Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 75 min., 32 sec.) |
Summary |
The adventure of a lifetime begins ... with babies. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Thomas Balmes, from an original idea by producer Alain Chabat, this visually stunning film follows four babies during their first year on earth - from first breath to first steps. Across borders and cultures, from Mongolia to Namibia to San Francisco to Tokyo, Babies re-defines the nonfiction art form and joyfully captures the earliest stages of the human journey that are both unique and universal to us all. Exploring the world of its tiny heroes in locations that are worlds apart - the Namibian savannah, the Mongolian steppe, a Japanese megalopolis and sunny California - Babies makes a universal statement with strength and passion. Babies is a visual and sensorial experience that will reveal the most basic human emotions. Apart from establishing shots of locations and seasons, and close-ups of the baby's physical environment, the film is composed of the unique moments that, as every parent knows, punctuate a child's first year and tell a fascinating story. Every shot tells a story by its content and its framing, confronting the baby with a world that seems gigantic, potentially hostile or simply needing to be explored |
Notes |
Title from title frames |
Credits |
Edited by Craig McKay, Reynald Bertrand ; music by Bruno Coulais ; original idea, Alain Chabat ; adapted by Thomas Balmès |
Cast |
Bayar, Hattie, Mari, Ponijao, Tarererua |
Event |
Originally produced by Madman Entertainment in 2011 |
Notes |
In English, Japanese, and Mongolian |
Subject |
Infants -- Mongolia
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Infants -- Namibia
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Infants -- California -- San Francisco
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Infants -- Japan -- Tokyo
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Infants -- Development.
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Infants.
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Infants -- Development.
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California -- San Francisco.
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Japan -- Tokyo.
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Mongolia.
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Namibia.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Documentaires.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Balmès, Thomas, film director.
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Chabat, Alain, 1958- film producer.
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Billot, Amandine, film producer.
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Rouxel, Christine, film producer.
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Alméras, Jérôme, cinematographer.
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Bradshaw, Frazer, cinematographer.
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Petittevile, Steeven, cinematographer
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Turpin, Eric, cinematographer
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Bertrand, Reynald, editor of moving image work.
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McKay, Craig, editor of moving image work.
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Coulais, Bruno, composer.
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Chez Wam (Firm), production company.
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Studio Canal. production company.
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