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Babel (2006) -- Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.
Babel (2006) -- Clip: Is This Mexico?
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Babel (2006) -- Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.
Babel (2006) -- Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.

Overview

User Rating:
7.7/10   79,662 votes
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Writers (WGA):
Guillermo Arriaga (written by)
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Release Date:
10 November 2006 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
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Plot:
Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 27 wins & 75 nominations more
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Babel (France)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, some graphic nudity, sexual content, language and some drug use.
Runtime:
143 min
Country:
France | USA | Mexico
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | DTS
Filming Locations:
Azabu-Juban, Tokyo, Japan more

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Trivia:
The color red is prominently seen in all four segments of the film. For example, Yussef, the Moroccan boy who accidentally shoots Susan, wears a red jacket that says "Morocco" on the back, while Amelia wears an elaborate red dress, causing her to stand out; Chieko frequently uses a red pen to write notes to people who can't understand sign language, and the seats on Richard and Susan's bus are red. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When the Mexican lady is lost in the desert with the kids, she decides to stop under a tree so the kids can rest. At this moment, one can clearly see that the women is barefoot. Once she talks to the boy and starts walking away (leaving the kids behind) one can see that she is wearing shoes. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Hassan: It's almost new. Three hundred cartridges. The guy who gave it to me said you can hit as far as three kilometers.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Tu Me Acostumbraste more

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90 out of 158 people found the following comment useful:-
That damned tower of ours, 16 June 2007
10/10
Author: alanbittencourtx from Brazil

I admire Gonzalez Inarritu's balls and his talent of course. He opens himself up for a barrage of criticism and ridicule but at the end his genius wins. I saw the film months ago and I still think about it. I haven't seen it again because the recollection is so powerful and I don't want to mess it up by seeing it again intentionally. The Mexican woman with the white kids in the desert has become part of my nightmares. What an enormous thing for a movie to accomplish. I'm giving it a 10 and not because I "like" the film so much but because I saw myself coming to the conclusion that the film is a masterpiece all on my own. It inspires respect. Christ! I can't believe I'm saying that but I am and I'm meaning every word. In a way it reminds me of Bunuel's "Viridiana" a film that I hated so much it has become one of the most important films of my life. Go figure. To be disturbed. I mean deeply disturbed is a strange experience and I suspect that it has to do with being confronted by the truth.

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Too many stupid people in this movie KelVarnsen
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Suicide agubiscayne
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