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The French documentary “Babies,” directed and filmed mostly by Thomas Balmes, occupies a niche somewhere between “awww!” and ethnology — a niche filled with delight and visual beauty. The movie follows four babies from birth to about 18 months, when they’re all able to stand and walk. Sort of. ==I — RP==

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