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Babel

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2006 | 143m | English

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In Babel, a tragic incident involving an American couple in Morocco sparks a chain of events for four families in different countries throughout the world.
Release Date: Oct 26, 2006
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Writer: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Guillermo Arriaga
Genres: Drama
Keywords loss of loved one, gun, morocco, deaf-mute, san diego, california, ecstasy, illegal immigration, first time, nanny, daughter, drug use, tokyo, japan, bullet wound, multiple storylines, tijuana, incident, non linear
Production Companies MRC, Anonymous Content, Central Films, Zeta Film
Box Office Revenue: $135,300,000
Budget: $25,000,000
Updates Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update)
Entered: Apr 13, 2024
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Full Credits

Name Character
Brad Pitt Richard Jones
Cate Blanchett Susan Jones
Gael García Bernal Santiago
Koji Yakusho Yasujiro Wataya
Adriana Barraza Amelia
Rinko Kikuchi Chieko
Said Tarchani Ahmed
Boubker Ait El Caid Yussef
Elle Fanning Debbie Jones
Nathan Gamble Mike Jones
Mohamed Akhzam Anwar
Peter Wight Tom
Abdelkader Bara Hassan Ibrahim
Mustapha Rachidi Abdullah
Driss Roukhe Alarid
Clifton Collins Jr. Officer at Border Crossing
Robert Esquivel Luis
Michael Peña John - Border Patrol
Yuko Murata Mitsu
Satoshi Nikaido Kenji Mamiya
Harriet Walter Lilly
Michael Maloney James
Dermot Crowley Barth
Trevor Martin Douglas
Aaron D. Spears Officer #2
Alex Jennings Ken Clifford
Matyelok Gibbs Elyse
Claudine Acs Jane
Jamie McBride Bill - Border Patrol
Mónica del Carmen Lucia
André Oumansky Walter
Wendy Nottingham Tourist
Linda Broughton Tourist
Lynsey Beauchamp Tourist
Aline Mowat Tourist
Michel Dubois Tourist
Shirley Dixon Tourist
Robert Fyfe Tourist
Wahiba Sahmi Zohra
Fadmael Ouali Yasira
Abdelaziz Merzoug Waiter Casbah
El Hassan Ait Bablal Old Man in Car
Sfia Ait Benboullah Anwar's Grandmother
Lhacen Znin Store Owner
Emilio Echevarría Emilio
Ivor Shier Helicopter Pilot
R. D. Call FBI Interrogation Officer
Qyoko Kudo Mother at Dentist
Barbarella Pardo Amelia's Daughter
Cynthia Montaño Patricia
Tose Fukuda Nurse at Dentist's
Shigemitsu Ogi Dentist
Jane Arapawe Wedding Guest
Shinji Suzuki Takeshi
Shizue Yamamoto Wife
Kaori Shimizu Volleyball Girl
Name Job
Rika Nakanishi Art Direction
Brigitte Broch Production Design
Tita Lombardo Line Producer
Roland N. Thai Sound Designer
Mariko Tanaka Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
Adrián Rivera Oliver Stunts
Cedric Proust Stunt Coordinator
Toshimitsu Matsuoka Production Manager
Norihisa Harada Line Producer
Yoshihito Akatsuka Set Decoration
Miwako Kobayashi Costume Design
Alfredo Ramírez Stunts
Tomás Guzmán Stunts
Younes Afroukh Stunts
Douglas Crise Editor
Ahmed Abounouom Line Producer
Kay Ueda Line Producer
Gabriela Diaque Costume Design
Joel Proust Stunt Coordinator
Ignacio Arteaga Cortez Stunts
Alejandro González Iñárritu Author, Director
Rodrigo Prieto Director of Photography
Gustavo Santaolalla Original Music Composer
Stephen Mirrione Editor
Michael Wilkinson Costume Design
Martín Hernández Sound Designer
Gerardo Albarrán Stunt Coordinator
Guillermo Arriaga Author, Writer
José Antonio García Sound
Richie Adams Title Designer
Hiam Abbass Dialogue Coach
Name Title
Corinne Golden Weber Producer
Ann Ruark Producer
Alejandro González Iñárritu Producer
Steve Golin Producer
Jon Kilik Producer
Organization Category Person
Academy Awards Best Picture N/A Nominated
Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor N/A Nominated
Golden Globes Best Actor Brad Pitt Nominated
Golden Globes Best Picture N/A Nominated
Golden Globes Best Supporting Actress Rinko Kikuchi Nominated
BAFTA Awards Best Picture N/A Nominated
BAFTA Awards Best Director Alejandro González Iñárritu Nominated
BAFTA Awards Best Supporting Actress Rinko Kikuchi Nominated
SAG Awards Best Picture N/A Nominated
SAG Awards Best Actress Cate Blanchett Nominated
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Reviews

Ahmetaslan27
8.0

two children changes the fate of 4 families from 3 different continents. The events of the film begin with a man named Hassan arriving at the house of Abu Abdullah's friend in the desert of Morocco in order to sell him a rifle he received as a gift from a Japanese person. Abu Abdullah was in dire ... need of a gun in order to hunt the foxes that were eating his sheep Abu Abdullah has two children, one of whom is called Youssef, and he is very good at shooting a gun. What happened was not taken into account, which is that Youssef and his older brother wanted to conduct an experiment to see if the rifle could be used for long distances, and one of the rifle bullets hit an American tourist by mistake, and America considered it an act of terrorism. This is the summary. I felt that I was spinning in three continents when the director was changing between one shot and the other, so the film would go from one continent to another. Giving the Japanese tourist the gun to Hassan Al-Maghribi changed the fates of the attitudes of people and countries, so America went to consider the shooting incident of the American tourist as a terrorist act, despite The smoothness of events. I felt that the game of fate is like Biango, which is the probability that you will be exposed to it 1 percent, but it may happen to you, as it happened to Cate Blanchett through a gift from a Japanese person.

Mar 24, 2023