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To Each His Own Cinema
To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema

A declaration of love on the big screen

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ComedyDrama

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Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

100 mins

Rating

6.5/10

Release Date

31 October 2007

Country

France

Cast

Pegah Ahangarani

Pegah Ahangarani

Leonid Alexeenko

Leonid Alexeenko

(segment "Irtebak")

Taraneh Alidoosti

Taraneh Alidoosti

Self

Dàvi Alvarado

Dàvi Alvarado

Boy (segment "Anna")

Vishka Asayesh

Vishka Asayesh

George Babluani

George Babluani

The thief (segment "Recrudescence")

Cindy Beckett

Cindy Beckett

Supporting

Caju

Caju

Self (segment "À 8 944 km de Cannes")

Castanha

Castanha

Self (segment "À 8 944 km de Cannes")

Carl-Erik Calamnius

Carl-Erik Calamnius

Ticket Man (segment "La Fonderie")

Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin

(segment "World cinema")

Luisa Williams

Luisa Williams

Anna (segment "Anna")

Michel Piccoli

Michel Piccoli

Nikita Kruschev (segment "Rencontre unique")

João Bénard da Costa

João Bénard da Costa

Pope Jean XXIII (segment "Rencontre unique")

Antoine Chappey

Antoine Chappey

Khrouchtchev's secretary (segment "Rencontre unique")

Farini Cheung Yui-Ling

Farini Cheung Yui-Ling

The Woman (segment "I Travelled 9000 kilometers To ...")

Casper Christensen

Casper Christensen

(segment "The Last Dating Show")

David Cronenberg

David Cronenberg

The Suicidal Man (segment "At the suicide of the last Jew ...")

Audrey Dana

Audrey Dana

Claude Lelouch's mother (segment "Cinéma de boulevard")

Émilie Dequenne

Émilie Dequenne

The crying woman (segment "Dans l'obscurité")

Lionel Dray

Lionel Dray

The boyfriend (segment "Recrudescence")

Jean-Claude Dreyfus

Jean-Claude Dreyfus

The husband (segment "Cinéma érotique")

Yosra El Lozy

Yosra El Lozy

The girl (segment "47 Ans Après")

Deniz Gamze Ergüven

Deniz Gamze Ergüven

The young woman (segment "Recrudescence")

Sara Forestier

Sara Forestier

The usherette (segment "Cinéma érotique")

Jacques Frantz

Jacques Frantz

The annoying businessman (segment "Occupations")

Grant Heslov

Grant Heslov

(segment "World cinema")

Frank Hvam

Frank Hvam

(segment "The Last Dating Show")

Kristian Ibler

Kristian Ibler

(segment "The Last Dating Show")

Karim Kassem

Karim Kassem

Young Youssef Chahine (segment "47 Ans Après")

Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano

The projectionist (segment "Rencontre unique")

Joachim Knop

Joachim Knop

(segment "The Last Dating Show")

Édith Le Merdy

Édith Le Merdy

Wife (segment "Cinéma érotique")

Michael Lonsdale

Michael Lonsdale

The old blind man (segment "Le Don")

Li Man

Li Man

The girl (segment "En Regardent le Film")

Lü Yulai

Lü Yulai

The projectionist (segment "En Regardent le Film")

Sara-Marie Maltha

Sara-Marie Maltha

(segment "The Last Dating Show")

Jeanne Moreau

Jeanne Moreau

The old woman / Self (segment "Trois Minutes")

Nanni Moretti

Nanni Moretti

Nanni Moretti (segment "Diario di uno spettatore")

Denis Podalydès

Denis Podalydès

The manager (segment "Cinéma de boulevard")

Brooke Smith

Brooke Smith

(segment "World cinema")

Yola Sanko

Yola Sanko

Crying Woman (segment "Dans le Noir")

Jérémie Segard

Jérémie Segard

The thief (segment "Dans l'obscurité")

Joe Siffleet

Joe Siffleet

Son (segment "Happy Ending")

Zinedine Soualem

Zinedine Soualem

Claude Lelouch's father (segment "Cinéma de boulevard")

Elia Suleiman

Elia Suleiman

The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")

Hedie Tehrani

Hedie Tehrani

Lars von Trier

Lars von Trier

The filmmaker (segment "Occupations")

Michel Vuillermoz

Michel Vuillermoz

The groaning man (segment "Cinéma de boulevard")

Bradley Walsh

Bradley Walsh

Father (segment "Happy Ending")

Isabelle Adjani

Isabelle Adjani

Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)

Anouk Aimée

Anouk Aimée

(segment "Cinéma de Boulevard") (archive footage)

Maury Chaykin

Maury Chaykin

(segment "Artaud Double Bill") (archive footage)

Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau

Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe

(segment "Occupations") (archive footage)

Bryce Dallas Howard

Bryce Dallas Howard

(segment "Occupations") (archive footage)

Anna Karina

Anna Karina

(segment "Artaud Double Bill") (archive footage)

Kim Novak

Kim Novak

Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)

Shu Qi

Shu Qi

Pregnant Woman

Golshifteh Farahani

Golshifteh Farahani

Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)

Lee Kang-sheng

Lee Kang-sheng

(segment: It’s A Dream)

Hamide Kheyrabadi

Hamide Kheyrabadi

(segment: Where Is My Romeo?)

Duarte d'Almeida

Duarte d'Almeida

Pope John XXIII (segment: Rencontre unique (Sole Meeting))

Fan Wing

Fan Wing

The Woman ( segment: I Travelled 9000 km to Give It to You)

Michael Cimino

Michael Cimino

Miguel Cimino (segment: no translation needed)

Clayton Jacobson

Clayton Jacobson

Projectionist (segment: The Lady Bug)

Geneviève Lemon

Geneviève Lemon

Bug (segment: The Lady Bug)

Gina Clayton

Gina Clayton

Commentator (segment: At the Suicide of the Last Jew…)

Jesse Collins

Jesse Collins

Commentator (segment: At the Suicide of the Last Jew…)

Juliana Muñoz

Juliana Muñoz

Cuban Singer (segment: No Translation Needed)

Yves Corbet

Yves Corbet

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