Événement

Even the Rain

An idealistic young director (Gael Garcia Bernal) sets out to expose Columbus as a conquering imperialist, who exploited and destroyed indigenous cultures as he pursued his fortune. His producer (Luis Tosar), seemingly oblivious to the irony, moves production of the period piece to Bolivia to take advantage of the lower cost of labor there. When they arrive, they encounter a population caught up in the throes of civic upheaval as the government tries to privatize the water supply.

Based on the Cochabamba Water Crisis of 2000, veteran director Icíar Bollaín's powerful and layered film lays bare the hypocrisies of a post-colonial world where injustices to the dispossessed continue unchecked. Beautifully executed period details contrasted with the raw energy of the current crisis blur the lines between fiction, reality, past and present. PSIFF

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