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balmès found four perfectly adorable babies in different regions of the world — san francisco , mongolia , tokyo , and the namibian flatlands — and filmed them for about their first 12 months .
the fairer sex is represented by mari , in tokyo , and hattie , in enlarge by focus features hello , hattie : she 's one of the four babies profiled in babies , and she lives a relatively privileged life in san francisco with her family .
the photography is stunning , and bruno coulais ' music adds just the movie review : ' babies , ' a joyous and buoyant new documentary director thomas balmès documents the first year in the lives of four infants from different parts of the world .
our stars here are ponijao from namibia , mari in tokyo , hattie from san francisco and bayarjargal , the only boy in the bunch , from mongolia .
this observant documentary offers an up - close - and - personal glimpse of four babies from vastly different cultures in their first year of life .
 
 
about the movie about the movie babies * * * 12 ( out of four ) director : thomas balmes distributor : focus features rating : pg for cultural and maternal nudity throughout running time : 1 hour , 19 minutes opens friday nationwide there 's nothing hollywood or gerber about babies .