Even the Rain
Even the Rain Spanish Tambin la lluvia is a 2010 Spanish drama film directed by Icar Bollan about Mexican director Sebastin Gael Garca Bernal and executive producer Costa Luis Tosar who travel to Bolivia to shoot a film depicting Christopher Columbuss conquest. Sebastin and Costa unexpectedly land themselves in a moral crisis when they and their crew arrive at Cochabamba, Bolivia, during the intensifying 2000 Cochabamba protests, which their key native actor Daniel Juan Carlos Aduviri persistently leads.
Mexican filmmaker Sebastin Gael Garca Bernal and his executive producer Costa Luis Tosar arrive in Cochabamba, Bolivia, accompanied by a cast and crew, prepared to create a film depicting Columbuss first voyage to the New World, the imposition of Columbus will upon the natives, and the subsequent indigenous rebellion. Cognizant of his limited budget, producer Costa elects to film in Bolivia, the poorest country in South America. There, impoverished locals are thrilled to earn just two dollars a day as extras in the film, and willingly engage in physical labor for set preparation. Costa saves many thousands of dollars by having underpaid extras perform tasks meant to be completed by experienced engineers.Sebastin casts a local man named Daniel Juan Carlos Aduviri in the role of Atuey, the Tano chief who led a rebellion against the Europeans and Daniels daughter Beln in a crucial role as well. At that time, although their first encounter with Daniel smelled like trouble to Costa, enough to oppose his casting, Sebastin is unaware that Daniel leads impassioned demonstrations against the water privatization that the Bolivian government had agreed to. Filming begins smoothly despite the alcoholism of actor Antn, Karra Elejalde cast as Coln Columbus, but when Costa observes Daniels revolutionary involvement, he grows uneasy. Daniel pretends to acquiesce to Costas insistence that he stop protesting, but heedlessly continues and sustains facial wounds in a clash with the police. At this point, Costa bribes Daniel with thousands of dollars to wait for filming to conclude before participating in the rebellion again. Daniel agrees, accepting the money, but remains active in the protests, spending Costas money to support them, eventually becoming bloodied and imprisoned. Sebastin experiences moral conflict and begins to doubt the likelihood of the films completion, but is reassured by Costa who bribes the police for Daniels temporary release in order to film a key movie scene.
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