"If You Want to be Understood... Listen."

2006

2h 23m

7.2(3885 votes)

Drama

Overview

Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.

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Cast & Crew

57 members

Acting

Brad Pitt

Richard Jones

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菊地凛子

Chieko

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Adriana Barraza

Amelia

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Cate Blanchett

Susan Jones

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二階堂智

Kenji Mamiya

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Said Tarchani

Ahmed

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Boubker Ait El Caid

Yussef

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Gael García Bernal

Santiago

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Nathan Gamble

Mike Jones

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Elle Fanning

Debbie Jones

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Mohamed Akhzam

Anwar

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Yuko Murata

Mitsu

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役所広司

Yasujiro Wataya

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Mustapha Rachidi

Abdullah

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Abdelkader Bara

Hassan Ibrahim

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Driss Roukhe

Alarid

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Peter Wight

Tom

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Clifton Collins Jr.

Officer at Border Crossing

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Robert Esquivel

Luis

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Michael Peña

John - Border Patrol

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Harriet Walter

Lilly

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Michael Maloney

James

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Dermot Crowley

Barth

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Trevor Martin

Douglas

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Aaron D. Spears

Officer #2

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Alex Jennings

Ken Clifford

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Matyelok Gibbs

Elyse

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Claudine Acs

Jane

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Jamie McBride

Bill - Border Patrol

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Mónica del Carmen

Lucia

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André Oumansky

Walter

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Wendy Nottingham

Tourist

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Linda Broughton

Tourist

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Lynsey Beauchamp

Tourist

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Aline Mowat

Tourist

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Michel Dubois

Tourist

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Shirley Dixon

Tourist

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Robert Fyfe

Tourist

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Wahiba Sahmi

Zohra

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Fadmael Ouali

Yasira

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Abdelaziz Merzoug

Waiter Casbah

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El Hassan Ait Bablal

Old Man in Car

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Sfia Ait Benboullah

Anwar's Grandmother

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Lhacen Znin

Store Owner

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Emilio Echevarría

Emilio

Crew

Ivor Shier

Helicopter Pilot

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R. D. Call

FBI Interrogation Officer

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Qyoko Kudo

Mother at Dentist

Production

Barbarella Pardo

Amelia's Daughter

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Cynthia Montaño

Patricia

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Tose Fukuda

Nurse at Dentist's

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小木茂光

Dentist

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Jane Arapawe

Wedding Guest

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鈴木信二

Takeshi

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Shizue Yamamoto

Wife

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清水香里

Volleyball Girl

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John O'Mahony

Tourist

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