Kahle njengoba ngasho ngaleso sikhathi, U-Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu wayesevele elungiselela ifilimu yakhe entsha kodwa ngaphandle kombhali wesikrini (nomngane) owayemphelezele kwaze kwaba Babel. Ngenxa yezingxoxo ezahlukahlukene, i-Iñárritu kanye UGuillermo Arriaga sebeyekile ukusebenza ndawonye kanti eyokuqala yayisivele yaziwa URodrigo Prieto (umqondisi wezithombe zawo wonke amafilimu akhe) ukuthi wayelungiselela umsebenzi owawungeke ube umdlalo wamahlaya futhi ungabi se-United States, noma eMexico, futhi wawungeke udutshulwe ngesiNgisi.
Uthe futhi usuqedile, manje sekuyaziwa ukuthi ulungiselela ifilimu entsha ezodutshulwa cishe ngokuphelele e-Barcelona, esendaweni yaseRaval, okusho ukuthi izodutshulwa ngeSpanishi, ngicabanga. Okungaziwa okwamanje wukuthi izoba nabalingisi bezizwe ezahlukene noma izobe ingeyeSpanishi ngokuphelele. Yebo, igama lika Javier Bardem cishe kuyiqiniso komunye wabalingisi abamaphakathi bale filimu, esizoba nezindaba eziningana eziphambanayo, uphawu lokuhweba lwendlu.
