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The State of the World (2007)

Genre : Documentary, Drama

Runtime : 1H 45M

Director : Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Vicente Ferraz, Ayisha Abraham, Wang Bing, Pedro Costa, Chantal Akerman

Synopsis

An omnibus project examining, well, the state of the world.

Actors

Shyam Bahadur
Shyam Bahadur
(segment "One Way")
Jurandyr Ferreira
Jurandyr Ferreira
(segment "Germano")
Jenjira Jansuda
Jenjira Jansuda
(segment "Luminous People")
Sakda Kaewbuadee
Sakda Kaewbuadee
(segment "Luminous People")
Wake Li
Wake Li
(segment "Brutality Factory")
Ning Xu
Ning Xu
(segment "Brutality Factory")
Lu Ye
Lu Ye
(segment "Brutality Factory")
Alfredo Mendes
Alfredo Mendes
(segment "Tarrafal")
José Alberto Silva
José Alberto Silva
(segment "Tarrafal")
Lucinda Tavares
Lucinda Tavares
(segment "Tarrafal")
Ventura
Ventura
(segment "Tarrafal")
Babu Santana
Babu Santana
(segment "Germano")

Crews

Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Director
Vicente Ferraz
Vicente Ferraz
Director
Ayisha Abraham
Ayisha Abraham
Director
Wang Bing
Wang Bing
Director
Pedro Costa
Pedro Costa
Director
Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman
Director
António Pinto Ribeiro
António Pinto Ribeiro
Idea
Luis Correia
Luis Correia
Producer
Vanessa Hope
Vanessa Hope
Producer
Lihong K.
Lihong K.
Producer
Isabel Martinez
Isabel Martinez
Producer
Noé Mendelle
Noé Mendelle
Producer

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