In Morocco, two young brothers are playing with the gun their father has given them to protect their goat herd - and an American couple find themselves in serious trouble when one of them is injured by a stray bullet. In America, a Mexican maid is unable to find another carer for her employers children, and so has to take them across the border with her to attend her son's wedding. And in Japan, a young deaf girl is looking for connection after her mother's death.Spanning four countries and five languages, Babel combines an international cast of professional and non-professional actors in a closely entwined tale of the barriers that lie between us all. Iñarritu won Best Director at Cannes for his firm, flowing direction, as each section of the narrative is given its own style and feel without feeling isolated from the rest of the film - creating an intimate epic on the nature of human connectedness. '