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Release Date:
January 1, 1999
Original Title:
Babel
Genres:
Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Science Fiction
Production Countries:
Canada | France
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 95
An elaborate fantasy tale intended for family audiences, Babel tells the story of the Babels, a strange breed of four-foot-tall creatures who once coexisted happily with human beings on planet Earth. However, when the humans built a huge tower to taunt God, he became angry and drove the Babels underground, while scattering the humans to the corners of the Earth and giving them different languages to keep them separate. Thousands of years later, three Babels are searching underground for the Babel Stone presented to them by God when they lose the map -- which is soon snapped up by a dog, who presents it to his master, an advertising man named Patrick. The Babels are desperate to recover the map, and they recruit Patrick's son David to help them find it (and the Babel Stone) before the evil Nemrod can steal the stone and claim its powers.
Art Direction:
Raymond Dupuis
Costume Design:
Madeline Fontaine
Francesca Chamberland
Director:
Gérard Pullicino
Director of Photography:
Eric Cayla
Editor:
Laurent Rouan
Executive Producer:
Elisabeth Deviosse
Jacques Méthé
Charles Tible
Foley Recordist:
André Cappello
Hairstylist:
Marie-France Cardinal
Music:
Gérard Pullicino
Ken Worth
Producer:
Georges Benayoun
Production Design:
Guy Lalande
Set Decoration:
Lynn Carrière
Sound:
Véronique Gabillaud
Joël Rangon
Patrick Rousseau
Sound Editor:
Stéphane Brunclair
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