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Babel
2006
In the remote sands of the Moroccan desert, a rifle shot rings out - detonating a chain of events that will link an American tourist couple's frantic struggle to survive, two Moroccan boys involved in an accidental crime, a nanny illegally crossing into Mexico with two American children and a Japanese teen rebel whose father is .. Read more
| Starring | Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt, Gael Garcia Bernal, Koji Yakusho |
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| Director | Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu |
| Genres | Drama |
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Babel
In the remote sands of the Moroccan desert, a rifle shot rings out - detonating a chain of events that will link an American tourist couple's frantic struggle to survive, two Moroccan boys involved in an accidental crime, a nanny illegally crossing into Mexico with two American children and a Japanese teen rebel whose father is sought by the police in Tokyo. Separated by clashing cultures and sprawling distances, each of these four disparate groups of people are nevertheless hurtling towards a shared destiny of isolation and grief. In the course of just a few days, they will each face the dizzying sensation of becoming profoundly lost - lost in the desert, lost to the world, lost to themselves - as they are pushed to the farthest edges of confusion and fear as well as to the very depths of connection and love.
| Starring | Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt, Gael Garcia Bernal, Koji Yakusho, Adriana Barraza, Rinko Kikuchi |
|---|---|
| Director | Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 22 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 18 mins HD DVD: 2 hrs 18 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English HD DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 21 May 2007 Blu-ray: 03 Nov 2008 HD DVD: 21 May 2007 Production year: 2006 |
| Format | DVD |
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Painful but amazing
I urge everyone to go see this film - at the cinema if possible - to be part of the incredible emotional journey this movie takes you on. The film is composed of three concurrent storylines set in three different locations: Morocco, Japan and Mexico. The stories are formed like one photograph that has been ripped into three and then pasted back together in crooked fashion - the points of connection make an incredible, indelible impact on you. Notable performances for me are those of Brad Pitt, Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi and the young goat herder Boubker Ait El Caid, all victims of the mysteries of small, but significant moments of chance. This is a tapestry of emotion and how a moment in time can change everything. It's heartbreaking and painful - but ultimately a great and thought-provoking journey.
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Babel
This film is hard to follow, alot of subtitles threw out the film. I didn't enjoy it even with Brad Pittto look at !
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Pitt regrets not learning French as a kid
- 12 Aug 2009
Brad Pitt is frustrated he can't master French - because he loves the country. The actor regrets not picking up the language as a child - because now he fears he's too old to learn. The Babel star tells Parade magazine, "I wish there had been an emphasis on learning a foreign language where I grew up. It frustrates the hell out of me. "I've studied French. I don't speak it. I'm working on it. It's real slow going. Oh, how I suffer. Those synapses never formed." Read more
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