My Review Of "Even The Rain"

Even The Rain is a chilling foreign film about a group of film makers shooting a movie about Christopher Columbus in Bolivia. There is a lot of politics involved with Even The Rain that connects it back to Christopher Columbus through symbolism. I really enjoyed the aesthetic values of the film, especially the way the making of a film was portrayed within a film. There is a very intense sequence where the film makers are watching a finished scene of footage they shot for their Christopher Columbus film. You feel as if you are in the editing room watching the final scene of their viscous film, and then the camera pulls back to reveal them all in the theater sitting and watching. I enjoyed some of the actors in the film as well, particularly Costa and Daniel. Both actors brought a lot of depth to their performance that made them easy to identify with. Both characters showed a vast amount of courage that most of us would like to identify with as well. The film does a good job of splitting up which parts are scenes of the actual film and what scenes are parts of the Christopher Columbus movie. As I already mentioned, the film was very politically motivated. The Bolivian government are trying to put huge taxes on water, and keeping it away from the Bolivian citizens. The city breaks out into protests and riots resulting in a city wide civil war. The story of Christopher Columbus mistreating natives is symbolism for the water issues in Bolivian, towards the end of the film it switches focal points completely and is all about the political aspects. This transaction actually goes a lot more smoothly than it sounds. Over all, I really enjoyed Even The Rain and felt that it was an enlightening film. I highly recommend it.