11’09”01 – September 11 (2002)

Eleven directors from 11 countries each contribute an 11-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. The tones vary, as do the locales. Most stories are about others coming to terms with the events of the day, but at least one confronts the viewer with tragedy and death.

Directors: Youssef Chahine (segment “Egypt”), Amos Gitai (segment “Israel”), Shōhei Imamura (segment “Japan”), Alejandro G. Iñárritu (segment “Mexico”), Claude Lelouch (segment “France”), Ken Loach (segment “United Kingdom”), Samira Makhmalbaf (segment “Iran”), Mira Nair (segment “India”), Idrissa Ouedraogo (segment “Burkina Faso”), Sean Penn (segment “USA”), Danis Tanovic (segment “Bosnia-Herzegovina”).

Writers: Alain Brigand (original idea), Youssef Chahine, (segment “Egypt”), Sabrina Dhawan (segment “India”), Amos Gitai & Marie-Jose Sanselme (segment “Israel”), Alejandro G. Iñárritu (segment “Mexico”)

Paul Laverty (segment “United Kingdom”), Claude Lelouch & Pierre Uytterhoeven (segment “France”), Ken Loach (segment “United Kingdom”), Samira Makhmalbaf (segment “Iran”), Idrissa Ouedraogo (segment “Burkina-Faso”), Sean Penn (segment “USA”), Danis Tanovic (segment “Bosnia-Herzegovina”), Daisuke Tengan (segment “Japan”), Vladimir Vega (segment “United Kingdom”).

Stars: Maryam Karimi, Mohamad Dolati, Agelem Habibi, Esmat Vahedi, Ameneh Banizadeh, Razieh Jafari, Hassan Rezai, Najibeh Habibi, Emmanuelle Laborit, Jérôme Horry, Nour El-Sherif, Ahmed Haroun, Sanaa Younes, Ahmed Fouad Selim, Maher Essam, Eveline Sélim, Rafik Mohsen, Hesham Abd Elkhaleq, Alaa Mahgoub, Fadi Badour, Nadim Gargoura, Reem Bitar, Dzana Pinjo Haracic, Aleksandar Seksan, Tatjana Sojic, Ejla Bavcic, Ognjen Blagojevic, Lionel Zizréel Guire, René Aimé Bassinga, Lionel Gaël Folikoue, Rodrigue André Idani, Alex Martial Traoré, Hyppolite Ouangrawa, Justine Sawadogo, Haoua Ouatara, Saturnin Milla, Barou Oumar Ouedraogo, Vladimir Vega, Keren Mor, Liron Levo, Tomer Russo, Tanvi Azmi, Kapil Bawa, Taleb Adlah, Talat Hamdani, Robert Reardon, Nell Mooney, George R. Sheffey, Maryann Towne, Suleman Din, Ernest Borgnine, Tomoroo Taguchi, Kumiko Asō, Akira Emoto, Mitsuko Baishō, Ken Ogata

Composers: Michael Brook & Heitor Pereira (“USA” segment), Mohammad Reza Darvishi (“Iran” segment), Manu Dibango & Salif Keïta (“Burkina-Faso” segment), Osvaldo Golijov & Gustavo Santaolalla (“Mexico” segment), Tarô Iwashiro (“Japan” segment), Dusko Segvic (“Bosnia-Herzegovina” segment), Vladimir Vega (“United Kingdom” segment).

Subtitles: English, hard-coded.

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/16892723268262

The Pursuit of Happiness (Robert Mulligan, 1971)

A college student goes to prison for vehicular manslaughter and unpaid tickets. He escapes with his girlfriend, becoming fugitives. The narrative explores the sustainability and consequences of their life on the run.

Director: Robert Mulligan.

Writers: Thomas Rogers (book), Jon Boothe, George Sherman.

Stars: Michael Sarrazin, Barbara Hershey, Arthur Hill, Ruth White, E.G. Marshall, Robert Klein, Sada Thompson, David Boyle, Barnard Hughes, Peter White, Tom Rosqui, William Devane, Gilbert Lewis, Albert Henderson, Ralph Waite, Joseph Attles, Beulah Garrick, Jack Somack, Maya Kenin, Rue McClanahan, Ed Kovens, Charles Durning, Ed Setrakian, Ted Beniades.

Music by: Dave Grusin.

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/16638461545126

Subtitles: Optional English subtitles are available for this film, to enable them click on the subtitles icon (to the left of the cogweel icon), and they will be turned on.

Song of the Exile - Ke tu qiu hen - (1990)

Set in the early 1970s, it tells the story of a Chinese-Japanese student who returns to her native Hong Kong after graduating from a university in London. Once she arrives back home, she and her family begins to fight, largely due to cultural and societal conflicts between her mother and herself.

Director: Ann Hui

Writer: Nien-Jen Wu.

Stars: Maggie Cheung, Siu-Kwong Chung, Tan Lang Jachi Tian, Waise Lee, Zi Xiong Li, Hsiao-Fen Lu, Feng Tien, Xiany Xiao, Tinlan Yang, Quinzi Yinjian.

Subs: English.

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/2607548271270

Gam yuk moon tong - The Chinese Feast - (1995)

Within a few years, Chiu, a small-time crook, has become a gang leader. But his professional ambitions are actually quite different: he wants to leave illegality behind and make a career for himself and his lover in Canada – as a chef. However, this craft must first be learned and Chiu’s talent in the field of cooking leaves much to be desired.

Director: Hark Tsui

Writers: Philip Cheng, Man Fai Ng, Hark Tsui.

Stars: Kenny Bee, Leslie Cheung, Anita Yuen, Kar-Ying Law, Wenzhuo Zhao, Xiong Xinxin, Shu-Chun Ni, Shun Lau.

Subs: English.

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/16533416774310

Rupa u dusi - A Hole in the Soul (1994)

In A Hole in the Soul, director Dusan Makavejev’s free-form, autobiographical meditation on the nature of a place combines aspects of both physical place (the former Yugoslavia) and mental place (the cinematic avant-garde). Makavejev mixes styles and genres in order to explore his sense of himself and his physical environment. Makavejev’s bold contribution to BBC Scotland’s acclaimed TV series The Director’s Place allows audiences a highly personal look at the director as he explores his own hole in the soul.

Director: Dušan Makavejev.

Stars: Rambo Amadeus, Melodie Annis, Dennis Jakob, Dušan Makavejev, Paul Yamamoto.

Subs: English.

LINK FOR THE MOVIE: https://ok.ru/video/16599726361254