Babies

Synopsis: A look at one year in the life of four babies from around the world, from Mongolia to Namibia to San Francisco to Tokyo.
Genre: Documentary
Director(s): Thomas Balmès
Production: Focus Features
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
63
Rotten Tomatoes:
68%
PG
Year:
2010
79 min
$6,500,000
Website
1,468 Views


(SQUEALING)

(WOMAN SPEAKING

LOCAL LANGUAGE)

(GROANING)

(CRYING)

(WOMAN SPEAKING)

(WOMEN SPEAKING

LOCAL LANGUAGE)

(BABY CRYING)

(FUSSING)

(COUGHS)

(PEACEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

(PERSON CHATTERING)

(WOMEN SPEAKING

LOCAL LANGUAGE)

(CRYING)

(BABY CRYING DISTANTLY)

(SPEAKING SOFTLY)

(BOTH LAUGHING)

(BOTH SPEAKING LOCAL LANGUAGE)

(MEOWING)

(CHUCKLES)

(MACHINE BEEPING)

(HATTIE GRUNTING)

(SPEAKING SOFTLY

IN LOCAL LANGUAGE)

(WOMEN CONVERSING)

(FUSSING)

(WOMAN SPEAKING)

(INDISTINCT)

(INQUIRING SOFTLY)

(HICCUPS)

(RATTLING)

(SPEAKING

LOCAL LANGUAGE)

(ENCOURAGNG)

(HAIR CLIPPERS BUZZING)

(CRYING)

(ANIMALS BLEATING)

(WHINING LOUDLY)

(WOMAN SHOUTING DISTANTLY)

WOMAN:
What?

Who has the donkey?

We dropped him again.

Dropped him.

Go get your dress again.

Oh, me.

Is that good?

Does that taste good?

(KISSING)

(WOMAN 1 CHATTERING)

(WHINING)

(WOMAN 2 CHATTERING)

(WOMEN CONVERSING)

Mmm? Mmm?

(OFFERING)

(CRYING)

Mmm? Mmm?

(CRYING)

(WOMAN REPLYING)

(SQUEALING)

(CALLING ANIMALS)

(SPEAKING LOCAL LANGUAGE)

(WOMAN CHUCKLES)

(CREAKING)

NURSE:
14, 12.

WOMAN 1:
Oh,

that's a big girl.

NURSE:
And three-quarters.

(WOMAN 2 LAUGHlNG)

Okay. Thank you.

Took me a minute

to get that.

WOMAN 1:
Sure, no problem.

(GASPS) Oh!

WOMAN 1:
Turn

her over, right.

WOMAN 2:
She really sleeps

better on her side.

So...

And what you do

is put something

under the mattress

so the bed's

an inclined bed.

Okay.

And just have

light blankets.

Uh-huh, uh-huh.

'Cause, um...

The SlDS correlation is...

I mean, it's a correlation,

it's not a causal thing,

right?

Yeah. And the other thing

they're finding

that really surprised me...

(ANlMAL BELLOWlNG)

(CALLS OUT)

(GREETlNG ON lNTERCOM)

(GREETlNG)

(BABlES CRYlNG LOUDLY)

(CRYlNG)

(ADULTS BABBLlNG PLAYFULLY)

WOMAN:
And then, let's try

this time an airplane

placement of the arms.

So, you can bring

your arms out to the side.

Press the pubic bone down.

Reach out with the fingers.

Keep the legs...

(CRYlNG)

(ExHALlNG)

(GRUNTlNG)

(CRYlNG)

(WOMAN SCOLDlNG)

(SCOLDlNG CONTlNUES)

(ALL CHATTERlNG)

(MARl CRYlNG)

(HUMMlNG SOFTLY)

(HlCCUPS)

(WOMEN SPEAKlNG)

Roll you over.

Clean the other side.

(BLOWlNG WHlSTLE)

(lNDlSTlNCT)

(MAN lNTONlNG)

(MEN lNTONlNG)

(CALLlNG OUT)

(CALLlNG OUT)

(COOlNG)

(GURGLlNG)

(REPEATlNG RHYTHMlCALLY)

(ALL SlNGlNG HAPPY TUNE)

(PlANO PLAYlNG)

(SONG ENDlNG)

(CALLS)

(PlANO PLAYlNG)

(WOMEN ExCLAlMlNG)

(ExCLAlMS)

(GRUNTlNG)

(MEOWS)

You wanna share

the bubbles, bubbles, bubbles?

(CRYlNG)

You wanna share

the bubbles, bubbles, bubbles?

Look.

(ExCLAlMlNG SOFTLY)

No. You're not liking it.

Oh! Oh!

That's some bubbles.

(CONTlNUES CRYlNG)

Oh!

I think we might

have to get out.

Okay. Okay. Okay.

(ExHALlNG NOlSlLY)

(SNORES)

(CRYlNG)

(WOMEN CONVERSlNG)

(CHATTERlNG)

Yay!

