Babel
The director of '21 Grams' has loosley weaved together four stories from three conitinents in this powerful drama about cultural barriers. Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett are seeing their relationship disintegrate until a tragic accident in Morrocco brings their priorities back into focus. Back home their two children are making an unscheduled trip across the Southern border with their Mexican nanny. A deaf-mute girl in Japan struggles to get past the stigma of her mother's suicide, while a seemingly insignificant incident in her father's past is the crucial trigger of events half a world away. Intelligent filmmaking, riveting and revelatory.
Year: 2006
Genre: Drama, Thrillers & Suspense, Disabilities, Movies (1001 You Must See Before You Die), Golden Globe - Drama, Racial Intolerance, 2007
Country: France, Japan, Mexico, USA, Morocco
Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Mohamed Akhzam, Peter Wight, Harriet Walter, Trevor Martin, Matyelok Gibbs
Duration: 138 Minutes
Rating: R16 - Contains violence, drug use, offensive language and sexual themes.
7.5/10
Location in store: Drama
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