Drama
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.
Directed by
Shōhei Imamura, Sean Penn, Danis Tanović, Claude Lelouch, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Samira Makhmalbaf, Amos Gitai, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Ken Loach, Mira Nair, Youssef Chahine
Written by
Pierre Uytterhoeven, Daisuke Tengan, Marie-Jose Sanselme, Sean Penn, Vladimir Vega, Claude Lelouch, Danis Tanović, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Sabrina Dhawan, Paul Laverty, Samira Makhmalbaf, Amos Gitai, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Ken Loach, Youssef Chahine
Sean Penn
Tanvi Azmi
Talat Hamdani (segment "India")
Ernest Borgnine
Old Man (segment "USA")
Mitsuko Baisho
Kayo Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
Akira Emoto
Sakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
Jacques Perrin
Kumiko Aso
Sae Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
Tomorowo Taguchi
Yukichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
Ken Ogata
Villager (segment "Japan")
Sanaa Younes
Mother (segment "Egypt")
Nour El-Sherif
Youssef Chahine (segment "Egypt")
Salif Keita
Keren Mor
Journalist (segment "Israel")
Ahmed Fouad Selim
Father (segment "Egypt")
Kapil Bawa
Salim Hamdani (segment "India")
Maher Essam
Palestinian (segment "Egypt")
Maryam Karimi
Teacher (segment "Iran")
Emmanuelle Laborit
She (segment "France")
Jérôme Horry
Him (segment "France")
Tomer Russo
Paramedic (segment "Israel")
Hassan Rezai
Child (segment "Iran")
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")
Vladimir Vega
Khaled El Sheikh

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