As the film opens, a cast and crew have arrived on location in the mountains of bolivia, far from the caribbean shores first founded by columbus. As a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about christopher columbus in. It is a political and sociological film, making its points by drawing a. It tells the story of a director who is trying to shoot his picture about columbus and the spanish colonization of the new world even while one of his featured actors is leading the local protests against water privatization. A movie within a movie, even the rain draws parallels between the european.
Even the rain 2010 tvma 1h 42m dramas while making a film about the incursion of christopher columbus in the new world, a director finds the bolivian locals protesting modern exploitation. Most films about the indigenous people of the americas are either costume dramas set in a clearly historic past the mission, dances with wolves or they are modern pieces about the realities of indigenous life today smoke signals, frozen river. Sebastian and costa unexpectedly land themselves in a moral crisis when they and their crew arrive at cochabamba. The movie also does a great job at, near the end, just making everything look like complete chaos. As we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the first friars going to the new world in 2011, this film is a strong reminder of the powerful preaching of antonio montestinos and the relevance of it even today. Even the rain sets up an intriguing dialogue about spanish imperialism through incidents taking place some 500 years apart, while examining the personal belief systems of the members of a film crew headed by director sebastian gael garcia bernal and his producer costa luis tosar who arrive in bolivia to make a revisionist film about the even the rain sets. Even the rain deftly combines these two cinematic genres to create some of the.
Even the rain 2010 tvma 1h 42m dramas while making a film about the incursion of christopher columbus in the new world, a director finds the. With mike vogel, erin chambers, taryn manning, marilyn mcintyre. Additionally, the film was nominated as spains entry for the 2011 academy award for best foreign language film. Financial analysis of even the rain 2011 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Heavens rain is the true story of the douglass family, whose lives were irrevocably changed one evening 30 years ago. Film education is not responsible for the content of external sites 5 after watching the film between reality and fiction even the rain mixes reality and fiction, and features a film withina film. Even the rain 2010 complete movie the royal movie theater. I encourage everyone in search of a great movie to go see even the rain. Even the rain is a spirited film that details the haves and havenots of bolivia, through the eyes of outsiders. It dramatizes a group of filmmakers caught up in a bolivian protest over water privatization in 2000, while trying to film a movie about christopher columbus and spains subjugation of the native people. Iciar bollain at edinburgh spanish film festival, with.
Spain conquered the new world for gold 500 years later, water is gold not much else has changed focuses on sebastian and costa, obsessive filmmakers who, in their quest to uncover the myth of christopher columbus and resistance to colonial power by indian rebel hatuey, ultimately end up embroiled. They can also be used for manual labor, and costa is happy to use them to haul a giant crucifix into position, saving. As a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about christopher columbus in cochabamba, bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply. While making a film about the incursion of christopher columbus in the new world, a director finds the bolivian locals protesting modern exploitation.
Inspired by the reallife water wars in bolivia in the year 2000, even the rain explores the lasting effects of spanish imperialism, still resonating some 500 years later in the continued struggle. The director has focused on the topic of the discovery of america, told from a perspective that perhaps challenges familiar. As the film opens, a cast and crew have arrived on location in the mountains of bolivia, far from the caribbean shores first founded by. Inspired by the reallife water wars in bolivia in the year 2000, even the rain explores. The son, after becoming an oklahoma state senator and authoring groundbreaking victims rights legislation, is forced to move forward from his past. They can also be used for manual labor, and costa is happy to use them to haul a giant crucifix into position. The film takes us from the fiction of a period film to the reality of a film set in a small bolivian city. Even the rain is a spanishlanguage movie within a movie set against the cochabamba water wars of bolivia in 2000. Obsessive idealist sebastian has sworn to direct a film about one of the worlds most iconic figures, christopher columbus. Click on the link to watch even the rain full movie online free spanish director sebastian, his producer and all his crew are in bolivia, in the cochabamba area, to shoot a motion picture about. Even the rain 2011 bolivian film extras launch a protest against the privatization of their water supply, which parallels the spanish conquest and exploitation of the new world. Even the rain 2011 cast and crew bolivian film extras launch a protest against the privatization of their water supply, which parallels the spanish conquest and exploitation of the new world. At a time when the poor of the world seem to be rising up, i found myself deeply moved and completely enthralled by this film. Director iciar bollain on her new film, even the rain.
A movie within a movie, even the rain draws parallels between the european colonialism of antiquity and more modern forms of exploiting indigenous populations. A spanish film crew helmed by idealistic director sebastian gael garcia bernal and his cynical producer costa luis tosar come to bolivia to make a revisionist epic about the conquest of latin america on the cheap. And from that reality to another which is deeper and more dramatic, that faced by people with practically no rights, prohibited by law from collecting even the rain. You can understand a complete description of even the rain below original title. Until even the rain succumbs to sentiment as the fictional filmmakers wrestle with crises of conscience that feel forced and schematic, the film. In the end, even the rain proves to be an intensely moving examination of the possibility of redemption that endures both on and off the screen. A spanish film crew goes to bolivia to shoot a revisionist historical drama exposing the.
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