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Thanks for the info. I wonder how IMDB can get things like this wrong. But I remember they made mistakes about the cast of a film before (e.g. the Matrix sequels).
Babel did do well in Cannes and is one of the top two festival favourites to win, the other being Volver.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5012976.stm
As for Provoked, from what we hear Ash's acting was better than usual, but the script and direction was poor. But they shouldn't expect much from this since the film's director (Jag Mundhra) mainly made soft-porn films prior to working on this. A big let down for the UK films.