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September 11

September 11

Original Title: 11’09”01 – September 11

  • Film
  • 2002
  • 2h 14m
  • Released

Eleven directors from eleven countries each contribute an eleven-minute short reflecting on the events of 11 September 2001: A village teacher in Iran tries to explain to her young students what's happened; city kids in Burkina Faso think they've spotted Osama bin Laden; a deaf Frenchwoman in Manhattan writes a Dear John letter to a man who left that morning for work at the World Trade Center; a Chilean remembers All…

  • Directing Ken LoachIdrissa OuedraogoSamira Makhmalbaf
  • Writing Youssef ChahineSamira MakhmalbafAlejandro G. Iñárritu
  • Starring Ernest BorgnineMaryam KarimiEmmanuelle Laborit
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Eleven directors from eleven countries each contribute an eleven-minute short reflecting on the events of 11 September 2001: A village teacher in Iran tries to explain to her young students what's happened; city kids in Burkina Faso think they've spotted Osama bin Laden; a deaf Frenchwoman in Manhattan writes a Dear John letter to a man who left that morning for work at the World Trade Center; a Chilean remembers Allende; events recall other deaths; a mother endures more than her son's death. Tones vary, as do the locales. Most concern coming to terms with the events of the day, but at least one confronts the viewer with tragedy and death.

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Ernest Borgnine Old Man (segment "USA")
Maryam Karimi Teacher (segment "Iran")
Emmanuelle Laborit She (segment "France")
Jérôme Horry Him (segment "France")
Keren Mor Journalist (segment "Israel")
Tomer Russo Paramedic (segment "Israel")
Tanvi Azmi Talat Hamdani (segment "India")
Kapil Bawa Salim Hamdani (segment "India")
Tomorowo Taguchi Yukichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
Kumiko Aso Sae Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
Akira Emoto Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
Mitsuko Baisho Kayo Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
Ken Ogata Villager (segment "Japan")
Hassan Rezai Child (segment "Iran")
Nour El-Sherif Youssef Chahine (segment "Egypt")
Sanaa Younes Mother (segment "Egypt")
ماهر عصام Palestinian (segment "Egypt")
Ahmed Fouad Selim
Ahmed Fouad Selim Father (segment "Egypt")
Agelem Habibi Child (segment "Iran")
Ahmed Haroun G'I (segment "Egypt")
Ameneh Banizadeh Child (segment "Iran")
Esmat Vahedi Child (segment "Iran")
Mohamad Dolati Child (segment "Iran")
Najibeh Habibi Child (segment "Iran")
Razieh Jafari Child (segment "Iran")
  • Directing Ken LoachIdrissa OuedraogoSamira MakhmalbafAlejandro G. IñárrituAmos GitaiShōhei ImamuraSean PennMira NairDanis TanovićYoussef ChahineClaude Lelouch
  • Writing Youssef ChahineSamira MakhmalbafAlejandro G. IñárrituClaude LelouchIdrissa OuedraogoMarie-Jose SanselmeSean PennDaisuke TenganKen LoachAmos GitaiPierre UytterhoevenVladimir VegaDanis TanovićPaul LavertySabrina Dhawan
  • Cinematography Jorge Müller SilvaNigel WilloughbyMustafa Mustafićمحسن نصرYoav KoshMasakazu OkaPierre-William GlennEbrahim GhaforiLuc DrionSamuel BayerDeclan Quinn
  • Editing Jay CassidyJonathan Morrisرشيدة عبدالسلامRobert DuffyAlejandro G. IñárrituKim BicaStéphane MazalaigueMonique RysselinckJulia GrégoryKobi NetanelAllyson C. JohnsonMohsen MakhmalbafHajime Okayasu
  • Music Manu DibangoVladimir VegaGustavo SantaolallaDuško ŠegvićOsvaldo GolijovMichael BrookMohammad Reza DarvishiTaro IwashiroSalif KeitaHeitor Pereira
  • Production Jacques PerrinAlejandro G. IñárrituNicolas Mauvernay
  • Production Design Stephanie CarrollKemal HrustanovićHisao InagakiWendy SamuelsAlain BrigandYoav Dahari
  • Costume Design Khaled El Sheikhمونيا فتح البابJasna Hadžimehmedović-BekrićBrigitte Masson
  • Makeup Marianne BorgueRobin MathewsEvelyne NorazMartina Šubić-Dodočić
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