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(originally written in Japanese)
It's a work that divides opinions, and I can understand those comments that say it is difficult or that it is a mere self-serving film. However, I listened carefully at every dialogues and performances without any fast-forward, and to be sure, I was drawn to the awesomeness of this work. No films can be reviewed objectively, and this film is typically so. So I hope my review will help you decide to watch or not.
Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu and his companion Guillermo Arriaga who directed "21 grams" that brought to light the price of life in 2003, the theme of this film is based on the old testament "BABEL”, which is known to have imposed punishment on humanity by sowing seeds of division amongst us.
According to the old testament, the initial cultural and language gap ignites divides, which conceivably continues to this day, represented by the disruption and separation of national borders, ethnic groups, economy and culture.
This work is meant to tackle serious social issues, by introducing it to the audience as a human-drama, audiences were bound to have been defied their expectations. Rather, it's more like a semi-documentary film depicting ethnic oppression in Africa and poverty slums in South America.
The set are in three places.
First of all, American couple attacked by a mysterious bullet during a trip to Morocco, and the Moroccan herder family in a small village chased by a police as a sniper suspect, finally the Moroccan people from a small village who devotedly watched over the American, waiting for the rescue.
Next, a Mexican housekeeper and her nephew, who are illegal workers in US. The housekeeper whom are taking care of the two children of the American couple that is travelling to Morocco.
Finally, a parent Koji Yakusho, a high school girl, and daughter Riko Kikuchi, who live in Japan, a country known as one of the richest and safest in the world.
Consistent with this seemingly unrelated story of the characters are that a language barrier results in divisions and disparities. What is common between misfortune that occur in a family who live modestly in the desert in poverty where children are completely deprived of any means of enjoyment or recreation, and a deaf daughter who feel alienated, isolated by language and emotional connection, is that “human progress do not necessary bring happiness”
Technological developments of weapons, convenient tools and communication means, if misused can make people unhappy. It may be just a pure sophistry to question benefits of technology, but the fact of the matter is that all kinds of inequality and disparities have not ceased even in the dream of the 21st century.
The incident of the American tourist going viral around the world in an instant. But ironically, the American couple are abandoned by their fellow western tourists who are bent on values of rational thinking, and the rescue does not come easily. Still, string of scenes of local government apparatus in full motion by a single demand of an American tourist, as the Moroccan villagers watching on, is quite symbolic.
The reality of illegal workers, depicted across the US-Mexico border where wealth and poverty are separated by a fence, is also quite heavy on the eye.
Although they are no slaves, hiring them cheaply knowing that they are illegal, while the American couple go overseas on holiday, actually there to show the arrogance of the American couple.
In addition, the sharp contrast of the wide coverage received by the American couple from humanitarian and political standpoints, and US border guard that puts lives of American children as top priority, while in the midst of these incidences, how the death of a Moroccan child or the hardship of Mexican houseworkers lives are made little of, brought to light the perverted nature of western values and matters of concerns, manifested by western media concerns as “newsworthy”. This is the frustration and emptiness felt by the director of this film, representing a Mixican stand point.
Films that praise those who value family love and people who strive for success is a sure blockbuster and high rating, but films that look at the reality of the cold and cruel reality of the world are also necessary. Japans decline will be inevitable, if they do not soon acknowledge the fact that national film awards are for these kind of films, that are not always a commercial success but one that is necessary to the world.
Directed by Mexican director found by the United States and respects Japan, it is a warning and a plea to Japan and the US, which are both countries that wields enormous influence to the children of the world, yet, continues to be inward looking.
This work, which makes full use of documentary-style camera work and the rich landscape expression of each country, is a sharp monster that has a deep theme in its heart.
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