Even the Rain

Directed by Icíar Bollaín

Returning to our screens following two sold-out ¡Viva! Festival previews, this multi-layered film from award-winning Spanish actress and director Icíar Bollaín (Take My Eyes) explores contemporary political and environmental debates alongside poignant historical concerns.

Sebastián (Gael García Bernal) is an idealistic film director hoping to realise a complex historical film about the Caribbean Indians driven to rebellion by the cruelty of the conquistadors. Despite budget problems, things go well until life begins to imitate art a little too closely, and the crew become embroiled in a bitter local conflict over water privatisation, the real-life Cochabamba Water Wars from the year 2000.

Duration:
103 minutes

Languages:
Spanish

Subtitles:
Full English

Country of origin:
France, Mexico and Spain

Year of production:
2010