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A declaration of love on the big screen - To Each His Own Cinema
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Title: To Each His Own Cinema

Release Date: 31 Oct 2007

Runtime: 1h 40m

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: Elzévir Films, Pyramide Productions, StudioCanal, Les Films Alain Sarde, Canal+, CNC, ARTE, Cannes Film Festival, L’Oréal, FNCF, Digimage, LVT, Air France

Production Companies: Elzévir Films, Pyramide Productions, StudioCanal, Les Films Alain Sarde, Canal+, CNC, ARTE, Cannes Film Festival, L’Oréal, FNCF, Digimage, LVT, Air France

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 6.5 (133 votes)

Cast

  • : Pegah Ahangarani
  • (segment "Irtebak"): Leonid Alexeenko
  • Self: Taraneh Alidoosti
  • Boy (segment "Anna"): Dàvi Alvarado
  • : Vishka Asayesh
  • The thief (segment "Recrudescence"): George Babluani
  • Supporting: Cindy Beckett
  • Self (segment "À 8 944 km de Cannes"): Caju
  • Self (segment "À 8 944 km de Cannes"): Castanha
  • Ticket Man (segment "La Fonderie"): Carl-Erik Calamnius
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