Fresh
An ungainly, intermittently harrowing omnibus filled with moments of piercing sorrow and rage.
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
September 11
2002 · 2h 14m · Unrated
Drama
Directed by
Youssef Chahine
,
Amos Gitai
,
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
,
Shōhei Imamura
,
Ken Loach
,
Samira Makhmalbaf
,
Mira Nair
,
Idrissa Ouedraogo
,
Sean Penn
,
Danis Tanović
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September 11
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Youssef Chahine Director
- Amos Gitai Director
- Alejandro G. Iñárritu Director
- Shōhei Imamura Director
- Ken Loach Director
- Samira Makhmalbaf Director
- Mira Nair Director
- Idrissa Ouedraogo Director
- Sean Penn Director
- Danis Tanović Director
- Ernest Borgnine as Old Man (USA)
- Maryam Karimi as (Iran)
- Emmanuelle Laborit as (France)
- Jérôme Horry as (France)
- Keren Mor as (Israel)
- Tomer Russo Cast
- Tanvi Azmi Cast
- Kapil Bawa Cast
- Tomorowo Taguchi Cast
- Kumiko Aso Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
77%
Tomatometer
Fresh
You'll get a provocative picture of how a variety of filmmakers reacted to the events of Sept. 11.
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
Fresh
An uneven but telling document.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Fresh
The results are not monumental, but they are a variety of sober responses to the tragedy that help place the event in a global context.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Fresh
You have to take the duds with the skyrockets, but overall, this odd compendium is an emotionally moving experience.
Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic
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