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 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.
In this mesmerizing and emotional film, acclaimed director Alejandro González Iñárritu (21 Grams, Amores Perros) achieves a range never before seen in his films, in which by making himself invisible, he penetrates the different cultures, shot in three continents, directing actors and non-actors in four languages and making the hyper-realistic world co-habitate with the vision of the world of the imaginary, where sound and music are the emotional narrators. This film brings back the ancient concept of Babel and questions its modern day implications: the mistaken identities, misunderstandings and missed chances for communication that, though often unseen, drive our modern lives. Babel explores the nature of the barriers and misunderstandings that seem to separate mankind.
Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael Garcia Bernal, and Koji Yakusho lead an international ensemble of actors and non-professional actors from Morocco, Tijuana and Tokyo, who enrich Babel's take on cultural diversity and enhance its powerful remarks on cultural links and frontiers.
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Directed by
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Starring
Brad Pitt (Richard)
Cate Blanchett (Susan)
Gael García Bernal (Santiago)
Kôji Yakusho (Yasujiro)
Mohamed Akhzam (Anwar)
Peter Wight (Tom)
Harriet Walter (Lilly)
Trevor Martin (Douglas)
Matyelok Gibbs (Elyse)
Georges Bousquet (Robert)
Claudine Acs (Jane)
André Oumansky (Walter)
Michael Maloney (James)
Dermot Crowley (Barth)
Wendy Nottingham (Tourist #1)
Henry Maratray (Tourist #2)
Linda Broughton (Tourist #3)
Jean-Marc Hugot (Tourist #4)
Aline Mowat (Tourist #5)
Liliane Escoza (Tourist #6)
Lindsey Beauchamp (Tourist #7)
Michel Dubois (Tourist #8)
Shirley Dixon (Tourist #9)
John O'Mahony (Tourist #11)
Mary Mitchell (Tourist #12)
Edward Lyon (Tourist #13)
Robert Fyfe (Tourist #14)
Abdelaziz Merzoug (Waiter Casbah)
El Hassan Ait Bablal (Old Man in Car)
Sfia Ait Benboullah (Anwar's Grandmother)
Hammou Aghrar (Doctor/Vet)
Mohamed Ait Lahcen (Sheik)
Ali Hamadi (Moukadem)
Lhacen Znin (Store Owner)
Mustapha Amhita (Mohammed)
Mohamed Nait Addi (Mohammed's Friend #3)
Rahmoune Abdelhalim (Mohammed's Friend #4)
Soukayna Ait Boufakri (Yamile)
Youssef Boukioud (Police at Anwar's #1)
Khouyael Houssein (Police at Anwar's #1)
Alex Jennings (Ken Clifford)
Timothy Peter Buxton (US Army Medic #1)
Aimee Meditz (Reporter - US News)
Mohammed Bennani (Moroccan Doctor)
Mustapha Rachidi (Abdullah)
Driss Roukhe (Alarid)
Wahiba Sahmi (Zohra)
Fadmael Ouali (Yasira)
Zahra Ahkouk (Jamila)
Abdelkader Bara (Hassan)
Ehou Mama (Hassan's Wife)
Rida Taya (Abdullah's 2-year-old Son)
Salah Mezzi (Moroccan Police Officer)
Mohamed Atkliss (Moroccan Police Officer)
Adriana Barraza (Amelia)
Elle Fanning (Debbie)
Nathan Gamble (Mike)
Monica del Carmen (Lucia)
Rosa Reyes (Comadre)
Damian Garcia (Lucio)
Barbarella Pardo (Amelia's Daughter #1)
Úrsula García (Amelia's Daughter #2)
Cynthia Montaño (Patricia)
Maripaz Lopez (Patricia's Mother)
Santiago Lizarraga (Tambora Band)
Ismael Gregorio (Tambora Band)
Pedro Sillas (Tambora Band)
Enrique Garcia Contreras (Tambora Band)
Fernando Montes Avila (Tambora Band)
Luis Avila (Tambora Band)
Eugenio Jara Reynoso (Tambora Band)
Pedro Cuota (Tambora Band)
Jimenez Romeo Echeverria (Musician)
Guadalupe Quintero (Wedding Band)
Mariano Quintero (Wedding Band)
Eluterio Higuera (Wedding Band)
Pascual Montaño (Wedding Band)
Efrain Gonzalez (Wedding Band)
Claudia Silvia Mendoza (Patricia's Grandmother)
Norma Samarin (Patricia's Aunt)
Polo Nuño (Jacinto)
Jose Campas Agiñaga (Amelia's Grandfather)
Miguel Maldonado Tinoco (Amelia's Father)
Emilio Echevarría (Emilio)
Clifton Collins Jr. (Officer at Border Crossing)
Aaron D. Spears (Officer #2)
Jamie McBride (Bill - Border Patrol)
Michael Pena (John - Border Patrol)
Ivor Shier (Helicopter Pilot)
R.D. Call (FBI Interrogation Officer)
Rinko Kikuchi (Chieko)
Yuko Murata (Mitsu)
Kumi Ohkawatsu (Teammate)
Miyuki Tamada (Teammate)
Hirotaka Nabeya (Referee #1)
Kazuya Senzaki (Referee #2)
Takanobu Imaizumi (Referee #3)
Koji Yoshida (Volleyball Coach)
Saki Kito (J-Pop Hostess)
Rika Watanabe (J-Pop Waitress)
Kazunori Sasaki (Young Man)
Jun Tanaka (Young Man's Friend)
Masayuki Ishii (Young Man's Friend)
Reina Aoki (Babel Volleyball Girl)
Fernandez Mattos Dulce (Walter´s wife)
Kana Harada (Chieko's Teammate #5)
Yoko Iwasaki (Babel Volleyball Girl)
Masami Kosaka (Japanese guy)
Maro (Juggler)
Akira Matsuda (Bartender)
Sumire Matsumura (Receptionist)
Yosuke Morita (Member of the Theatrical Company)
Satoshi Nikaido (Kenji)
Shigemitsu Ogi (Dentist)
Erika Okada (Chieko's Girl Friend)
Shinichi Osawa (Club DJ)
Kyoko Saito (Mother at Dentist)
Shinji Suzuki (Takeshi)
Ai Takahashi (Babel Volleyball Girl)
Yu Tanabe (Son at Dentist)
Eri Terada (Babel Volleyball Girl)
Shizue Yamamoto (Wife)
Kazuma Yamane (Kazuma)
Mika Yokoyama (Chieko's Girl Friend)
Written by
Guillermo Arriaga
Rated: 
(for violence, some graphic nudity, sexual content, language and some drug use) |
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Babel: A Film by Alejandro González Iñárritu
by Maria Eladia Hagerman, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mary Ellen Mark, Graciela Iturbide, Miguel Rio Branco
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