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:

Manhattan | World Trade Center | Terrorist | Terrorist Group | Airplane

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:

References "Star Trek" (1966)

A movie to move you to tears.

Though the pieces are uneven this collection of 11 short films is truly a moving and human experience. There were some who, in the wake of the emotion on the anniversary of the bombings, took this to be anti-American. I don't think thats the case, even though some parts might be taken that way if you don't look behind the obvious. Ultimately the film is nothing except an attempt by people to express their confusion, sympathy and feelings about what happened. These are stories of people who's worlds have been shaken up by what happened on a Tuesday in September.

As I said this film will move you, probably to tears. Its not always easy to watch, for example the film from Mexico is little more than a black screen with sound, but its effect is such as to lay even the strongest of people low. If you can be strong you really should see this film. It will comfort you and enlighten you and affect you...