Babel (DVD)

Babel (2006) starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett. Directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. An American couple (Pitt and Blanchett) vacationing in Morocco fall victim to a random act of violence. Meanwhile, a Mexican nanny takes her two young charges to a wedding south of the border, and a deaf-mute Japanese school girl struggles with her place in society. The seemingly disparate stories are all connected, and as the title implies, it's all about the necessity and the impossibility of human communication across boundaries. Grade: A-