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Babel is a 2006 drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. The screenplay was written by Guillermo Arriaga and Iñárritu, with production handled by Iñárritu and Steve Golin. The cast includes Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Adriana Barraza, and Gael García Bernal. The film was produced by Paramount Vantage, Summit Entertainment, and MRC, and distributed by 01 Distribution and Netflix.
The narrative is set in Mexico, Tokyo, California, and Japan, while filming took place in Mexico, San Diego, Japan, and Morocco. The original languages include English, Spanish, Arabic, and French. Rodrigo Prieto served as director of photography, Stephen Mirrione as film editor, and the music was composed by Q312434. The film has a runtime of 142 or 143 minutes and a budget of 25,000,000.
Babel received nominations for the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, and Best Film Editing. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Score, the National Board of Review Top Ten Films award, and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at Cannes. The film has an IMDb rating of 7.4 and a TMDb vote average of 7.17.
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7.2Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.
Cast
- Brad Pitt as Richard Jones
- Rinko Kikuchi as Chieko
- Adriana Barraza as Amelia
- Cate Blanchett as Susan Jones
- Satoshi Nikaido as Kenji Mamiya
- Said Tarchani as Ahmed
Themes
- daughter
- first time
- loss of loved one
- gun
- deaf-mute
- san diego, california
- ecstasy
- nanny
- illegal immigration
- morocco
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Encyclopedic overview
Babel is a 2006 psychological drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga. The multi-narrative drama features an ensemble cast and portrays interwoven stories taking place in Morocco, Japan, Mexico, and the United States. An international co-production among companies based in Mexico, the United States and France, the film completes Arriaga and Iñárritu's Death Trilogy, following Amores perros (2000) and 21 Grams (2003).
Babel was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, where González Iñárritu won the Best Director Award. The film was later screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. It opened in selected cities in the United States on 27 October 2006, and went into wide release on 10 November 2006. Babel received positive reviews and was a financial success, grossing $135 million worldwide. It won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, and received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and two nominations for Best Supporting Actress (Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi). It won the award for Best Original Score (Gustavo Santaolalla).
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