Year: 2007

Director: Alejandro González Inárritu

Certificate: 15

Screening date: Tuesday, 4th November, 2008

Summary: When two Moroccan goat-herders randomly fire a rifle at a tourist coach, it quickly becomes an international incident with lasting ramifications for two vacationing Americans, their Mexican nanny and a Japanese businessman estranged from his deaf-mute daughter. Babel is an emotionally shattering drama in which a simple act of kindness leads to events that pierce our veneer of civilization and bring on the white noise of terror.

Reviews: The most exhilarating Oscar contender by a long stretch
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