Armed with a Winchester rifle, two Morrocan boys set out to look after their family's herd of goats. In the silent echoes of the desert, they decide to test the rifle..
. but the bullet goes farther than they thought it would. In an instant, the lives of four separate groups of strangers on three different continents collide.
Caught up in the rising tide of an accident that escalates beyond anyone's control are a vacationing American couple (Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett), a rebellious deaf Japanese teenager and her father, and a Mexican nanny who, without permission, takes two American children across the border. None of these strangers will ever meet; in spite of the sudden, unlikely connection between them, they will all remain isolated due to their own inability to communicate meaningfully with anyone around them. From Alejandro Gonz a lez I a rritu comes a film that is at once intimate and epic, shot in four countries, cast with actors and non-actors, and concludes his trilogy that started with "Amores Perros" and "21 Grams.
" A shot is fired in the Moroccan desert that resonates across the world. Goat farmers sons Yussef (Ait El Caid) and Ahmed (Tarchani) are given their first rifle to protect the herd against jackals but arguments ensue as to which of them is the best shot. As Richard (Pitt) struggles to find any kind of medical assistant for the victim of the bullet, his wife Susan (Blanchett), the media reacts to news of her shooting.
Back in the US, Richard and Susan s housekeeper Amelia (Barraza) takes their children across the boarder into Mexico with her nephew Santiago (Bernal) to her son s wedding. In Japan, Chieko (Kikuchi) is struggling to cope with the suicide of her mother and trying be noticed by boys who won t ignore her because she is deaf. The sound of the shot echoes in every one of these families lives but how will they cope with its circumstances.
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