A wealthy American is touring Morocco with his wife. The two become the focus of an international incident also involving a poor Moroccan farmer who is struggling to keep his two young sons in line and his family together. A San Diego nanny, with her employers absent, makes the disastrous decision to take her charges with her to a wedding in Mexico. A deaf-mute Japanese teen tries to deal with a relationship with her father and the world in general that has been upended by the death of her mother. It's about a gun. It's about communication - or the lack of it - both intercultural and intracultural. Raises issues like terrorism and immigration, and is as basic as husbands talking to their wives and parents understanding their children.

Alejandro González Inarritu'nun Babel'inde, Fas'ta turistik geziye çıkan Amerikalı evli çiftin başına gelen trajik bir olay, dünyanın farklı ülkelerindeki dört ailenin yaşamında olaylar zincirini harekete geçirir. Koşullar açısından birbirine bağlı olan ama kıtalar, kültür ve dil açısından birbirinden ayrışan karakterlerin her biri, gerçek huzur ve teselliyi sadece aile kavramının sağlayabileceğini keşfeder.