(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 21, 2015, Algerian actor Ahmed Benaissa performs during the rehearsal of the play "Meursaults" by French director Philippe Berling, at the Salle Benoit XII, in the southern French city of Avignon, as part of the Avignon theater Festival. - Benaisa, 78, died on May 20 during the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes ,southern France, the Algerian Ministry of Culture announced. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)