Babies
2010 ‘Bébés’ Directed by Thomas Balmès
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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.
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Skillfully shot and edited. Thoroughly engaging. Gets an extra star for hippie mom getting slapped by her baby ;)
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Beautifully shot film about the early lives of four babies from four very different places: San Francisco, Namibia, Mongolia and Japan.
With no narration and no dialogue all you have to do is sit and watch each of these babies learn to interact with their environments. What that boils down to for the viewer pretty much is fizzing with cute overload, but there are some things you're left thinking about after the credits roll: specifically, how different our lives are from others around the globe, and how we might not necessarily be doing it right.
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"Babies" is apart from most documentaries I've seen before it. The film simply documents four infant's first year of life. There is absolutely zero narration throughout the 79 minute doc and director Thomas Balmes does not drive home any one point about babies or parenting. There is no position or reasoning behind the film other than seeing four unique upbringings from four infants around the world.
Despite the fact that there is no resounding message behind "Babies," the film is very thoughtful and does an excellent job at illustrating the different and at times alarming upbringings of the four babies filmed. The footage following both Bayar in Mongolia and Ponijao in Namibia is by far the most compelling. In the…
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I found this movie to not be very informing. We just kinda of watched 4 babies. Loved the mongolian and african children. there were some amazing scenery shots and they caught a lot of cool moments
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I'm a sucker for babies
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This documentary focuses on four babies born in different parts of the world. Following the development of the four children at the same time is a wonderful idea.
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Skillfully shot and edited. Thoroughly engaging. Gets an extra star for hippie mom getting slapped by her baby ;)
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Does what it says on the tin.
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Beautifully shot film about the early lives of four babies from four very different places: San Francisco, Namibia, Mongolia and Japan.
With no narration and no dialogue all you have to do is sit and watch each of these babies learn to interact with their environments. What that boils down to for the viewer pretty much is fizzing with cute overload, but there are some things you're left thinking about after the credits roll: specifically, how different our lives are from others around the globe, and how we might not necessarily be doing it right.
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I watched it in my Psychology class, which is where this movie best belongs.
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Simpática. Y ya,
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Great!
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So cute! And interesting from a sociological standpoint. To its credit, it does look cinematic and not like a montage of the parents' home videos.