11’09’’01 – September 11 (2002) - film review
Youssef Chahine, Amos Gitai, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Shohei Imamura, Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach, Samira Makhmalbaf, Mira Nair, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Sean Penn, Danis Tanovic
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Summary
11’09’’01 – September 11 is a British-French-Japanese film first released in 2002,
directed by Youssef Chahine, Amos Gitai, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Shohei Imamura, Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach, Samira Makhmalbaf, Mira Nair, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Sean Penn and Danis Tanovic.
The film stars Maryam Karimi, Emmanuelle Laborit, Jérôme Horry, Nour El-Sherif and Ahmed Haroun.
It has also been released under the title: 11’09’’01 –.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Youssef Chahine, Amos Gitai, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Shohei Imamura, Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach, Samira Makhmalbaf, Mira Nair, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Sean Penn, Danis Tanovic
- Script: Youssef Chahine, Sabrina Dhawan, Amos Gitai, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Paul Laverty, Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach, Samira Makhmalbaf, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Sean Penn, Marie-Jose Sanselme, Danis Tanovic, Daisuke Tengan, Pierre Uytterhoeven, Vladimir Vega
- Photo: Samuel Bayer, Luc Drion, Ebrahim Ghafori, Pierre-William Glenn, Yoav Kosh, Jorge Müller Silva, Mustafa Mustafic, Mohsen Nasr, Masakazu Oka, Declan Quinn, Nigel Willoughby
- Music: Michael Brook, Mohammad Reza Darvishi, Manu Dibango, Osvaldo Golijov, Tarô Iwashiro, Salif Keita, Heitor Pereira, Gustavo Santaolalla, Vladimir Vega
- Cast: Maryam Karimi ((segment Iran)), Emmanuelle Laborit ((segment France)), Jérôme Horry ((segment France)), Nour El-Sherif ((segment Egypt)), Ahmed Haroun ((segment Egypt)), Dzana Pinjo ((segment Bosnia-Herzegovina)), Aleksandar Seksan ((segment Bosnia-Herzegovina)), Tatjana Sojic ((segment Bosnia-Herzegovina)), Lionel Zizréel Guire ((segment Burkina-Faso)), René Aimé Bassinga ((segment Burkina-Faso)), Lionel Gaël Folikoue ((segment Burkina-Faso)), Rodrigue André Idani ((segment Burkina-Faso)), Alex Martial Traoré ((segment Burkina-Faso)), Vladimir Vega ((segment United Kingdom)), Keren Mor ((segment Israel)), Liron Levo ((segment Israel)), Tomer Russo ((segment Israel)), Tanvi Azmi (Talat Hamdani (segment India)), Kapil Bawa ((segment India)), Taleb Adlah ((segment India)), Ernest Borgnine ((segment USA)), Tomorowo Taguchi ((segment Japan)), Kumiko Aso ((segment Japan)), Akira Emoto ((segment Japan)), Mitsuko Baisho ((segment Japan)), Tetsuro Tamba ((segment Japan)), Ken Ogata ((segment Japan)), Salvador Allende ((segment "United Kingdom")), Jake Bern (Radio DJ Personality (Segment Mexico)), George W. Bush (Himself (segment "United Kingdom")), Henry Kissinger ((segment "United Kingdom")), Nell Mooney (Sylvia Franko), Augusto Pinochet ((segment "United Kingdom")), George R. Sheffey (FBI Agent (India)), Anil Baral (Student on Subway (Salman look alike))
- Country: UK / France / Egypt / Japan / Mexico / USA / Iran
- Language: Spanish / English / French / Arabic / Hebrew / Persian / French Sign Language / Japanese
- Runtime: 134 min; B&W
- Aka: 11’09’’01 – September 11; 11’09’’01: Onze minutes, neuf secondes, un cadre; Eleven Minutes, Nine Seconds, One Image: September 11; September 11
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