Renders](https://cinepixo.com/people/bram-renders)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Praga Khan](https://cinepixo.com/people/praga-khan)
- **Producer:** [Erwin Provoost](https://cinepixo.com/people/erwin-provoost), [Burny Bos](https://cinepixo.com/people/burny-bos), [Peter Bouckaert](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-bouckaert)
- **Director of Photography:** [Lou Berghmans](https://cinepixo.com/people/lou-berghmans)
- **Editor:** [Philippe Ravoet](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-ravoet)

## Cast

- [Greg Timmermans](https://cinepixo.com/people/greg-timmermans)
- [Gilles De Schrijver](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilles-de-schrijver)
- [Ron Cornet](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-cornet)
- [Titus De Voogdt](https://cinepixo.com/people/titus-de-voogdt)
- [Marijke Pinoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/marijke-pinoy)
- [Dominique Van Malder](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominique-van-malder)
- [Pol Goossen](https://cinepixo.com/people/pol-goossen)
- [Maarten Claeyssens](https://cinepixo.com/people/maarten-claeyssens)
- [Jakob Beks](https://cinepixo.com/people/jakob-beks)
- [Laura Verlinden](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-verlinden)
- [Wim Vandekeybus](https://cinepixo.com/people/wim-vandekeybus)
- [Johan Heldenbergh](https://cinepixo.com/people/johan-heldenbergh)

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Official site: http://www.benx.be/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/ben-x-2007
Film facts: Wikidata (Q499515); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.