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Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.
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Character
Contemporary, grave, earnest and prestige.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Brad PittRichard Jones
- Rinko KikuchiChieko
- Adriana BarrazaAmelia
- Cate BlanchettSusan Jones
- Satoshi NikaidoKenji Mamiya
- Said TarchaniAhmed
- Boubker Ait El CaidYussef
- Gael García BernalSantiago
- Nathan GambleMike Jones
- Elle FanningDebbie Jones
Crew
- Alejandro G. IñárrituDirector
- Guillermo ArriagaWriter
- Rodrigo PrietoDirector of Photography
- Gustavo SantaolallaOriginal Music Composer
- Douglas CriseEditor
- Stephen MirrioneEditor
- Jon KilikProducer
- Steve GolinProducer
- Alejandro G. IñárrituProducer
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Pairings
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Heavy Rain 201070% alikeGame · Both contemporary, grave, earnest.
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