Reviews of Even The Rain 2011
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Impressive film filming circumstances of filming a film. In other words, a movie about the riots in Bolivia regarding water privatization, during which Mexican (my guess) filmmakers were making their own film about Christopher Columbus from the natives' point of the view.
Gorgeous scenery, brilliant actors and even greater story, about relativity of values, looking through the eyes of both sides, of people depending on things the other people take for granted.
This movie carries important message, both on political…
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This movie was a pretty accurate portrayal of how the film industry thinks whatever it's doing is the most important thing in the world. Well, this is true for humans in general, whatever we are involved in seems like life or death and even being in the thick of a juxtaposition of disparity, it's hard to see clearly. I loved the actor that played Gael Garcia Bernal's producer. I loved the scene where the women extras refuse to participate in…
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I had to watch this for Spanish 232, but I enjoyed this film a lot. The film-within-a-film worked well here, and Juan Carlos Aduviri killed it as Daniel. It made me hate the movie industry for a little, even though I fucking love movies.
This is a film I will probably watch again down the road (got to get fluent in this bitch), and I hope I still enjoy it.
Daniel's gift to Costa at the end is beautiful, a great way to drive home the theme.
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Even the Rain is that type of film that wins you over from its very start based in the strengths and novelty of its main concept alone. The script is quite successful layering many characters, dialogues and situations in ways that create brutal contrasts, and effective moments that seem to blur the lines between reality and fiction. The film also benefits from a very well defined sense of place, beautiful cinematography and performances that manage to eclipse the more uneven, preachy sequences. Highly recommended.
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Emotionally engaging at best; emotionally explicit at worst. Par
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The marriage between a Christopher Columbus story and the Bolivian "Water Wars" is a haphazardly arranged marriage destined for divorce. It also seems like another self indulgent, lame excuse to make a film about making films. The connection between the 2 stories is crude, as is the character development. It doesn't work. They should have written a story that fits rather than tried to hammer a heart shaped box through an anus shaped hole. The ending is also hinged on a scene that doesn't make sense.
Some good acting and a reasonably interesting "People Power" story, but not that interesting.
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Worth seeing. A well done movie about a group of film makers who travel to Bolivia to make a film about Christopher Columbus. It's easy to forget that Europeans came in and took the Americas from native people, but this movie reminds us of exactly that and shows that it's still happening.. even with the rain.
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Christopher Columbus meets water privatisation riots in Bolivia. But really, really good. Even the film within the film looks excellent.
The sequel to Quantum of Solace. Which I liked, despite the incompetent action scenes. Gold is the past, oil the present, water the future.
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Esta pelicula la escogí pensando en ver a Luis Tosar derretirme con su potente voz, sin embargo obtuve una grata sorpresa al encontrar un buen manejo de dos historias: la realización de una pelicula y el impacto de los movimientos sociales en la realización de la misma. Una crítica a los acontecimientos en Bolvia tras la privatización del agua, cuando era ilegal recolectar el liquido en cualquier manera posible. Buenas actuaciones, trama interesante y cargada de ironías y por supuesto: Luis Tosar.
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También la lluvia es una poderosa crítica sobre el imperialismo aún existente desde hacía más de 500 años con la llegada de los colonizadores y la eterna lucha por la erradicación de la opresión a las masas más desfavorecidas de la sociedad.
Aunque es relativamente corta [una hora y 35 minutos], También la lluvia tiende a pesar un poco por la imposición de la realidad que intenta mostrar con el paralelismo de la realización de una película sobre Colón que…
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A producer and director struggle to find the balance between authenticity and budget allowance as they embark upon filming a controversial adaptation of Christopher Columbus' story of discovering the Americas and the effects on the indigenous population as they shoot on location in Bolivia. One such production problem is that the film's lead extra is involved in leading a political protest against foreign control over Bolivia's water supply. Thus erupts the struggles of oppression and life imitates art as a…
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Solid film about a film crew while making a film in Bolivia there star gets involved and leads the people of Bolivia against the people who plan to privatise water in the Country.
This is well directed and acted and also again another well written film by Paul Laverty ( Angel's Share , Looking for Eric) or to me Ken Loach's right hand man.