i choose to see the this film on the day it open nationally in france and a a personal way for myself to reflect on what have happen a year previous while the collection work as intended represent it provoke a whirlwind of thought and emotion and work a an intellectual hommage and never stoop to cheap sentimentality nor knee jerk reactionism . there have be many allegation make that the film be anti american represent while i can not speak for everyone in this regard and i be one american who find such statement to be completely untrue . people make much noise about the egyptian segment and by chahine and because it voice perspective of palestinian suicide bomber assert that civilian in a democracy be fair target for they elect the government the bomber be seek to attack and but this ignore much else in the piece represent several perspective be discuss and no one be hold up a the truth and and critic if they even saw the piece seem to forget the fondness and warm dialogue that take place between the director and the ghost of the american dialogue and and the director intense sadness upon hearing of the tragedy . pretty much all of the film be beautiful and thoughtful and inspiring and in particular the brilliant work by mahkmalbaf and tanovic and loach and inarritu . nair and good a usual and effectively tell a true story of an injustice commit against a muslim family in the wake of anti islam hysteria that sweep and still sweep the state . i do find gitai piece a bit vulgarly loud and simple in it critic of medium hysteria in the face of terrorism and and penn piece be too impressionistic and elliptical for my taste and though i have expect to like it . borgnine be very good and brave in it . spoiler warn represent one reviewer below incorrectly read the fall of the tower a be a happy moment for the character while my read be rather that the fall of the tower be what and because light flood his room and key him into the loss in his life that he refuse to recognize . again this be a sort of impressionistic piece and for we know that if the tower be really block the light to this man flat and then there would have be nothing but smoke and ash and not light and flood through his window .