Cine en Español (Opcion de subtítulos en español)

- Reparto:

- Brad Pitt - Richard

- Cate Blanchett - Susan

- Gael García Bernal - Santiago

- Rinko Kikuchi - Chieko

- Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu

- Codificacion: Región 1 - NTSC 

- Formato: Widescreen, Color, Dolby Digital 5.1 AC3

- Censura: R (no apta para menores de 18 años)

- Fecha publicacion: Feb. 20, 2007

- Duracion: 143 min.

- Lenguajes: Inglés, Francés

En las lejanas arenas del desierto de Marruecos suena un disparo que desencadena una serie de acontecimientos fortuitos que servirá para conectar a una pareja estadounidense en su desesperada lucha por sobrevivir, con los dos chicos marroquíes responsables involuntarios del accidente, una niñera que cruza la frontera de México ilegalmente con dos niños estadounidenses y una adolescente japonesa sorda y rebelde sobre cuyo padre pesa una orden de busca y captura.

A pesar de las enormes distancias y de las culturas tan antagónicas que los separan, estos cuatro grupos de personas comparten un destino de aislamiento y dolor. Sólo bastarán unos pocos días para que se encuentren totalmente perdidos, perdidos en el desierto, perdidos para el mundo, perdidos para sí mismos, mientras avanzan hacia el borde del abismo de la confusión y el miedo, al tiempo que se hunden en las profundidades de las relaciones y del amor.

The tragic aftermath of human carelessness travels around the world in this multi-narrative drama from filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu. Richard (Brad Pitt) and Susan (Cate Blanchett) are a couple from the United States who have traveled to Morocco in Northern Africa on a vacation after the death of one of their children has sent Susan into a deep depression. Richard and Susan's other two children have been left in the care of Amelia (Adriana Barraza), their housekeeper.

Amelia is originally from Mexico, and her oldest son is getting married in Tijuana. Unable to find someone who can watch the kids, or to obtain permission to take the day off, Amelia takes the children with her as she travels across the border for the celebration. Around the same time, in Morocco a poor farmer buys a hunting rifle, and he gives it to his sons to scare off the predatory animals that have been thinning out their goat herd.

The boys decide to test the weapon's range by shooting at a bus far away; the shot hits Susan in the shoulder, and soon she's bleeding severely, while police are convinced the attack is the work of terrorists. In Japan, Chieko (Rinko Kikuchi) is a teenage deaf-mute whose mother recently committed suicide. This despairing, confused girl experiences such rage and frustration that she causes her volleyball team to lose a match, and later yanks her underwear off and begins exposing herself to boys in a crowded restaurant.

Chieko's father then struggles to reach past the emotional distance which separates him and his daughter. Babel earned Alejandro González Iñárritu the prize for Best Director at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. 

Source: All Movie Guide