Babel (R) :
Babel is a story of four families in four countries on three different continents. It is a story that engages the senses, and conveys the vast amount of discord, hatred, suffering, and violence in the world. The movie has some powerful messages that are a lesson for all of us.
Amelia (Adriana Barraza) is a nanny for two young American children in southern California. Their parents are on a trip to Morocco, when she has to go to Mexico to attend her son's wedding. Unable to find anyone to look after the kids, she decides to take them with her. But as they are returning home, Amelia and the children are put in grave danger.
In Morocco, Richard (Brad Pitt) and Susan (Cate Blanchett), the parents of the California kids, are on vacation. Unfortunately, Susan gets shot while traveling on a bus, by two boys who are trying out their new rifle. With Susan bleeding and near death, Richard phones the U.S. embassy. But the shooting is hyped into a terrorist incident. The impact stretches to Tokyo, where a father (Koji Yakusho), finds himself connected to the gun that shot Susan.
The film paints a beautiful portrait of a world in crisis. Pitt, raw and emotionally bruised, gives one of his most compelling performances ever. Stranded at the Mexican border, Barraza leaves you heartbroken. Babel is the kind of movie that you will want to see again. It shows you what happens when love is overcome by anger, fear and hatred. |
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