Babel
“If you want to be understood... listen.”
Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.
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Cast
57 people
Brad Pitt
Richard Jones
Known for
Inglourious Basterds
Fight Club
Rinko Kikuchi
Chieko
Known for
Pacific Rim
Tokyo Vice
Adriana Barraza
Amelia
Known for
Rambo: Last Blood
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
Cate Blanchett
Susan Jones
Known for
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Satoshi Nikaido
Kenji Mamiya
Known for
Drops of God
The Last Samurai
Said Tarchani
Ahmed
Boubker Ait El Caid
Yussef
Also in
Farukhs Mynt
Gael García Bernal
Santiago
Known for
Coco
Old
Nathan Gamble
Mike Jones
Known for
Dolphin Tale
Marley & Me
Elle Fanning
Debbie Jones
Known for
Maleficent
Super 8
Mohamed Akhzam
Anwar
Known for
Prisoners of the Sun
Yuko Murata
Mitsu
Also in
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Alejandro G. Iñárritu Director · Guillermo Arriaga Writer Gustavo Santaolalla Composer
Worldwide gross $135M · Budget $25M · United States release October 27, 2006
Box office
Budget
$25,000,000
Worldwide gross
$135,330,835
Gross vs. budget
5.4×
Production
Central Films
Production
Zeta Film
Production
Anonymous Content
Production
Paramount Pictures
Studio · Production
Paramount Vantage
Production
Babel Productions Inc.
Production
MRC
Production
France · Mexico · United States · Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English · French · Japanese · Russian · Spanish
Release dates
France · May 23, 2006
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · October 27, 2006
Theatrical
United States · February 20, 2007
Physical · Blu-ray / HD-DVD / DVD
United States
September 1, 2006 · Premiere · Telluride Film Festival
September 25, 2007 · Physical · Paramount Vantage 2-Disc Collector's Edition DVD
Australia
December 26, 2006 · Theatrical
Brazil
October 26, 2006 · Theatrical
Canada
September 9, 2006 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Czechia
February 22, 2007 · Theatrical
Finland
October 26, 2006 · Limited theatrical
France
November 15, 2006 · Theatrical
June 4, 2007 · Physical · DVD
July 4, 2007 · Digital · VOD
September 23, 2008 · Physical · Blu-Ray
February 27, 2022 · Digital · MyCanal
Germany
December 21, 2006 · Theatrical
July 4, 2007 · Physical · DVD
Greece
November 2, 2006 · Theatrical
Hungary
February 8, 2007 · Digital
Ireland
January 19, 2007 · Theatrical
Italy
October 27, 2006 · Theatrical
Japan
April 28, 2007 · Theatrical
Mexico
November 10, 2006 · Theatrical
April 6, 2007 · Physical · Standard & Paramount Vantage 2-Disc Collector's Edition DVD
Netherlands
November 2, 2006 · Theatrical
October 11, 2007 · Physical · DVD
February 27, 2008 · Physical · Blu ray
January 1, 2010 · TV · Nederland 1
Norway
November 17, 2006 · Theatrical
Poland
October 13, 2006 · Digital
Portugal
December 28, 2006 · Theatrical
Romania
October 26, 2006 · Premiere
South Korea
February 22, 2007 · Theatrical
Spain
December 29, 2006 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 27, 2006 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
January 19, 2007 · Theatrical
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