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Babel

  • 20062006
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  • 2h 23m
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Babel (2006)
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Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
306K
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POPULARITY
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126
    • Alejandro G. Iñárritu
    • Guillermo Arriaga(idea)
    • Alejandro G. Iñárritu(idea)
  • Stars
    • Brad Pitt
    • Cate Blanchett
    • Gael García Bernal
    • Alejandro G. Iñárritu
    • Guillermo Arriaga(idea)
    • Alejandro G. Iñárritu(idea)
  • Stars
    • Brad Pitt
    • Cate Blanchett
    • Gael García Bernal
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 993User reviews
    • 260Critic reviews
    • 69Metascore
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    • Won 1 Oscar

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    Adriana Barraza, Elle Fanning, and Nathan Gamble in Babel (2006)
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    Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett in Babel (2006)
    Adriana Barraza in Babel (2006)
    Rinko Kikuchi in Babel (2006)
    Brad Pitt in Babel (2006)
    Gael García Bernal in Babel (2006)
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    Rinko Kikuchi in Babel (2006)
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    • Richard
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    • Susan
    Gael García Bernal
    Gael García Bernal
    • Santiago
    Mohamed Akhzam
    • Anwar
    Peter Wight
    Peter Wight
    • Tom
    Harriet Walter
    Harriet Walter
    • Lilly
    Trevor Martin
    • Douglas
    Matyelok Gibbs
    • Elyse
    Georges Bousquet
    • Robert
    Claudine Acs
    • Jane
    André Oumansky
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    • Walter
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    • James
    Dermot Crowley
    Dermot Crowley
    • Barth
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    Henry Maratray
    • Tourist
    Linda Broughton
    • Tourist
    Jean Marc Hulot
    • Tourist
    Aline Mowat
    • Tourist
      • Alejandro G. Iñárritu
      • Guillermo Arriaga(idea)
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    • Trivia
      The scene where Chieko (Rinko Kikuchi) and her father are in the car together was shot without filming permission from the city due to slow Japanese bureaucratic procedures. The crew created "man-made" busy traffic, and began shooting the scene. Later the police started chasing them while still shooting the scene.
    • Goofs
      After the wedding, Amelia, her nephew and the Jones children use the Tecate border crossing to reenter the USA. After fleeing, we are shown a sandy, wide desert where they wander. Actually, the Tecate border crossing is in the mountains, there is no such desert within a reasonable distance on the USA side. What is shown looks like an Arizona border crossing.
    • Quotes

      Mike Jones: My mom said Mexico is dangerous.

      Santiago: [in Spanish] Yes, it's full of Mexicans.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Babel/Catch a Fire/Running with Scissors/Death of a President/The Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing (2006)
    • Soundtracks
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    User reviews993

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    8/10
    interesting, complex tale
    The film opens in the Moroccan desert: an elderly tribesman trades a high-powered rifle to a goat herder for 500 diram & a goat. He hands the rifle to his two young sons and tells them to kill jackals with it, to protect the herd. As practice, the start shooting at rocks, a car passing on the hill below, and finally a bus. That's the only thing they manage to hit, putting a bullet through the shoulder of a tourist. In the middle of nowhere, there's no medical help, and no one wants to wait with the injured person except her husband. That's the setup of this complex, challenging film. It splits into four related stories, one in Japan, two in Morocco, and the last in California, where a housekeeper has to get to her son's wedding in Mexico, but has no one to watch the two children in her care. She decides to take them along, and of course things go sour. A good cast, great acting, fine cinematography, and expert direction make this film well worth watching. It's not for everyone, but for people who are ready to see deliberately paced low-key thriller, this is one good film. The split story line is reminiscent of "Syriana," but in no way copies it.
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    • Release date
      • November 10, 2006 (United States)
      • United States
      • Mexico
      • France
      • Vidio (Indonesia)
      • West Video (Russia)
      • English
      • Arabic
      • Spanish
      • Japanese
      • Berber languages
      • French
      • Russian
      • Japanese Sign Language
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    • Filming locations
      • Ouarzazate, Morocco
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Paramount Vantage
      • Anonymous Content
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    • 2 hours 23 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital
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