8 (2008)
What do you think you are willing to do?
Genre : Drama
Runtime : 1H 40M
Director : Abderrahmane Sissako, Gael García Bernal, Gaspar Noé, Gus Van Sant, Jan Kounen, Jane Campion, Mira Nair, Wim Wenders
Synopsis
8 shorts centered around 8 themes directed by 8 famous film directors involved and sharing their opinion on progress, on the set-backs and the challenges our planet faces today.
Tiya (segment "Tiya's Dream")
Tiya's father (segment "Tiya's Dream")
Teacher (segment "Tiya's Dream")
Father (segment "The Letter")
Son (segment "The Letter")
Man (segment "SIDA")
Zeinab (segment "How can it be ?")
Arif (segment "How can it be ?")
Son (segment "How can it be?")
Ziggy (segment "The Water Diary")
Sam (segment "The Water Diary")
Felicity Miles (segment "The Water Diary")
Simon (segment "The Water Diary")
Mrs. Miles (segment "The Water Diary")
Mother (segment "The Water Diary")
Father (segment "The Water Diary")
Lunch Guest (segment "The Water Diary")
Lunch Guest (segment "The Water Diary")
Lunch Guest (segment "The Water Diary")
Panshin Beka (segment "The story of Panshin Beka")
Nonna (segment "The story of Panshin Beka")
Marito (segment "The story of Panshin Beka")
Panshin Beka's friend (segment "The story of Panshin Beka")
(segment "Person to Person")
(segment "Person to Person") (as Tsehaie Abraham Kidane)
Ronda (segment "Person to Person")
(segment "Person to Person")
(segment "Person to Person")
Frank (segment "Person to Person")
Seymour (segment "Person to Person")
(segment "Person to Person")
(segment "Person to Person")
(segment "Person to Person")
Lender (segment "Person to Person")
African Borrower (segment "Person to Person")
Himself
Lender
Himself
Himself
African Borrower (segment "Person to Person")
Guatemalan Borrower (segment "Person to Person")
Himself
African Borrower (segment "Person to Person")
Lender (segment "Person to Person")
Borrower - East Indian (segment "Person to Person")
Costa Rican Borrower (segment "Person to Person") (as Marta McGonagle)
The Lender (segment "Person to Person")
Borrower- East Indian (segment "Person to Person") (as Shaifali Ratti)
Lender (segment "Person to Person") (as Kharrison Sweeney)
Lender
African Borrower (segment "Person to Person")
(segment "Person to Person")
Lawyer
African Borrower 'Person to Person' (as Pendo)
(segment "Person to Person")
Panamanian Borrower (segment "Person to Person")
Pam Garner (segment "The Water Diary")
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