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Overview
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If You Want to be Understood...Listen morePlot:
Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)Plot Keywords:
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Won Oscar. Another 25 wins & 75 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Poetry moreCast
(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Brad Pitt | ... | Richard |
 | Cate Blanchett | ... | Susan |
 | Mohamed Akhzam | ... | Anwar |
| Peter Wight | ... | Tom |
| Harriet Walter | ... | Lilly |
| Trevor Martin | ... | Douglas |
| Matyelok Gibbs | ... | Elyse |
| Georges Bousquet | ... | Robert |
| Claudine Acs | ... | Jane |
| André Oumansky | ... | Walter |
| Michael Maloney | ... | James |
| Dermot Crowley | ... | Barth |
| Wendy Nottingham | ... | Tourist #1 |
| Henry Maratray | ... | Tourist #2 |
| Linda Broughton | ... | Tourist #3 |
| Jean Marc Hulot | ... | Tourist |
| Aline Mowat | ... | Tourist #5 |
| Liliane Escoza | ... | Tourist #6 |
| Lynsey Beauchamp | ... | Tourist in Morocco (as Lindsey Beauchamp) |
| Michel Dubois | ... | Tourist #8 |
| Shirley Dixon | ... | Tourist #9 |
| Patrick Lebre | ... | Tourist #10 |
| John O'Mohoney | ... | Tourist |
| Mary Mitchell | ... | Tourist #12 |
| Edward Lyon | ... | Tourist #13 |
| Robert Fyfe | ... | Tourist #14 |
| Abdelaziz Merzoug | ... | Waiter Casbah |
| Omar El Mallouli | ... | Bus Driver |
| El Hassan Ait Bablal | ... | Old Man in Car |
| Sfia Ait Benboullah | ... | Anwar's Grandmother |
| Hammou Aghrar | ... | Doctor / Vet |
| Mohamed Ait Lahcen | ... | Sheik |
| Ali Hamadi | ... | Moukadem |
| Lhacen Znin | ... | Store Owner |
| Mustapha Amhita | ... | Mohammed |
| Mohammed Amal El Koussi | ... | Mohammed's Friend #1 |
| Mohamed Nait Addi | ... | Mohammed's Friend #3 |
| Mohammed El Bouamraoui | ... | Mohammed's Friend #2 |
| Rahmoune Abdelhalim | ... | Mohammed's Friend #4 |
| Soukayna Ait Boufakri | ... | Yamile |
| Youssef Boukioud | ... | Police at Anwar's #1 |
| Khouyael Houssein | ... | Police at Anwar's #1 |
| Alex Jennings | ... | Ken Clifford |
| Commandant Mesbah | ... | Helicopter Pilot |
| Timothy Peter Buxton | ... | US Army Medic #1 |
| Dr. Mohammed Ourjdal | ... | US Army Medic #2 |
| Aimee Meditz | ... | Reporter - US News (as Aimée Meditz) |
| Mohammed Bennani | ... | Moroccan Doctor |
| Boubker Ait El Caid | ... | Yussef |
| Said Tarchani | ... | Ahmed |
| Mustapha Rachidi | ... | Abdullah |
| Driss Roukhe | ... | Alarid |
| Wahiba Sahmi | ... | Zohra |
| Fadmael Ouali | ... | Yasira |
| Zahra Ahkouk | ... | Jamila |
| Abdelkader Bara | ... | Hassan |
| Ehou Mama | ... | Hassan's Wife |
| Rida Taya | ... | Abdullah's 2-year-old Son |
| Salah Mezzi | ... | Moroccan Police Officer |
| Mohamed Atkliss | ... | Moroccan Police Officer |
 | Adriana Barraza | ... | Amelia |
 | Elle Fanning | ... | Debbie |
 | Nathan Gamble | ... | Mike |
 | Gael García Bernal | ... | Santiago |
| Monica del Carmen | ... | Lucia |
| Rosa Reyes | ... | Comadre |
| Robert 'Bernie' Esquivel | ... | Luis |
| Damian Garcia | ... | Lucio |
| Barbarella Pardo | ... | Amelia's Daughter #1 |
