Cast: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael Garcia Bernal, Koji Yakusho, Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi
Director: Alejandro Gonz‡lez I–‡rritu
Studio Synopsis: A tragic incident involving an American couple in Morocco sparks a chain of events for four families in different countries throughout the world. Tied by circumstance but separated by continent, culture and language, each character discovers that it is family that ultimately provides solace. In the remote sands of the Moroccan desert, a rifle shot rings outÑdetonating a chain of events that will link an American tourist coupleÕs frantic struggle to survive, two Moroccan boys involved in an accidental crime, a nanny illegally crossing into Mexico with two American children and a deaf Japanese teen rebel whose father is sought by the police in Tokyo. Separated by clashing cultures and sprawling distances, each of these four disparate groups of people are nevertheless hurtling towards a shared destiny of isolation and grief. In the course of just a few days, they will each face the dizzying sensation of becoming profoundly lostÑlost in the desert, lost to the world, lost to themselvesÑas they are pushed to the farthest edges of confusion and fear as well as to the very depths of connection and love.
Rating: R
Running Time: 143 minutes
Official Web site: http://www.paramountvantage.com/babel/
Trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount_vantage/babel/
Reviews:
City Link (5 out of 5 stars)
Local 10 (4 out of 4 stars)
The Miami Herald (3 out of 4 stars)
The Palm Beach Post (A)
The Sun-Sentinel (3 1/2 out of 4 stars) |
