Fresh
Bollain and Laverty offer a cutting, self-critical analysis of their medium while finding an honest and effective perspective on history...
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Even the Rain
Many want to change the world... Few want to change themselves
2011 · 1h 43m · UNRATED
Drama, History
Directed by
Icíar Bollaín
Overview
As a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A film within a film within a film, Even the Rain holds up a hall of mirrors to the Third World and invites us to look in.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Fresh
The most outstanding performance comes from Aduviri, an indigenous Aymara from Bolivia, who was nominated for the Best Newcomer award at Spain's Oscars, the Goyas.
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star
Fresh
Director Iciar Bollain remains such an extraordinary director of actors that in every scene some surprising nuance counters the literalism of the script.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Despite the whiff of a Hollywood ending, "Even the Rain" is a refreshing import.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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