Babel: In the remote sands of the Moroccan desert a rifle shot rings out - detonating a chain of events that will link an American tourist couple's frantic struggle to survive two Moroccan boys involved in an accidental crime a nanny illegally crossing into Mexico with two American children and a 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 lost - lost in the desert lost to the world lost to themselves - as they are pushed to the farthest edges of confusion and fear as well as to the very depths of connection and love. Munich: In Israel the handsome and charming Avner (Eric Bana) is deeply in love with his pregnant wife. Domestic bliss is short-lived; immediately following the Black September attack in Munich's Olympic village Avner the son of an Israeli hero is summoned by his country's famed secret service agency the Mossad to carry out violent retaliations against those Palestinian terrorists allegedly behind the massacre. Commanded from afar by prickly government agent Ephraim (the inimitable Geoffrey Rush) Avner and his team of handpicked men - pugnacious South African Steve (Daniel Craig) goofy ex-toy maker Robert (Matthieu Kassovitz) morally conflicted Carl (Ciaran Hinds) and terse professional Hans (Hanns Zischler) - must deal with some shady nefarious international figures as they track down their Palestinian prey. Their mission takes them from the villas of Rome to a seedy hotel in Cyprus and with each successful kill Avner's iron will begins to dissolve as guilt and doubt begin to take hold of his conscience... Based on the book Vengeance by George Janos. A Mighty Heart: Based on Mariane Pearl's memoir detailing the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl's life and death. The story covers Danny's (Futterman) reasons for being in Karachi Pakistan the complete story of his abduction the intense effort of his wife Mariane Pearl (Jolie) to find him during the weeks following his disappearance and his eventual murder.
Four separate groups of strangers on three different continents collide in this multi-stranded drama.
Four separate groups of strangers on three different continents collide in this multi-stranded drama.
BABEL is the crowning achievement in the trilogy from the unstoppable creative pairing of screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga and director Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu, which also includes AMORES PERROS (2000) and 21 GRAMS (2003). Building upon its predecessors' method of weaving together disparate storylines, BABEL reaches new heights of ambition with a tale that, in the absence of traditional narrative and protagonist, relies on numerous incredible performances to evoke an affecting relevance by framing contemporary issues in very human struggles and mistakes. Richard and Susan (Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett) are a wealthy couple from San Diego who are vacationing in Morocco in order to heal after the death of their young child; their other two children are at home with their Mexican maid, Amelia (Adriana Barraza). In a complex shift of ownership to which the audience is privy, a rifle finds its way into the hands of a local herdsman's young sons (Said Tarchani and Boubker Ait El Caid), who recklessly take a shot at a tour bus and catch Susan in the shoulder, causing her to nearly lose her life. The distraught Richard calls home to tell Amelia of the situation, who promptly departs for Mexico to attend her child's wedding, with Richard and Susan's children in tow. Disaster thus multiplies, with the situation in Morocco ascribed to terrorists in the media, while Amelia meets with the harsh immigration policies of the Bush administration. Meanwhile, in Tokyo, a widower (Koji Yakusho) tied to the rifle in question attempts to deal with his memories and his raucous, promiscuous, deaf daughter (Rinko Kikuchi).
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