Babel

[BeautifulBurnout]

*SPOILER ALERT*











OK - I saw this film on Friday and really enjoyed it, although it took a good while to "heat up" - ditto just about everything that was said by GforGroove really. Fantastic visualisations, but the Brad Pitt/Cate Blanchett bit of the story was a tad tedious and, to my mind (maybe cos I used to have quite a few Moroccan friends in France?) a tad racist in the reactions of the tourists.

But anyway - I have a question that has been bugging me.









Spoiler ahead:


When the Brad Pitt character is phoning home from the hospital towards the end of the film, he talks to Emilia on the phone. Does this mean that the whole episode with Emilia and the kids hasn't yet happened in the scheme of things? Cos he talks of his sister-in-law Rachel coming over the next evening to look after the kids. Or is it just a big blip in the continuity? It has left me really puzzled. Any thoughts, anyone?