Wow!

"H.A." lsn't that great?

(SPEAKlNG)

(LAUGHlNG)

(SPEAKlNG HAPPlLY)

(WOMEN LAUGHlNG)

(WOMEN CHATTERlNG)

(SCOLDlNG)

(ADULTS CHATTERlNG)

(CRlES LOUDLY)

(MEOWlNG)

(GURGLlNG)

(WOMEN CHATTERlNG)

(WHlNlNG)

(SQUEALS)

(CRYlNG)

(BABBLlNG)

(CRYlNG)

(BABBLlNG)

(BABBLlNG)

Cheep, cheep, cheep.

That's a chick.

Cheep, cheep, cheep.

It's a little bird.

Cheep, cheep, cheep.

The cow has a furry calf.

Moo!

(GRUNTS)

Moo!

(BABBLES)

Woof, woof, woof.

Woof, woof, woof.

(BABBLlNG)

(MlMlCKlNG)

(FUSSlNG)

(BABBLlNG)

Mama?

(lMlTATlNG)

Mmm? Mmm?

(BABBLlNG)

Mmm?

(SPEAKlNG)

(lMlTATlNG)

(BABBLlNG)

(WOMAN SPEAKlNG)

(LAUGHS)

(BELL DlNGS)

(lMlTATlNG)

(CHUCKLlNG)

(SPEAKlNG WORD)

(lMlTATlNG)

(CHATTERlNG)

(REPEATlNG WORD)

(lMlTATlNG)

Mmm?

(lMlTATlNG)

Mmm?

(REPEATlNG WORD)

Mama!

Mama. Mama.

Mama!

No, not there.

Oh, we did see

a baby elephant.

What does the elephant say?

Uh-oh!

(PARENTS LAUGH)

(lMlTATlNG

ELEPHANT TRUMPETlNG)

The elephant.

Can you do the elephant?

(TRUMPETlNG)

(SPLASHlNG)

(LAUGHlNG)

(WOMEN CHATTERlNG)

(ExCLAlMlNG)

(WOMAN CALLlNG)

(WOMAN CLlCKlNG TONGUE)

(SPEAKlNG FlRMLY)

(CONTlNUES SPEAKlNG)

ALL:
(SlNGlNG)

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday, dear Mari-chan

Happy birthday to you

(ALL LAUGHlNG)

(WOMEN SPEAKlNG)

(LAUGHlNG)

(MOANS)

(lMlTATES lN LAUGHTER)

(LAUGHS)

(WOMAN SPEAKlNG)

(BABBLlNG)

(BABBLES)

(BOTH BABBLlNG)

(BABBLES)

(SPEAKlNG

ENCOURAGlNGLY)

(ExCLAlMlNG PLAYFULLY)

(DEGl CHATTERlNG)

(WOMAN CHATTERlNG)

You wanna go on the slide

one more time?

Here we go!

(ExCLAlMlNG)

(SOFTLY)

Doing okay? Yeah?

Aw!

You wanna try

to sleep some more?

(BABBLES)

(LAUGHS)

(BABBLlNG)

(SQUEALS)

(CRYlNG)

(SQUEALS)

(GRUNTS)

(SNARLS)

Can you read that one?

Can you do

moo-bye-la-la-la?

No.

(WHlNES)

No.

Oh, Hattie.

(BABBLES)

Do you remember

about that one?

(ENCOURAGlNG)

(CHANTlNG)

(LAUGHS)

(PEOPLE CHANTlNG)

(SlNGlNG) The earth

is aur mather

She will take care af us

The earth is aur mather

She will take care af us

(ALL CHANTlNG)

(CRYlNG)

(COMFORTlNG)

(CRlES)

No!

(DOOR OPENlNG)

Mama? Papa?

Papa. Papa. Papa.

(SCREAMS)

(BABBLlNG)

(CHlLD ExCLAlMlNG)

(WHlNlNG)

(ExCLAlMlNG)

Want some more?

Yeah, that's a piece of bark

'cause we didn't

bring a spoon.

(ExCLAlMlNG)

(ENCOURAGlNG)

(CELL PHONE RlNGlNG)

(ANSWERlNG PHONE)

WOMAN:
Ponijao!

(CHlLD ExCLAlMlNG)

(WOMAN CALLS OUT)

(GlGGLES)

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Alain Chabat

Alain Chabat (born 24 November 1958 in Algeria) is a French actor, director and screenwriter. He was originally known for his work in the comedy group Les Nuls, including as the co-writer and lead actor of the cult comedy film La Cité de la peur (1994). He has since then become a notable actor and filmmaker of his own, typically both writing and starring in the films he directed, which include the other cult comedy films Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra and RRRrrrr!!! He also appeared in French Twist, The Taste of Others, The Science of Sleep, Happily Ever After, and the cult comedy series Kaamelott. Additionally, he voiced the character of Shrek in the French dubbing of the Shrek franchise. more…

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