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Babel [2006 film] (2006)

by Alejandro González Iñárritu (Director)

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A wealthy American is touring Morocco with his wife. The two become the focus of an international incident also involving a poor Moroccan farmer who is struggling to keep his two young sons in line and his family together. A San Diego nanny, with her employers absent, makes the disastrous decision to take her charges with her to a wedding in Mexico. A deaf-mute Japanese teen tries to deal with a relationship with her father and the world in general that has been upended by the death of her mother. It's about a gun. It's about communication - or the lack of it - both intercultural and intracultural. Raises issues like terrorism and immigration, and is as basic as husbands talking to their wives and parents understanding their children.… (more)
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González Iñárritu, AlejandroDirectorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bernal, Gael GarciaActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Blanchett, Catesecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Fanning, Ellesecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Pitt, Bradsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Pitt, Bradsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Santaolalla, GustavoComposersecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Yakusho, KōjiActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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A wealthy American is touring Morocco with his wife. The two become the focus of an international incident also involving a poor Moroccan farmer who is struggling to keep his two young sons in line and his family together. A San Diego nanny, with her employers absent, makes the disastrous decision to take her charges with her to a wedding in Mexico. A deaf-mute Japanese teen tries to deal with a relationship with her father and the world in general that has been upended by the death of her mother. It's about a gun. It's about communication - or the lack of it - both intercultural and intracultural. Raises issues like terrorism and immigration, and is as basic as husbands talking to their wives and parents understanding their children.

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143 minutes, rated R.
Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families. (description taken from IMDB.com)
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