Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.
4 interlocking stories all connected by a single gun all converge at the end and reveal a complex and tragic story of the lives of humanity around the world and how we truly aren't all that different. In Morocco, a troubled married couple are on vacation trying to work out their differences. Meanwhile, a Moroccan herder buys a rifle for his son so they can keep the jackals away from his herd. A girl in Japan dealing with rejection, the death of her mother, the emotional distance of her father, her own self-conciousness, and a disability among many other issues, deals with modern life in the enormous metropolis of Tokyo, Japan. Then, on the opposite side of the world the married couple's Mexican nanny takes the couple's 2 children with her to her son's wedding in Mexico, only to come into trouble on the return trip. Combined, it provides a powerful story and an equally...

Three stories in Morocco , Mexico and Japan . Richard ( the Brad decorated • Pitt ) and his wife Susan ( Cate Blanchett ornaments ) because of a marital crisis , went to Morocco travel, Susan suffered shooting in the station wagon , in order to heal Susan , a car American tourists had to be stranded in a small village in Morocco , and the police the incident increased terrorist attacks, launched an investigation , in fact, the truth is surprisingly simple . Richard couple stranded in Morocco, the impact to the children at home , the Mexican nanny in order to participate in his son's wedding , only to let her nephew ( Gael • Garcia decorated ) go driving with her ​​and her children , However, the transit back from Mexico , they encounter trouble , the police suspect she was kidnapped American children , things began to uncontrolled . Japan, deaf and mute girl Chieko lonely life in a silent world , the mother's suicide , she and her father 's communication increasingly difficult , due to his disability , she is also not the concern of the opposite sex , more and more rebellious character . Thus, her own way , and the world of communication .