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Babel: A Letter to My Friends Left Behind in Belgium

19916h 20mBoris Lehman

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The film narrates the day-to-day existence of a filmmaker wandering through his city (Brussels) and who has a notion to follow in the footsteps of dramatist Antonin Artaud and visit the Tarahumara people of Mexico. This is a film about intimacy and friendship. Written in the first person, it places Boris and Brussels in the centre of the universe, here represented by the crazy, vertiginous, endless spiral of the biblical Tower. It is Boris's diary and self-portrait. He plays himself on screen (as do the cast of a hundred who also allowed themselves to be “babelised“).

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What is Babel: A Letter to My Friends Left Behind in Belgium (1991) about?

The film narrates the day-to-day existence of a filmmaker wandering through his city (Brussels) and who has a notion to follow in the footsteps of dramatist Antonin Artaud and visit the Tarahumara people of Mexico. This is a film about intimacy and friendship. Written in the first person, it places Boris and Brussels in the centre of the universe, here represented by the crazy, vertiginous,…

Who stars in Babel: A Letter to My Friends Left Behind in Belgium?

Babel: A Letter to My Friends Left Behind in Belgium stars Boris Lehman (self), Nathalie Balou (self), François Beukelaers (self), Maggy Collard (self), Kathleen de Béthune (self). The film was directed by Boris Lehman.

How long is Babel: A Letter to My Friends Left Behind in Belgium?

Babel: A Letter to My Friends Left Behind in Belgium has a runtime of 6 min and premiered in 1991.

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