Babel

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4/5 (minimum 1) by martinp on 25 Jan 2007

This long film from the director of "21 Grams" (Alejandro González Iñárritu) switches between a number of different stories; goat-herds in Morocco accidentally shoot an American tourist, causing a diplomatic incident; a deaf-mute Japanese girl is desperate to lose her virginity; an immigrant Mexican worker in the USA wants to attend a family wedding.

It's not as non-linear as "21 grams": each story unfolds in linear time, but they are displaced with respect to each other. However, it's not as much of a well-paced story. The locations, acting and drama are top-class and the film makes you care for all the characters. The direction and use of music work well to make you feel you've visited the disparate countries.

It could have been made as three disparate films: there really isn't any substantive connection between the different stories, except between the story of the tourist and the goat-herds.

All in all, very rewarding viewing, but be prepared to be very patient; it's not an adrenaline-pumper.

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• directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
• Babel is a Golden Globe Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated 2006 film by director Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga. It stars Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Kôji Yakusho, and Gael García Bernal. The multinarrative drama completes González Iñárritu's "death trilogy" that also consists of Amores Perros and 21 Grams. The film was first screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, and was later shown to audiences at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Zagreb Film Festival. It opened in selected cities in the United States on October 27, 2006, and went into full release on November 10, 2006. On January 15 2007 it won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama. It has also been nominated for 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director."
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