Babel (2006) - film review

Alejandro González Iñárritu

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Babel is a French-American film first released in 2006, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. The film stars Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Mohamed Akhzam, Peter Wight and Harriet Walter. It has also been released under the title: Babel. Our overall rating for this film is: very good.

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Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Script: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Photo: Rodrigo Prieto
Music: Gustavo Santaolalla
Cast: Brad Pitt (Richard Jones), Cate Blanchett (Susan Jones), Mohamed Akhzam (Anwar), Peter Wight (Tom), Harriet Walter (Lilly), Trevor Martin (Douglas), Matyelok Gibbs (Elyse), Georges Bousquet (Robert), Claudine Acs (Jane), André Oumansky (Walter), Michael Maloney (James), Dermot Crowley (Barth), Wendy Nottingham (Tourist #1), Henry Maratray (Tourist #2), Linda Broughton (Tourist #3), Jean Marc Hulot (Tourist), Aline Mowat (Tourist #5), Liliane Escoza (Tourist #6), Lynsey Beauchamp (Tourist in Morocco), Michel Dubois (Tourist #8), Shirley Dixon (Tourist #9), Patrick Lebre (Tourist #10), John O’Mohoney (Tourist), Mary Mitchell (Tourist #12), Edward Lyon (Tourist #13), Robert Fyfe (Tourist #14), Abdelaziz Merzoug (Waiter Casbah), Omar El Mallouli (Bus Driver), El Hassan Ait Bablal (Old Man in Car), Sfia Ait Benboullah (Anwar’s Grandmother), Hammou Aghrar (Doctor – Vet), Mohamed Ait Lahcen (Sheik), Ali Hamadi (Moukadem), Lhacen Znin (Store Owner), Mustapha Amhita (Mohammed), Mohammed Amal El Koussi (Mohammed’s Friend #1), Mohamed Nait Addi (Mohammed’s Friend #3), Mohammed El Bouamraoui (Mohammed’s Friend #2), Rahmoune Abdelhalim (Mohammed’s Friend #4), Soukayna Ait Boufakri (Yamile), Youssef Boukioud (Police at Anwar’s #1), Khouyael Houssein (Police at Anwar’s #1), Alex Jennings (Ken Clifford), Commandant Mesbah (Helicopter Pilot), Timothy Peter Buxton (US Army Medic #1), Dr. Mohammed Ourjdal (US Army Medic #2), Aimee Meditz (Reporter – US News), Mohammed Bennani (Moroccan Doctor), Boubker Ait El Caid (Yussef), Said Tarchani (Ahmed), Mustapha Rachidi (Abdullah), Driss Roukhe (Alarid), Wahiba Sahmi (Zohra), Fadmael Ouali (Yasira), Zahra Ahkouk (Jamila), Abdelkader Bara (Hassan), Ehou Mama (Hassan’s Wife), Rida Taya (Abdullah’s 2-Year-Old Son), Salah Mezzi (Moroccan Police Officer), Mohamed Atkliss (Moroccan Police Officer), Adriana Barraza (Amelia), Elle Fanning (Debbie Jones), Nathan Gamble (Mike Jones), Gael García Bernal (Santiago), Monica del Carmen (Lucia), Rosa Reyes (Comadre), Robert ’Bernie’ Esquivel (Luis), Damian Garcia (Lucio), Barbarella Pardo (Amelia’s Daughter #1), Úrsula García (Amelia’s Daughter #2), Cynthia Montaño (Patricia), Maripaz Lopez (Patricia’s Mother), Santiago Lizarraga (Tambora Band), Ismael Gregorio (Tambora Band), Pedro Sillas (Tambora Band), Enrique Garcia Contreras (Tambora Band), Fernando Montes Avila (Tambora Band), Luis Avila (Tambora Band), Eugenio Jara Reynoso (Tambora Band), Pedro Cuota (Tambora Band), Romeo Echeverria Jimenez El Gitano (Musician), Guadalupe Quintero (Wedding Band), Mariano Quintero (Wedding Band), Eluterio Higuera (Wedding Band), Pascual Montaño (Wedding Band), Efrain Gonzalez (Wedding Band), Claudia Silvia Mendoza (Patricia’s Grandmother), Norma Samarin (Patricia’s Aunt), Polo Nuño (Jacinto), Jose Campas Agiñaga (Amelia’s Grandfather), Miguel Maldonado Tinoco (Amelia’s Father), Rosa Campos Maldonado (Amelia’s Mother), Emilio Echevarría (Emilio), Clifton Collins Jr. (Officer at Border Crossing), Aaron D. Spears (Officer #2), Jamie McBride (Bill – Border Patrol), Michael Peña (John – Border Patrol), Ivor Shier (Helicopter Pilot), R.D. Call (FBI Interrogation Officer), Rinko Kikuchi (Chieko Wataya), Kôji Yakusho (Yasujiro Wataya), Yuko Murata (Mitsu), Kumi Ohkawatsu (Teammate), Miyuki Tamada (Teammate), Hirotaka Nabeya (Referee #1), Kazuya Senzaki (Referee #2), Takanobu Imaizumi (Referee #3), Koji Yoshida (Volleyball Coach), Saki Kito (J-Pop Hostess), Tomomi Kosugi (J-Pop Waitress), Noemi (J-Pop Waitress), Rika Watanabe (J-Pop Waitress), Ran Saotome (J-Pop Waitress), Sanae Miura (Kumiko), Kazunori Sasaki (Young Man), Ryoji Takiguchi (Shocked Young Man), Shoushi Nakasone (Young Man’s Friend), Jun Tanaka (Young Man’s Friend), Masayuki Ishii (Young Man’s Friend), Yoshiyuki Yagisawa (Young Man’s Friend), Hideto Onishi (Young Man’s Friend), Hiroshi Yazaki (Young Man’s Friend), Zengo Matayoshi (J-Pop Special #1), Koji Morisawa (J-Pop Special #2), Sumire Matsumura (Receptionist), Kyoko Saito (Mother at Dentist), Hazuki Saito (Daughter at Dentist), Yu Tanabe (Son at Dentist), Kentaro Tokuhiro (Patient), Kiichiro Kawauchi (Patient), Shigemitsu Ogi (Dentist), Tose Fukuda (Nurse at Dentist’s), Satoshi Nikaido (Det. Lt. Kenji Mamiya), Kazunori Tozawa (Det. Hamano), Junichi Hayakawa (Doorman), Nobushige Suematsu (Haruki), Shinji Suzuki (Takeshi), Reina Makino (Chieko’s Girl Friend), Ayako Masagaki (Chieko’s Girl Friend), Yurie Okada (Chieko’s Girl Friend), Erika Okada (Chieko’s Girl Friend), Mika Yokoyama (Chieko’s Girl Friend), Kimi Unno (Chieko’s Girl Friend), Kazuma Yamane (Kazuma), Hideaki Kunieda (Haruki’s Friend), Keita Kanegae (Haruki’s Friend), Tomohiro Higashi (Chieko’s Boyfriend), Onbou Miura (Chieko’s Boyfriend), Daiki Inoue (Chieko’s Boyfriend), Shinichi Osawa (Club DJ), Noriko Yamamura (Dancer – Club), Motomi Kobayashi (Dancer – Club), Akira Matsuda (Bartender), Shizue Yamamoto (Wife), Kaoru Mihira (Chieko’s Teammate), Ayaka Kotake (Chieko’s Teammate), Natsumi Hayashida (Chieko’s Teammate), Maki Kuraya (Chieko’s Teammate), Kana Harada (Chieko’s Teammate), Sayaka Shimizu (Chieko’s Teammate), Ai Takahashi (Babel Volleyball Girl), Sumie Kobayashi (Babel Volleyball Girl), Yoko Iwasaki (Babel Volleyball Girl), Eri Terada (Babel Volleyball Girl), Reina Aoki (Babel Volleyball Girl), Naoko Kato (Babel Volleyball Girl), Ikumi Muramatsu (Babel Volleyball Girl), Keiko Nakamichi (Babel Volleyball Girl), Miyuki Kido (Babel Volleyball Girl), Fumie Takama (Babel Volleyball Girl), Miki Watanuki (Babel Volleyball Girl), Aki Yanagisawa (Babel Volleyball Girl), Megumi Watanabe (Babel Volleyball Girl), Hanako Komatsu (Babel Volleyball Girl), Fumie Kikuchi (Babel Volleyball Girl), Hotomi Nakajima (Babel Volleyball Girl), Miyuki Aoki (Babel Volleyball Girl), Yuko Raihon (Babel Volleyball Girl), Hosana Ueyama (Babel Volleyball Girl), Erika Nakaya (Babel Volleyball Girl), Sachiyo Yamashita (Babel Volleyball Girl), Kaori Shimizu (Babel Volleyball Girl), Yuta Hori (Tap Dancer), Ikken (Tap Dancer), Takayuki Matsumoto (Tap Dancer), Maro (Juggler), Marie Machida (Member of the Theatrical Company), Namiko Hatori (Member of the Theatrical Company), Yurako Takano (Member of the Theatrical Company), Kiyomi Ensou (Member of the Theatrical Company), Ikue Takada (Member of the Theatrical Company), Yoshiki Wakura (Member of the Theatrical Company), Yosuke Morita (Member of the Theatrical Company), Yuji Inanobe (Member of the Theatrical Company), Yoshi Ando (Japanese Male), Masami Kosaka (Japanese Guy)
Country: France / USA / Mexico
Language: English / Arabic / Spanish / Japanese / Japanese Sign Language / Berber / French
Runtime: 143 min
Aka: Babel

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