Even The Rain
Went to The Landmark to watch Even the Rain last night. As we bought our tickets the cashier asked us how we found out about the movie, as "it's had, like no press". It only came out on Thursday so I hope this amazing movie does get the acclaim it deserves. Here's a blurb I stole about it:
Even the Rain (Spanish: También la lluvia) is a 2010 Spanish drama film directed by Icíar Bollaín about Filmmaker Sebastian (Gael Garcia Bernal) who travels to Bolivia to shoot a film about the Spanish conquest of America. He and his crew arrive during the tense time of the Cochabamba water crisis, 2000 Cochabamba protests. The lines between past and present, fiction and film, become increasingly blurred in Iciar Bollain's latest feature.
Go and see this film. It's moving - I wept about five times - clever, completely unique, beautifully shot, politically relevant and incredibly interesting, particularly in its sharp comment about the hypocrisy and self-obsession of the movie industry and its place in society. This is the kind of movie I can imagine lies in people's drawers in Hollywood for years and never get read because it's far too uncomfortable, and besides, they have this great script in development about an invincible tank that goes back in time to the era of the dinosaurs... Anyway, Even The Rain. Check it out.
Even the Rain (Spanish: También la lluvia) is a 2010 Spanish drama film directed by Icíar Bollaín about Filmmaker Sebastian (Gael Garcia Bernal) who travels to Bolivia to shoot a film about the Spanish conquest of America. He and his crew arrive during the tense time of the Cochabamba water crisis, 2000 Cochabamba protests. The lines between past and present, fiction and film, become increasingly blurred in Iciar Bollain's latest feature.
Go and see this film. It's moving - I wept about five times - clever, completely unique, beautifully shot, politically relevant and incredibly interesting, particularly in its sharp comment about the hypocrisy and self-obsession of the movie industry and its place in society. This is the kind of movie I can imagine lies in people's drawers in Hollywood for years and never get read because it's far too uncomfortable, and besides, they have this great script in development about an invincible tank that goes back in time to the era of the dinosaurs... Anyway, Even The Rain. Check it out.
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