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Babies

Synopsis
Filmmaker Thomas Balmes offers a glimpse of the first phase of life in this film following four newborn babies through the course of their first year. Ponijao, Bayar, Mari, and Hattie were born in Namibia, Mongolia, Japan, and California, respectively. The film reveals just how much we all have in common, despite being born to different parents and raised in different cultures.


Extras include: Interviews, Making the Score, Making of: Alain Chabat in Namibia, Screening the film to the Families, Before/After
Language
English
Country
France
Year of production
2009
Notes
Also available on Blu-Ray
Subjects
Anthropology; Psychology
Keywords
developmental psychology; social anthropology; social psychology

Credits

Director
Thomas Balmes

Distribution Formats

Type
DVD
Format
Region 2 PAL
Price
£15.99
Duration/Size
76 minutes
Year
2011

Distributor

 

Available from retail outlets

Name

STUDIOCANAL

Email
email: info@studiocanal.co.uk
Web
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Phone
020 7534 2700
Fax
020 7534 2701
Address
50 Marshall Street
London
W1F 9BQ
Notes
STUDIOCANAL is the pan European film, production and sales distribution arm of French media group, Canal+. The UK arm, formerly known as Optimum Releasing, offers an impressive range of quality titles across all genres, for sale via retail and mail order and outlets.

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