From the outer reaches of Mongolia to Tokyo's wealthy urban jungle. From the leafy hyper parented neighborhoods of California, to a seemingly neurosis-free hut in Africa.
"The idea was really like to be there, all over the world in four different places at the different stages where these four babies would be encountering first experiences with the five senses," Director Thomas Balmes said.
The film follows four relatively well to do babies. Mari, who lives in a tiny apartment in Japan. Hatty, a child of professors in San Francisco. Ponio, from Namibia, and Biar, from Mongolia.
"They don't have anything and are very happy and very wealthy according to the Himba culture," Balmes said.
He says urban kids sometimes seem in contrast to have more than they need.
"From dance lesson from a piano lesson to a tennis lesson, reading books to them since they were born --- we can relax, see them by themselves, get bored sometimes, it's good to get bored from a baby," Balmes said.