| Úrsula García | ... | Amelia's Daughter #2 |
| Cynthia Montaño | ... | Patricia |
| Maripaz Lopez | ... | Patricia's Mother |
| Santiago Lizarraga | ... | Tambora Band |
| Ismael Gregorio | ... | Tambora Band |
| Pedro Sillas | ... | Tambora Band |
| Enrique Garcia Contreras | ... | Tambora Band |
| Fernando Montes Avila | ... | Tambora Band |
| Luis Avila | ... | Tambora Band |
| Eugenio Jara Reynoso | ... | Tambora Band |
| Pedro Cuota | ... | Tambora Band |
| Romeo Echeverria Jimenez El Gitano | ... | Musician |
| Guadalupe Quintero | ... | Wedding Band |
| Mariano Quintero | ... | Wedding Band |
| Eluterio Higuera | ... | Wedding Band |
| Pascual Montaño | ... | Wedding Band |
| Efrain Gonzalez | ... | Wedding Band |
| Claudia Silvia Mendoza | ... | Patricia's Grandmother |
| Norma Samarin | ... | Patricia's Aunt |
| Polo Nuño | ... | Jacinto |
| Jose Campas Agiñaga | ... | Amelia's Grandfather |
| Miguel Maldonado Tinoco | ... | Amelia's Father |
| Rosa Campos Maldonado | ... | Amelia's Mother |
| Emilio Echevarría | ... | Emilio |
 | Clifton Collins Jr. | ... | Officer at Border Crossing |
 | Aaron D. Spears | ... | Officer #2 (as Aaron Spears) |
 | Jamie McBride | ... | Bill - Border Patrol |
 | Michael Peña | ... | John - Border Patrol |
| Ivor Shier | ... | Helicopter Pilot |
 | R.D. Call | ... | FBI Interrogation Officer |
| Rinko Kikuchi | ... | Chieko |
| Kôji Yakusho | ... | Yasujiro |
| Yuko Murata | ... | Mitsu |
| Kumi Ohkawatsu | ... | Teammate |
| Miyuki Tamada | ... | Teammate |
| Hirotaka Nabeya | ... | Referee #1 |
| Kazuya Senzaki | ... | Referee #2 |
| Takanobu Imaizumi | ... | Referee #3 |
| Koji Yoshida | ... | Volleyball Coach |
| Saki Kito | ... | J-Pop Hostess |
| Tomomi Kosugi | ... | J-Pop Waitress |
| Noemi | ... | J-Pop Waitress |
| Rika Watanabe | ... | J-Pop Waitress |
| Ran Saotome | ... | J-Pop Waitress |
| Sanae Miura | ... | Kumiko |
| Kazunori Sasaki | ... | Young Man |
| Ryoji Takiguchi | ... | Shocked Young Man |
| Shoushi Nakasone | ... | Young Man's Friend |
| Jun Tanaka | ... | Young Man's Friend |
| Masayuki Ishii | ... | Young Man's Friend |
| Yoshiyuki Yagisawa | ... | Young Man's Friend |
| Hideto Onishi | ... | Young Man's Friend |
| Hiroshi Yazaki | ... | Young Man's Friend |
| Zengo Matayoshi | ... | J-Pop Special #1 |
| Koji Morisawa | ... | J-Pop Special #2 |
| Sumire Matsumura | ... | Receptionist |
| Kyoko Saito | ... | Mother at Dentist |
| Hazuki Saito | ... | Daughter at Dentist |
| Yu Tanabe | ... | Son at Dentist |
| Kentaro Tokuhiro | ... | Patient |
| Kiichiro Kawauchi | ... | Patient |
| Shigemitsu Ogi | ... | Dentist |
| Tose Fukuda | ... | Nurse at Dentist's |
| Satoshi Nikaido | ... | Kenji |
| Kazunori Tozawa | ... | Hamano |
| Junichi Hayakawa | ... | Doorman |
| Nobushige Suematsu | ... | Haruki |
| Shinji Suzuki | ... | Takeshi |
| Reina Makino | ... | Chieko's Girl Friend |
| Ayako Masagaki | ... | Chieko's Girl Friend |
| Yurie Okada | ... | Chieko's Girl Friend |
| Erika Okada | ... | Chieko's Girl Friend |
| Mika Yokoyama | ... | Chieko's Girl Friend |
| Kimi Unno | ... | Chieko's Girl Friend |
| Kazuma Yamane | ... | Kazuma |
| Hideaki Kunieda | ... | Haruki's Friend |
