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- Directed by Iciar Bollain
- Written by Paul Laverty
- Starring Cassandra Ciangherotti, Gael GarcÃa Bernal, Karra Elejalde, Luis Tosar, Raúl Arévalo
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A Spanish film crew helmed by idealistic director Sebastian (Gael García 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. Carlos Aduviri is dynamic as Daniel, a local cast as a 16th century native in the film within a film. When the make-up and loin cloth come off, Daniel sails into action protesting his community's deprivation of water at the hands of multi-national corporations. When riots break out in Cochabamba, protesting excessive fees for water, production is interrupted and the convictions of the crew members are challenged. Sebastian and Costa are forced to make an unexpected emotional journey in opposite directions.
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Won: Fiction Film, 2011 Berlin International Film Festival; Bridging the Borders Award, Palm Springs International Film Festival; Best Supporting Actor (Bernal), Best Director, Best Film, 2011 Premios ACE
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Telling an old story in a new way and infusing what might have been a dry political polemic with poetry, passion and unlikely warmth.
-- Ann Hornaday, WASHINGTON POST
- More on Even The Rain:
- Official film Web site
- Profile of director Iciar Bollain
Genres: Drama