To Each His Own Cinema
Chacun son cinema ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumiere s'eteint et que le film commence
“A declaration of love on the big screen.”
Synopsis
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.
Trailers, Teasers & Extra Featurettes
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To Each His Cinema (2007) Trailer
Type: Trailer • Published 2011-07-20
Top Cast
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Golshifteh Farahani
Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
Taraneh Alidoosti
Self
Pegah Ahangarani
Vishka Asayesh
David Cronenberg
The Suicidal Man (segment "At the suicide of the last Jew ...")
Josh Brolin
(segment "World cinema")
Giorgi Babluani
The thief (segment "Recrudescence")
Leonid Alexeenko
(segment "Irtebak")
Dàvi Alvarado
Boy (segment "Anna")
Cindy Beckett
Supporting
Caju
Self (segment "À 8 944 km de Cannes")
Castanha
Self (segment "À 8 944 km de Cannes")
Carl-Erik Calamnius
Ticket Man (segment "La Fonderie")
Luisa Williams
Anna (segment "Anna")
Michel Piccoli
Nikita Kruschev (segment "Rencontre unique")
João Bénard da Costa
Pope Jean XXIII (segment "Rencontre unique")
Antoine Chappey
Khrouchtchev's secretary (segment "Rencontre unique")
Farini Cheung Yui-Ling
The Woman (segment "I Travelled 9000 kilometers To ...")
Release History & Theatrical Window
Beijing International Film Festival
Festival / Special Debut
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Michael Cimino, Luc Dardenne, Atom Egoyan, Chen Kaige, Manoel de Oliveira, Bille August, Andrei Konchalovsky, Claude Lelouch, Walter Salles, Tsai Ming-liang, Theo Angelopoulos, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Olivier Assayas, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Takeshi Kitano, Roman Polanski, Gus Van Sant, Abbas Kiarostami, David Cronenberg, David Lynch, Jane Campion, Raymond Depardon, Amos Gitai, Nanni Moretti, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Elia Suleiman, Aki Kaurismäki, Raúl Ruiz, Lars von Trier, Wong Kar-Wai, Ken Loach, Wim Wenders, Youssef Chahine, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Zhang Yimou
- Screenplay & Story
- Takeshi Kitano
- Original Score
- Eleni Karaindrou, Mychael Danna, Howard Shore
- Original Title
- Chacun son cinema ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumiere s'eteint et que le film commence
- Country of Origin
- France, Japan
- Spoken Languages
- Danish, English, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Yiddish, Mandarin
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Production Studios
- Elzévir Films, StudioCanal, ARTE, Office Kitano
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Michael Cimino, Luc Dardenne, Atom Egoyan, Chen Kaige, Manoel de Oliveira, Bille August, Andrei Konchalovsky, Claude Lelouch, Walter Salles, Tsai Ming-liang, Theo Angelopoulos, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Olivier Assayas, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Takeshi Kitano, Roman Polanski, Gus Van Sant, Abbas Kiarostami, David Cronenberg, David Lynch, Jane Campion, Raymond Depardon, Amos Gitai, Nanni Moretti, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Elia Suleiman, Aki Kaurismäki, Raúl Ruiz, Lars von Trier, Wong Kar-Wai, Ken Loach, Wim Wenders, Youssef Chahine, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Zhang Yimou
Takeshi Kitano, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Manoel de Oliveira, Luc Dardenne, Zhang Yimou, Amos Gitai, Andrei Konchalovsky, Olivier Assayas, Atom Egoyan, Nanni Moretti, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Zou Jingzhi, Aki Kaurismäki, William Chang Suk-Ping, Wong Kar-Wai
Eleni Karaindrou, Mychael Danna, Howard Shore
Paweł Edelman, Emmanuel Lubezki, Dirk Brüel, Hooman Behmanesh, Ramses Marzouk, Mauro Pinheiro Jr., Marc-André Batigne, Shinzi Suzuki, Alessandro Pesci, Nicholas de Pencier, Francisco Oliveira, Eric Alan Edwards, Francis Grumman, Alberto Venzago, Jacques Bouquin, Mariya Solovyova, Pun-Leung Kwan, Alain Marcoen, Greig Fraser, Zhao Xiaoding, Andreas Sinanos, Zhao Xiaoshi, Inti Briones, Steven Lubensky
Lívia Serpa, Yannis Tsitsopoulos, Olga Grinshpun
Jacky Pang, Takio Yoshida, Takeshi Kitano, Aki Kaurismäki, Gilles Jacob
Department Leadership Roster
Jacky Pang
Producer
Michael Cimino
Director
Luc Dardenne
Director
Atom Egoyan
Director
Chen Kaige
Director
Manoel de Oliveira
Director
Bille August
Director
Andrei Konchalovsky
Director
Claude Lelouch
Director
Walter Salles
Director
Tsai Ming-liang
Director
Theo Angelopoulos
Director
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Director
Olivier Assayas
Director
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Director
Age Classification & Content Advisories
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International Certification Matrix
FSK 16 — Restricted to viewers aged 16 and older.
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Frequently Asked Questions About To Each His Own Cinema
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What is To Each His Own Cinema about?
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.
Who directed To Each His Own Cinema?
To Each His Own Cinema was directed by Michael Cimino, Luc Dardenne, Atom Egoyan, Chen Kaige, Manoel de Oliveira, Bille August, Andrei Konchalovsky, Claude Lelouch, Walter Salles, Tsai Ming-liang, Theo Angelopoulos, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Olivier Assayas, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Takeshi Kitano, Roman Polanski, Gus Van Sant, Abbas Kiarostami, David Cronenberg, David Lynch, Jane Campion, Raymond Depardon, Amos Gitai, Nanni Moretti, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Elia Suleiman, Aki Kaurismäki, Raúl Ruiz, Lars von Trier, Wong Kar-Wai, Ken Loach, Wim Wenders, Youssef Chahine, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Zhang Yimou.
Who stars in To Each His Own Cinema?
The principal cast of To Each His Own Cinema includes Golshifteh Farahani, Taraneh Alidoosti, Pegah Ahangarani, Vishka Asayesh, David Cronenberg.
When was To Each His Own Cinema released and how long is it?
To Each His Own Cinema was released in 2007 with a total runtime of 1h 40m.
Who composed the musical score for To Each His Own Cinema?
The original motion picture soundtrack for To Each His Own Cinema was composed by Eleni Karaindrou, Mychael Danna, Howard Shore.
What is the age rating and content advisory for To Each His Own Cinema?
To Each His Own Cinema holds official age classifications: DE: 16 (FSK 16 — Restricted to viewers aged 16 and older.).