| Keita Kanegae | ... | Haruki's Friend |
| Tomohiro Higashi | ... | Chieko's Boyfriend |
| Onbou Miura | ... | Chieko's Boyfriend |
| Daiki Inoue | ... | Chieko's Boyfriend |
| Shinichi Osawa | ... | Club DJ |
| Noriko Yamamura | ... | Dancer / Club |
| Motomi Kobayashi | ... | Dancer / Club |
| Akira Matsuda | ... | Bartender |
| Shizue Yamamoto | ... | Wife |
| Kaoru Mihira | ... | Chieko's Teammate |
| Ayaka Kotake | ... | Chieko's Teammate |
| Natsumi Hayashida | ... | Chieko's Teammate |
| Maki Kuraya | ... | Chieko's Teammate |
| Kana Harada | ... | Chieko's Teammate |
| Sayaka Shimizu | ... | Chieko's Teammate |
| Ai Takahashi | ... | Babel Volleyball Girl |
| Sumie Kobayashi | ... | Babel Volleyball Girl |
| Yoko Iwasaki | ... | Babel Volleyball Girl |
| Eri Terada | ... | Babel Volleyball Girl |
| Reina Aoki | ... | Babel Volleyball Girl |
| Naoko Kato | ... | Babel Volleyball Girl |
| Ikumi Muramatsu | ... | Babel Volleyball Girl |
| Keiko Nakamichi | ... | Babel Volleyball Girl |
| Miyuki Kido | ... | Babel Volleyball Girl |
| Fumie Takama | ... | Babel Volleyball Girl |
| Miki Watanuki | ... | Babel Volleyball Girl |
| Aki Yanagisawa | ... | Babel Volleyball Girl |
| Megumi Watanabe | ... | Babel Volleyball Girl |
| Hanako Komatsu | ... | Babel Volleyball Girl |
| Fumie Kikuchi | ... | Babel Volleyball Girl |
| Hotomi Nakajima | ... | Babel Volleyball Girl |
| Miyuki Aoki | ... | Babel Volleyball Girl |
| Yuko Raihon | ... | Babel Volleyball Girl |
| Hosana Ueyama | ... | Babel Volleyball Girl |
| Erika Nakaya | ... | Babel Volleyball Girl |
| Sachiyo Yamashita | ... | Babel Volleyball Girl |
| Kaori Shimizu | ... | Babel Volleyball Girl |
| Yuta Hori | ... | Tap Dancer |
| Ikken | ... | Tap Dancer |
| Takayuki Matsumoto | ... | Tap Dancer |
| Maro | ... | Juggler |
| Marie Machida | ... | Member of the Theatrical Company |
| Namiko Hatori | ... | Member of the Theatrical Company |
| Yurako Takano | ... | Member of the Theatrical Company |
| Kiyomi Ensou | ... | Member of the Theatrical Company |
| Ikue Takada | ... | Member of the Theatrical Company |
| Yoshiki Wakura | ... | Member of the Theatrical Company |
| Yosuke Morita | ... | Member of the Theatrical Company |
| Yuji Inanobe | ... | Member of the Theatrical Company |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Masami Kosaka | ... | Japanese guy (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Alejandro González Iñárritu | |||
Writing credits(WGA) | ||
| Guillermo Arriaga | (written by) | |
| Guillermo Arriaga | (idea) and | |
| Alejandro González Iñárritu | (idea) | |
Produced by | |||
| Ahmed Abounouom | .... | line producer: Morocco (as Ahmed Jimmy Abounouom) | |
| Steve Golin | .... | producer | |
| Alejandro González Iñárritu | .... | producer | |
| Norihisa Harada | .... | line producer: Japan | |
| Jon Kilik | .... | producer | |
| Tita Lombardo | .... | line producer: Mexico | |
| Ann Ruark | .... | co-producer | |
| Kay Ueda | .... | line producer: Japan | |
| Corinne Golden Weber | .... | associate producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Gustavo Santaolalla | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Rodrigo Prieto | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Douglas Crise | |||
