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September 11

September 11

20026.42h 14m

Overview

An anthology of short films inspired by the events of the September 11 World Trade Center attacks.

Directed by Samira Makhmalbaf
Written by Youssef Chahine, Alain Brigand, Sabrina Dhawan
Produced by Nicolas Mauvernay, Jacques Perrin, Alejandro González Iñárritu
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Top Cast

Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine

Old Man (segment "USA")

M

Maryam Karimi

Teacher (segment "Iran")

Emmanuelle Laborit

Emmanuelle Laborit

She (segment "France")

J

Jérôme Horry

Him (segment "France")

Keren Mor

Keren Mor

Journalist (segment "Israel")

T

Tomer Russo

Paramedic (segment "Israel")

Tanvi Azmi

Tanvi Azmi

Talat Hamdani (segment "India")

Kapil Bawa

Kapil Bawa

Salim Hamdani (segment "India")

Tomorowo Taguchi

Tomorowo Taguchi

Yukichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")

Kumiko Aso

Kumiko Aso

Sae Furuhashi (segment "Japan")

Themes & Keywords

palestinian-israeli conflictunsociabilitymediaskyscraperwar on terror9/11elderlywoman director

About September 11

September 11 is a drama film released in 2002 exploring themes of palestinian-israeli conflict, unsociability, media, skyscraper, war on terror, 9/11. Directed by Samira Makhmalbaf, it stars Ernest Borgnine, Maryam Karimi, Emmanuelle Laborit. An anthology of short films inspired by the events of the September 11 World Trade Center attacks.

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