Even the Rain (2010)

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.

Director:

Icíar Bollaín

Writer:

Paul Laverty

Stars:

Gael García Bernal, Luis Tosar, Karra Elejalde

21 wins & 16 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Luis Tosar	...	Costa
Gael García Bernal	...	Sebastián
Juan Carlos Aduviri	...	Daniel / Atuey
Karra Elejalde	...	Antón / Colón
Raúl Arévalo	...	Juan / Montesinos
Carlos Santos	...	Alberto / Las Casas
Cassandra Ciangherotti	...	María
Milena Soliz	...	Belén / Panuca
Leónidas Chiri	...	Teresa
Ezequiel Díaz	...	Bruno
Pau Cólera	...	Actor capitán
Vicente Romero	...	Actor comandante
Antonio Mora	...	Actor franciscano
Daniel Currás	...	Soldado gallego
Glenda Rodríguez	...	Asistente casting

Storyline

Spanish director Sebastián, his executive producer Costa and all his crew are in Bolivia, in the Cochabamba area, to shoot a motion picture about Christopher Columbus, his first explorations and the way the Spaniards treated the Indians at the time. Costa has chosen this place because the budget of the film is tight and here he can hire supernumeraries, local actors and extras on the cheap. Things go more or less smoothly until a conflict erupts over the privatization of the water supply. The trouble is that one of the local actors, is a leading activist in the protest movement.

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Plot Keywords:

cochabamba bolivia | director | actor | water supply | water | 

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Taglines:

Spain Conquered the New World for Gold 500 Years Later, Water is Gold Not Much Else has Changed...

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Genres:

Drama | History

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although most of her scenes were deleted, Najwa Nimri can be seen briefly in the restaurant sequence.

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Connections

Featured in History Buffs: 1492: Conquest of Paradise (2015)

User Reviews

The movie was Great!

I really enjoyed the film "Even in the Rain" because the movie had two stories going side by side. It was like a movie inside a movie, which was one thing that I really enjoyed about the movie. Overall the movie was very easy to understand. There might have been one scene that was not that clear to me but I got the general idea of it anyways so it was not really a big problem. If this was an American film the problem would have been solved in the movie, so it different from American films. To my understanding the problem was not resolved in this film. This film taught me how people in other parts of the world are living today and that people do not have the things that we take for granted all time. Also this film sort of taught us about the past which I taught was very interesting. It showed us how the British were treating the Natives. If was the director of this film I would have made it so at the end of the film everyone had water.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Facebook [Germany]

Country:

Spain Mexico France

Language:

Spanish Quechua English

Release Date:

5 January 2011 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Even the Rain

Filming Locations:

Bolivia

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$53,730, 20 February 2011

Gross USA:

$518,017

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$7,313,485

Company Credits

Production Co:

AXN, Alebrije Cine y Video, Canal+ España

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1