

Babel
2006-10-26 · 143 min · ★ 7.2
Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.
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Production details
- Directors
- Alejandro G. Iñárritu
- Production companies
- Central Films, Zeta Film, Anonymous Content
- Countries
- France, Mexico, United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 25,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 135,330,835
Top Cast
Brad PittRichard Jones
Rinko KikuchiChieko
Adriana BarrazaAmelia
Cate BlanchettSusan Jones
Satoshi NikaidoKenji Mamiya
Said TarchaniAhmed
Boubker Ait El CaidYussef
Gael García BernalSantiago
Nathan GambleMike Jones
Elle FanningDebbie Jones
Mohamed AkhzamAnwar
Yuko MurataMitsu
Koji YakushoYasujiro Wataya
Mustapha RachidiAbdullah
Abdelkader BaraHassan Ibrahim
Driss RoukheAlarid
Peter WightTom
Clifton Collins Jr.Officer at Border Crossing
Robert EsquivelLuis
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