| Stephen Mirrione | |||
Casting by | |||
| Gigi Akoka | |||
| Gemma Hancock | |||
| Hervé Jakubowicz | |||
| Francine Maisler | |||
| Juliette Ménager | |||
| Yôko Narahashi | |||
| Marc Robert | |||
| Sam Stevenson | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Brigitte Broch | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Rika Nakanishi | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Yoshihito Akatsuka | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Michael Wilkinson | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Alessandro Bertolazzi | .... | key makeup artist: Morocco | |
| Jean Ann Black | .... | makeup artist: Mr. Pitt (as Jean Black) | |
| Hiba Boukili | .... | assistant hair stylist: Morocco (as Hiba El Boukili) | |
| Nicola Clarke | .... | hair stylist: Ms. Blanchett | |
| Raul Covarrubias | .... | additional hair stylist: Mexico | |
| Marco Antonio Garcia | .... | makeup artist: Mexico (as Marco Antonio García Munguia) | |
| Giorgio Gregorini | .... | key hair stylist: Morocco | |
| Khadija Hamdan | .... | assistant hair stylist: Morocco (as Khadija Hamdane) | |
| Elvia Felix Herrera | .... | assistant hair stylist: Mexico (as Elvia Felix) | |
| Souad Khattabi | .... | assistant makeup artist: Morocco (as Souad El Khattabi) | |
| Jim Knell | .... | production photographer: Captive Audience Productions | |
| Rebecca Lafford | .... | makeup artist: Ms. Blanchett | |
| Vera Mitchell | .... | hair designer: Brad Pitt | |
| Alfredo Mora | .... | chief makeup artist: Mexico | |
| Steve Painter | .... | prosthetics supervisor | |
| Steve Painter | .... | special makeup effects artist | |
| Darren Robinson | .... | prosthetics senior technician | |
| Maribel Romo | .... | chief hairdresser: Mexico | |
| Bouchra Sakhi | .... | makeup artist | |
| Juan Carlos Trujillo | .... | hair stylist: Mexico (as Juan Carlos Trujillo Trinidad) | |
| Greg Cannom | .... | age makeup: Brad Pitt (uncredited) | |
| Harvey Lowry | .... | director of operations: makeup effects department (uncredited) | |
Production Management | |||
| Ahmed Abounouom | .... | production manager | |
| Moncef Belam | .... | production team | |
| Alejandra Cárdenas | .... | production supervisor | |
| Alex Corven Caronia | .... | production supervisor | |
| Marco Giacalone | .... | second unit manager | |
| Michael Tinger | .... | post-production supervisor | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | ||
| Shinichiro Asakura | .... | additional assistant director: Japan |
| Mouhssine El Badaoui | .... | second assistant director: Morocco |
| Kenichi Fukuyama | .... | additional assistant director: Japan |
| Toshitaka Furuike | .... | fourth assistant director: Japan |
| Alfonso Gomez-Rejon | .... | second unit director |
| Fumitsugu Ijuin | .... | additional assistant director: Japan |
| Ippei Ishibashi | .... | additional assistant director: Japan |
| Daniel Jacobs | .... | second second assistant director: Mexico |
| Kazumasa Kobayashi | .... | additional assistant director: Japan |
| Mauricio Lule | .... | first assistant director: second unit, M |