September 11

The story

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.

Cast

E Ernest BorgnineOld Man (segment "USA") M Maryam KarimiTeacher (segment "Iran") E Emmanuelle LaboritShe (segment "France") J Jérôme HorryHim (segment "France") K Keren MorJournalist (segment "Israel") T Tomer RussoParamedic (segment "Israel") T Tanvi AzmiTalat Hamdani (segment "India") K Kapil BawaSalim Hamdani (segment "India") T Tomorowo TaguchiYukichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan") K Kumiko AsoSae Furuhashi (segment "Japan") A Akira EmotoSakichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan") M Mitsuko BaishoKayo Furuhashi (segment "Japan")

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K Ken OgataVillager (segment "Japan") H Hassan RezaiChild (segment "Iran") N Nour El-SherifYoussef Chahine (segment "Egypt") S Sanaa YounesMother (segment "Egypt") M Maher EssamPalestinian (segment "Egypt") A Ahmed Fouad SelimFather (segment "Egypt") A Agelem HabibiChild (segment "Iran") A Ahmed HarounG'I (segment "Egypt") A Ameneh BanizadehChild (segment "Iran") E Esmat VahediChild (segment "Iran") M Mohamad DolatiChild (segment "Iran") N Najibeh HabibiChild (segment "Iran") R Razieh JafariChild (segment "Iran")