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:

Amos Gitai's segment was shot in a single continuous shot.

Movie Connections:

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

War and media, take a hike! Love your brothers and sisters everywhere!

The September 11 film is a separate but collective effort by 11 filmmakers who were given $400.000 each to make a film 11 minutes, 9 seconds and 1 frame. The formula is not new, neither are eternal flames as grave markers.

Each director was given creative license to make their film. The result is 11 viewpoints on a host of angles regarding to the suicide aircraft attack on the World Trade Center. The facts of atrocities committed in war should come as no surprise to anyone from any country. Americans are as aware of the damage of war as other nations. War is not good for anyone. When men play war with guns people are killed, innocently. The most interesting inclusion is the Israeli journalist trying to report on a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv. Her story gets bumped because of what's happening in New York. The story is absurd showing how powerful war and media is, and how far from peace the world is. Showing the film reveals how clever the media is in pitting nation against nation and cultivating a fake sense of patriotism. An aftermath of the film could be, don't buy into hating your brother and sister and show some compassion for all people for all injustice everywhere.