Armed with a Winchester rifle, two Morrocan boys set out to look after their family’s herd of goats. In the silent echoes of the desert, they decide to test the rifle… but the bullet goes farther than they thought it would.
In an instant, the lives of four separate groups of strangers on three different continents collide. Caught up in the rising tide of an accident that escalates beyond anyone’s control are a vacationing American couple (Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett), a rebellious deaf Japanese teenager and her father, and a Mexican nanny who, without permission, takes two American children across the border. None of these strangers will ever meet; in spite of the sudden, unlikely connection between them, they will all remain isolated due to their own inability to communicate meaningfully with anyone around them.
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July 23, 2009: Rinko is Assualt Girl:
Anime icon Mamoru Oshii, who brought us the classic GHOST IN THE SHELL, has announced that he's working on his first live action film in eight years.
The film is titled ASSAULT GIRLS and stars BABEL Oscar nominee Rinko Kikuchi, along with Meisa Kuroki...
May 7, 2007: Mex. directors unite:
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January 4, 2007: SAG Awards nominees:
The grand enforcer of actor rights, the Screen Actors Guild, today announced its nominees for their 13th annual awards ceremony (aptly titled the Screen Actors Guild Awards). The only real surprise is Meryl Streep actually getting nominated for her turn...
November 6, 2006: Review: Babel:
A couple vacationing in Morocco, a deaf Japanese girl is trying to cope with life as a horny teenager, an illegal nanny brings the children she baby-sits to Mexico for a wedding and the one thing that interlinks all of these circumstances is a...
October 23, 2006: See Babel early!:
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to see BABEL on Wednesday, November 1st in Montreal ?
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October 16, 2006: Pitt/Stone are Tricky:
Last year, we reported on the cast of "Nip/Tuck" creator Ryan Murphy's Richard Nixon
Watergate-era drama DIRTY TRICKS being comprised of Gwyneth Paltrow, Meryl Streep, Annette Bening and Jill Clayburgh (click through to get a detailed explanation of...
October 11, 2006: Four Babel clips:
Despite the supposed rift between frequent collaborators (practically every time they collaborate, lots of people win lots of awards) director Alejandro González Iñárritu and
writer Guillermo Arriagas, there's still an overwhelming amount of Oscar buzz...
July 31, 2006: Babel trailer:
Well, that was kind of odd. After the trailer for BABEL , director Alejandro González Iñárritu's follow-up to AMORES PERROS and 21 GRAMS, debuted on Apple a few days ago, it was quickly pulled for some undisclosed reason. Luckily, the story has a happy...
June 6, 2006: Minimoys teaser:
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character as he unexpectedly delves into the world of the tenth...
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Starting with AMORES PERROS and continuing with 21 GRAMS, the upcoming Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett-starring BABEL will complete a trilogy of sorts (of seemingly separate stories and
characters who are, in fact, connected by a single traumatizing event)...
May 22, 2006: First Babel clip:
Despite starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, and Gael Garcia Bernal and coming from the 21 GRAMS writing/directing duo of Alejandro González Iñárritu and
Guillermo Arriaga, we've heard next to nothing of the upcoming BABEL . It's
supposedly premiering at...
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