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Babies

Babies

2010

"With wit, tenderness and a keen eye for the fledgling signs of intelligence and sociability, director Thomas Balmès documents the first year in the lives of four infants from different parts of the world. From birth to first steps (though passing quickly through the first few messy months) we watch as they begin to explore their very different worlds in very similar ways. Without commentary or translation, Balmès takes us close into each baby’s world in beautifully composed images fixed firmly on their tiny forms and adorable, questing faces." (New Zealand International Film Festival 2010)

Starring Bayar, Hattie, Mari, Ponijao

Directed by Thomas Balmes ('A Decent Factory', 'The Gospel According to the Papuans')

World Cinema, Documentary | 1hr 19mins | Rated (G) | Origin: France | Language: English, Japanese and Mongolian with English subtitles | Official Site »

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  • Babey

    This is so cute baby their a funny and i real laugh at this for this hole day if i watch this movie for this hole day

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  • Babies DVD Review

    Christine-Dixon

    Nobody (?)

    Watching Mari from Tokyo and Hattie from San Francisco get activities to do, or sitting down to parent and toddler activities or reading time, was contrasted by Bayarjargal in Mongolia and Ponjiao in Namibia learning through exploring their world around them and by playing with the puppies, baby goats, calves. The rural children had a far more relaxed up bringing compared to the city children where learning and education was more in demand, and they were being groomed for a busier lifestyle
    awesome photography :-BABIES DVD. 79mins
    well worth watching 10/10

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  • Babies babies babies

     4

    Lillian

    A-Lister (?)

    must see for babies lovers
    interesting look into different cultures and how they treat their babies
    sit back and enjoy

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  • great movie

     4

    spaceman

    Superstar (?)

    despite the lack of dialogue, the feelings and emotions of the babies are carried across perfectly, in different cultures

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  • Super cute !

     3

    freshdude

    Superstar (?)

    I must say I'm not one to go gaga over the first baby I come across ... in fact more often than not I found babies plain annoying!
    However I enjoyed this film ... So I can imagine if you actually like Babies you'll adore this.

    It's a pleasant 80 minutes in the company of four babies from different part of the world. With no dialogues or commentary, it is very much a "fly on the wall" type documentary demonstrating more similarities than differences between the toddlers . We are all humans.

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  • Go see the only ever huggable movie!

     5

    Gerd

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    It's not an action movie, needs a bit of sensitivity and emotional intelligence to watch.

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Press Reviews

  • Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

    Just babies. Wonderful
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  • Hollywood Reporter

    As a portrait of children who are wanted and loved, it's intimate and often delightful.
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  • New York Times

    But Babies just might restore your faith in our perplexing, peculiar and stubbornly lovable species
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  • NZ Herald (Peter Calder)

     2

    Cute and cuddly.
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  • Variety (USA)

    Babies is refreshing in its methods, impressive in its scope and remarkable in its immediacy. That said, it's also an occasionally frustrating documentary that deprives the viewer of the comforts of exposition and cultural context.
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