Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Red-125 The Spanish-language film También la lluvia was shown in the United States as Even the Rain (2010). It was directed by Icíar Bollaín. Even the Rain is a movie within a movie. A film crew arrives in Cochabamba, Bolivia to shot a movie about colonial priests who defied both royal and church authority to demand human rights for the indigenous people of Bolivia. Luis Tosar plays Costa, the producer, and Gael García Bernal portrays Sebastián, the director. They bring with them a cast of Mexican actors, but they need a local lead. The man they find is Juan Carlos Aduviri, who portrays Daniel, an indigenous leader. He's an indigenous leader in the movie, but, he actually is an indigenous leader in his present life.Costa is exploiting the local inhabitants whom he uses as extras. However, this is nothing compared to the exploitation of the people by the IMF and the Bolivian government. Water has been privatized, and the company is charging the people exorbitant rates. (The movie title comes from a speech by Daniel, who reminds the people that they aren't even allowed to collect rainwater. This is prohibited by the government, so the people have to buy the water from the private company.)The crew is only a few weeks away from completing the film, when the Cochabamba water wars break out. Daniel-who has a key part in the film-leaves to take up the fight against foreign exploitation. The film is stalled without him, and Costa and Sebastián are caught in a moral dilemma.Both Tosar and Bernal are excellent actors, but the movie belongs to Aduviri. His work in this film is outstanding. It's worth seeing the movie just to see him at work.Actually, it's worth seeing the movie for several reasons. It highlights an almost forgotten period in Bolivian history, and it reminds us that terrible colonial exploitation still exists today. We saw the movie on the small screen. It would be better in a theater, but it's worth seeing in any format. Even the Rain has a strong IMDb rating of 7.5. Many people has seen it and liked it. If you haven't seen it, now's the time.

magonzalez-15762 I did not expect this film to be the way that it is. I expected the film to be about only water and potentially a water crisis. I never expected that Christopher Columbus would be involved. I did enjoy the fact that they placed in parallels between the film about Christopher Columbus and the Bolivian Water Crisis. Overall, I really enjoyed the film. I found it strange that there was no clear "bad guy" in the movie. In most American films, there is a good guy and a bad guy. Mostly the good guy wins. In this film, everyone seemed to be both good and bad. The native people were fighting for their water, but they also attacked people before they were attacked. The water company that was coming in was helping the people to get water, but it also charged a great deal of money to the people. The government had to outsource the water, making the people angry, but if the government hadn't done so, the people would have no water at all. Also, just like Christopher Columbus came into America and exerted his power over the natives, so do others. The water company from America and Britain comes in and places a large price on all of the water, making it almost impossible to buy. Also, the production team working on the movie comes in and imposes themselves on the people. They pay them only two dollars a day while the rest of the crew lives in a highly expensive hotel. In the beginning of the film, it seemed like Costa cared more about the film and about the money then Sebastian, who seemed to care about the people more. But as the film continues, Sebastian becomes more focused on the film. And Costa risks his life to save Belen, a girl who was an extra on the set.

thomaspfanne Makes people understand Indian culture, how capitalism works, shows art and real life, what politics is about. There is much here to savor, including scenes reminiscent of the best of Werner Herzog and Costa-Gavras, Dennis Hopper's The Last Movie, and Jorge Sanjines' Yawar Maliku (Blood of the Condor). Three beautiful male actors fight for hearts and minds. Gael Garcia Bernal gets a run for his money from his co-stars, especially newcomer Aduviri as the pint-sized water activist. There is a late scene where Costa tries to get Sebastian over a depression that's left him temporarily bedridden. No, they don't go there, but one can fantasize – it's the ultimate reason we keep going to the movies.

jsueweiss This movie is not based in history at all cause Colombus never was in Bolivia...not even close! Also natives were not victims, they practiced human sacrifices, including children and women. Well making heroes of natives is news that sell...Gael Garcia has strong Mexican accent and practices the method as in Motorcycle...your mom also...Babel, etc. As privatization of water: crown corporatiowns are not only ineficient bot also uncapanle of water treatment, besides Bolivia is under socialist rule, so the whole movie is based in aberrations; the film is native dogmatic, that is leads to idol a culture that is no different of others; massive extraction and treatment of water reqeuires a huge invesment, Also the move has tons of gofs and bad setdressing.