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11'09''01 - September 11

Fr. 2002. Sketches by Samira Makhmalbaf, Claude Lelouch, Youssef Chahine, Danis Tanovic, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Ken Loach, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Amos Gitaï, Mira Nair, Sean Penn, Shohei Imamura with Maryam Karimi, Emmanuelle Laborit, Nour El-Sherif. Eleven filmmakers from around the world give their vision of the September 11, 2001 attacks in 11 minutes, 9 seconds and one image.

Runtime: 133 min.

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Dr. Akagi

V.O.: Kanzo Sensei

Jap. 1998. Dramatic comedy by Shohei Imamura with Akira Emoto, Kumiko Aso, Jyuro Kara. At the end of World War II, a Japanese doctor is obsessed with the fact that liver problems are rampant in his village.

Runtime: 129 min.

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The Eel

V.O.: Unagi

Jap. 1997. Psychological drama by Shohei Imamura with Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Fujio Tsuneta.

Runtime: 117 min.

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Black Rain

V.O.: Kuroi Ame

Jap. 1989. Social drama by Shohei Imamura with Yoshiko Tanaka, Kazuo Kitamura, Etsuko Ichihara. After suffering the effects of radioactive rain during the bombing of Hiroshima, the inhabitants of a nearby village try to move on with their lives.

Runtime: 123 min.

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The Ballad of Narayama

V.O.: Narayama bushiko

Jap. 1983. Mores drama by Shohei Imamura with Samiko Sakamoto, Ken Ogata, Aki Takejo. An elderly woman is concerned about finding a wife for her widowed son before she dies.

Runtime: 130 min.