Babies

2010 · 79 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 7,517 VOTES · DIR. Thomas Balmès

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Overview

Babies, also known as Baby(ies) and Bébé(s), is a 2009 French documentary film by Thomas Balmès that follows four infants from birth to when they are one year old. The babies featured in the film are two from rural areas: Ponijao from Opuwo, Namibia, and Bayar from Bayanchandmani, Mongolia, as well as two from urban areas: Mari from Tokyo, Japan, and Hattie from San Francisco, USA.

Documentary2010s

Dialogue Timeline — 271 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:08 (SQUEALING)
00:05:42 (CRYING)
00:13:27 (WOMAN SPEAKING)
00:16:16 WOMAN: What?
00:18:00 (OFFERING)
00:22:19 (WOMAN 2 LAUGHING) Okay. Thank you.
00:22:45 Yeah. And the other thing they're finding
00:24:55 Reach out with the fingers.
00:30:01 (WOMEN SPEAKING)
00:33:42 (ALL SINGING HAPPY TUNE) (PIANO PLAYING)
00:37:27 No. You're not liking it.
00:43:05 Wow!
00:46:53 (WOMEN CHATTERING)
00:52:27 The cow has a furry calf.
00:53:18 Mmm? Mmm?
00:54:09 (CHATTERING) (REPEATING WORD)
00:54:51 The elephant. Can you do the elephant?
00:56:37 Happy birthday to you
00:59:50 (SPEAKING ENCOURAGINGLY)
01:05:06 (BABBLING)
01:06:22 Do you remember about that one?
01:09:55 (CRIES)
01:12:57 (EXCLAIMING)

Cast & Characters

Bayar Self Hattie Self Mari Self Tarererua Self - Ponijao's Mother Hindere Self - Ponijao's Father Seiko Self - Mari's Mother Fumito Self - Mari's Father Susie Self - Hattie's Mother Frazer Self - Hattie's Father Mandakh Self - Bayar's Mother

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed271
Dialogue density3.4 lines / min
First line00:02:08
Final line01:12:57

Production Record

DirectorThomas Balmès
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes7,517