11'09''01 - September 11 (2002)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Directors:

Youssef Chahine
Amos Gitai

Writers:

Youssef Chahine (segment)
Sabrina Dhawan (segment)

Release Date:

11 September 2002 (Belgium)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

11 directors, 11 stories, 1 film.

Plot:

The effects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks are told from different points of view around the world.

Plot Keywords:

Episodic | September 11 2001 | World Trade Center New York | Real Life Tragedy | Real Life

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

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)

Also Known As:

11 septembre 2001 (Iran: Persian title)
11'09''01 - September 11 (France)
11'09''01: Onze minutes, neuf secondes, un cadre (France)
Eleven Minutes, Nine Seconds, One Image: September 11 (International: English title)
September 11 (USA)

Runtime:

134 min

Country:

UK | France | Egypt | Japan | Mexico | USA | Iran

Language:

Spanish | English | French | Arabic | Hebrew | Persian | French Sign Language | Japanese

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Hong Kong:IIA | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:12A (original rating) | UK:12 (video rating) (2003) | USA:Unrated

Company:

CIH Shorts

Trivia:

In Mira Nair's segment, a clip of Monsoon Wedding (2001), Nair's previous film, is shown on television.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush (2003) (TV)

Great Idea – Different Views of the Intolerance in the World

This collection of eleven short stories in one movie is a great idea, and presents some great segments, but also some disappointing surprises. Based on the tragic event of the September 11th 2001 in the United States of America, eleven directors were invited to give their approach to the American tragedy. The result of most of them is not only an individual sympathy to the American people, but mainly to the intolerance in the world with different cultures and people.

Ken Loach (UK) presents the best segment, about the September 11th 1973 in Chile, when the democratic government of Salvador Alliende was destroyed by the dictator Augusto Pinochet with the support of the USA.

The other excellent segments are the one of Youssef Chahine (Egypt), showing the intolerance in the world, and the number of victims made by USA governments in different countries along the contemporary history; and the one of Mira Nair (India), showing a true story of injustice and prejudice against a Pakistanis family, whose son was wrongly accused of terrorism in USA, when he was indeed a hero.

Some segments are beautiful: Samira Makhmalbaf (Iran) shows the innocent Afghans refugee children preparing an inoffensive shelter against bombs, while their teacher tries to explain to them what happened on the other side of the world; the romantic Claude Lelouch (France) shows the life of a couple in New York nearby the WTC; Danis Tanovic (Bosnia-Herzegovina) shows the effects of their war in a small location and the lonely protest of widows; Sean Penn is very poetic, showing that life goes on; and Shohei Imamura's story is probably the most impressive, showing that there is no Holy War but sadness and disgrace.

The segment of Idrissa Quedraogo (Birkina Faso) is very naive, but pictures the terrible poor conditions of this African nation.

The segment of Amos Gital (Israel) is very boring and manipulative, showing more violence and terrorism.

The segment of Alejandro González Iñárritu is very disappointing, horrible, without any inspiration and certainly the worst one.

My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "11 de Setembro" ("September 11")