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s who once lived alongside human beings but have been secretly living underground since the

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; one day, their map to the secret location of the tower is stolen by a dog who takes it to his human master Patrick Carat (

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), forcing the Babels to team up with Patrick's son David (Mitchell David Rothpan) and David's schoolteacher Alice ( Maria de Medeiros) to recover the map before the evil Nemrod (

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) can steal it to control the world. The cast also includes Bronwen Booth, Sheena Larkin,

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, Maxim Roy,

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, Nagui Fam,

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, Dino Tosques, Frank Fontaine, Hassan Hamdani, Bruno Ledez, Claude Giroux, Christopher Heyerdahl, Al Vandecruys,

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and

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in supporting roles.

Awards

Éric Cayla received a

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at the

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in 2000.Odile Tremblay, "Pas de balayage en vue". '' Le Devoir'', January 27, 2000.

References

External links

* 1999 films 1999 drama films Canadian fantasy adventure films French fantasy adventure films French-language Canadian films 1990s Canadian films 1990s French films {{1990s-France-film-stub