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      Even the Rain

      2010, Drama, 1h 44m

      64 Reviews 5,000+ Ratings

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      Bolivian film extras launch a protest against the privatization of their water supply, which parallels the Spanish conquest and exploitation of the New World.

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      • Sep 15, 2012

        I don't think I have a lot to say about the movie really, it's quite self-explanatory but it is a very good film. I think it manages to tell an effective story with emotional depth without being overtly preachy. I actually thought the movie was definitely going to be preachier than it ended up being. Of course, and this is apparent as you watch the movie, is that the movie's characters talk about the injustices the Bolivians face when they're paid $2 per day for the work they do and how they're expected to pay for the water that is, in turn, going to be increased about 300%. You wonder *how* much exactly did the extras in the movie actually get paid. I hope they got more than a decent pay-off because then the movie is simply just doing the same thing that the film's message is so strongly against. Still that doesn't mean it isn't a very good movie with some strong performance, particularly from Luis Tosar who does a great job at transforming his character throughout the film. The rest of the cast is also very good. The movie also does a great job at, near the end, just making everything look like complete chaos. As this is based, at least the protests against the privatization of water, they had a lot of real footage from the riots, and it's definitely powerful stuff. Overall a very good movie, with maybe some hints of hypocrisy, but still a movie that's worth watching.

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      • May 27, 2012

        Film-making of the highest quality, with a complex dual narrative, realistically written characters and superb acting.

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      • May 12, 2012

        On location for a film shoot in Bolivia, Sebastian(Gael Garcia Bernal), the director, arranges for an open call which brings out a very long line of applicants which ends up driving his producer Costa(Luis Tosar) to chocolate. At first, Sebastian agrees to compromise before going ahead and seeing everybody, anyway. Of particular interest is Daniel(Juan Carlos Aduviri) and his daughter Belen(Milena Soliz) which still does not make Costa happy until he sees a screen test of Daniel in full makeup. That's not the only local point of interest, as Maria(Cassandra Ciangherotti), a videographer assigned to the production, stumbles across some of the locals fighting for water rights. Written by Paul Laverty and dedicated to the memory of Howard Zinn, "Even the Rain" is a superb movie that has done a powerful job of linking Columbus' voyages to America, as seen through the eyes of Montesinos(Raul Arevalo), a Spanish monk who was sympathetic to the natives, to the recent Water Wars of Bolivia, showing the continuation of the exploitation in Year 508, as Noam Chomsky would put it, with the novel device of using a film production as background. Yes, Daniel does not need to say there are more important things than making a film but it is a worthy sentiment nonetheless. The movie also works on a personal level, detailing the loneliness of the long distance actor, via Anton's(Karra Elejalde) drinking, as one cannot be in one place for very long without being affected somehow. And I know Gael Garcia Bernal is supposed to be the star here but it is Luis Tosar who steals the show with his observational gaze.

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      • Mar 28, 2012

        Dedicated to Howard Zinn, the famous New Left historian, Even the Rain looks at imperialism from the perspective of the exploited. It is an interesting effort, but one that feels incredibly heavy-handed & propagandistic. I appreciate that the film has good intentions, but the dialogue is so on the nose and the director has such a ferocious hatred for subtlety, that it makes me resistant to the whole endeavor. Not even Gael Garcia Bernal's dashing looks can distract me from the film's hagiographical take on peasant uprisings. If you are really swept up in the 99% movement, then this film is meant to arouse you. However, if you like films that make you think as opposed to ones that drown you in ideology, then this film will offer you little more than one cool homage to Fellini's La Dolce Vita.

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