"With wit, tenderness and a keen eye for the fledgling signs of intelligence and sociability, director Thomas Balmès documents the first year in the lives of four infants from different parts of the world. From birth to first steps (though passing quickly through the first few messy months) we watch as they begin to explore their very different worlds in very similar ways. Without commentary or translation, Balmès takes us close into each baby’s world in beautifully composed images fixed firmly on their tiny forms and adorable, questing faces." (New Zealand International Film Festival 2010)
I apologise, we feel bad, but there's no trailer available. ~Ed.
Watching Mari from Tokyo and Hattie from San Francisco get activities to do, or sitting down to parent and toddler activities or reading time, was contrasted by Bayarjargal in Mongolia and Ponjiao in Namibia learning through exploring their world around them and by playing with the puppies, baby goats, calves. The rural children had a far more relaxed up bringing compared to the city children where learning and education was more in demand, and they were being groomed for a busier lifestyle awesome photography :-BABIES DVD. 79mins well worth watching 10/10
must see for babies lovers interesting look into different cultures and how they treat their babies sit back and enjoy
despite the lack of dialogue, the feelings and emotions of the babies are carried across perfectly, in different cultures
I must say I'm not one to go gaga over the first baby I come across ... in fact more often than not I found babies plain annoying! However I enjoyed this film ... So I can imagine if you actually like Babies you'll adore this. It's a pleasant 80 minutes in the company of four babies from different part of the world. With no dialogues or commentary, it is very much a "fly on the wall" type documentary demonstrating more similarities than differences between the toddlers . We are all humans.
It's not an action movie, needs a bit of sensitivity and emotional intelligence to watch.
Just babies. Wonderful
As a portrait of children who are wanted and loved, it's intimate and often delightful.
But Babies just might restore your faith in our perplexing, peculiar and stubbornly lovable species
Cute and cuddly.
Babies is refreshing in its methods, impressive in its scope and remarkable in its immediacy. That said, it's also an occasionally frustrating documentary that deprives the viewer of the comforts of exposition and cultural context.
We've been told the NZ release date for this flick is Thursday, 5th May 2011.
Release date: May 5th 2011.
We haven't received times for this movie in this location yet. However these are updated as cinemas announce them, so check back soon. Hopefully the lovely cinemas in your location will choose to play it shortly. ~Ed.
