From the visionary director of La La Land, Damien Chazelle, comes a wild, epic tale of ambition and excess in 1920s Hollywood. "Babylon" plunges into the dizzying transition from silent films to talkies, following a sprawling cast of dreamers and degenerates as they chase fame and fortune. At the center is aspiring actor Margot Robbie as the explosive starlet Nellie LaRoy, and fading silent film icon Jack Conrad, played by Brad Pitt, whose reign is threatened by the changing times. Their orbits collide with a young Mexican immigrant, Manny Torres (Diego Calva), desperate to belong in this world, and a host of other characters including a talented Black jazz trumpeter (Jovan Adepo) and a sharp-witted gossip columnist (Jean Smart). As the industry convulses with technological revolution, their lives intertwine in a bacchanalian frenzy of decadence, artistic passion, and brutal survival, painting a sprawling, R-rated portrait of a golden age built on chaos.
