The film follows a Spanish film crew, led by the idealistic director Sebastián ( Gael García Bernal ) and the pragmatic producer Costa (Luis Tosar), who travel to , to shoot a revisionist drama about Christopher Columbus.
También la lluvia ( Even the Rain ), directed by Icíar Bollaín and written by Paul Laverty, is a powerful, meta-dramatic exploration of exploitation that masterfully bridges the gap between historical colonialism and modern-day corporate greed. TambiГ©n la lluvia
The filmmakers choose Bolivia for its "cheap labor," mirroring the very exploitation they are condemning in their film. The film follows a Spanish film crew, led
The emotional core of the movie is the unexpected shift in Costa, the penny-pinching producer, who eventually risks his life for his lead indigenous actor, Daniel, while the "humanist" director Sebastián reveals himself to be hollow when real danger strikes. Even the Rain (2010) The emotional core of the movie is the
The narrative seamlessly weaves between Columbus's arrival and the modern riot, suggesting that while the "commodity" has changed from gold to water, the power dynamics remain the same.
While they attempt to depict the 16th-century indigenous resistance to Spanish gold-seekers, they are swept up in the real-world 2000 Cochabamba Water War . This conflict erupted when a multinational consortium privatized the local water supply, making it illegal for citizens to even collect rainwater—hence the title.