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Director Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu and
writer Guillermo Arriaga's final part of the trilogy that
began with Amores Perros and continued with 21 Grams once
again weaves multiple intercut story strands, this time
spread across three continents and four countries (from
Morocco to San Diego by way of Mexico to Japan) and as the
title implies, numerous languages. A number of tragic incidents
triggered by human stupidity and carelessness steadily pile
up, and emotional tension increases as the filmmakers burrow
deeply, with extraordinary empathy and insight into the
existential loneliness of the characters, portrayed with
moving performances from all the actors.
"The performances (Brad
Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael Garcia Bernal) are fine, and
Iñárritu's virtuoso direction is consistently
bold, fluent and expressive." - Geoff Andrew, Time
Out
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