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Babel: A Letter to My Friends Left Behind in Belgium
Babel: A Letter to My Friends Left Behind in Belgium
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Babel: A Letter to My Friends Left Behind in Belgium

Original Title: Babel - lettre à mes amis restés en Belgique

1991
6h 20m
Documentary
Comedy

Status

Released

Release

1991

Runtime

6h 20m

Storyline

The film narrates the day-to-day existence of a filmmaker wandering through his city (Brussels) and who has a notion to follow in the footsteps of dramatist Antonin Artaud and visit the Tarahumara people of Mexico. This is a film about intimacy and friendship. Written in the first person, it places Boris and Brussels in the centre of the universe, here represented by the crazy, vertiginous, endless spiral of the biblical Tower. It is Boris's diary and self-portrait. He plays himself on screen (as do the cast of a hundred who also allowed themselves to be “babelised“).

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
6h 20m
Jan 1, 1991
Languages
French
Director
Boris Lehman
Production
Dovfilm
Dovfilm
Paradise Films
Paradise Films
Production Countries
Belgium

Top Cast

6 Cast Members

Boris Lehman

self

Nathalie Balou

self

François Beukelaers

François Beukelaers

self

Maggy Collard

self

Kathleen de Béthune

self

Chistine Defrise

self

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