Babel is a 2006 international drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga, starring an ensemble¹ cast. The multi-narrative drama completes Iñárritu's Death Trilogy, following Amores perros and 21 Grams.

 

Actress Adriana Barraza, who plays the role of Amelia, is a two-time survivor² of minor³ heart attacks. She nonetheless carried co-actress Elle Fanning around in the hot desert of Southern California during the summer for two days during filming of those particular desert scenes. The whole of the desert scenes were said to have taken five days to shoot.

 

The film portrays⁴ multiple stories taking place in Morocco, Japan, Mexico, and the United States. It was an international co-production among companies based in France, Mexico, and the US. Babel's ultimate $25 million budget came from an array of different sources and investors⁵ anchored with Paramount⁶ Vantage, which changed its name from Paramount Classics, with Babel as its premiere production and inaugural⁷ motion picture.

 

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 frantic⁸ 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 sprawling⁹ distances, each of these four disparate groups of people are nevertheless hurtling towards a shared destiny of isolation¹⁰ 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.

 

The film was first screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, and was later shown at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Zagreb Film Festival. It opened in selected cities in the United States on 27 October 2006, and went into wide release on 10 November 2006.

 

The film's original score and songs were composed and produced by Gustavo Santaolalla.The soundtrack album won the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. It was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (lost to the score of The Painted Veil).

 

On 15 January 2007, this film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture—Drama. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and two nominations¹¹ for Best Supporting Actress and won for Best Original Score.

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