The 2006 film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu that interweaves stories in Morocco, Mexico, and Japan is Babel.
Babel is a multi-narrative psychological drama written by Guillermo Arriaga. Its four connected storylines unfold across Morocco, Japan, Mexico, and the United States, gradually revealing how seemingly unrelated people are linked by a single rifle. A shooting in rural Morocco affects an American tourist couple, their Mexican nanny, and a troubled deaf teenager in Tokyo.
The film completed Iñárritu and Arriaga’s so-called Death Trilogy, following Amores perros (2000) and 21 Grams (2003). That connection can cause confusion because both of those earlier films also use intersecting stories, but neither is the 2006 film spanning Morocco, Mexico, and Japan.
Babel premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, where Iñárritu won Best Director. It later earned seven Academy Award nominations, and Gustavo Santaolalla won the Oscar for Best Original Score. The film stars Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, and Rinko Kikuchi.