Review of Even the Rain (2011) by Manuel V — 02 Apr 2011
This is brilliant filmmaking. However I fear that no one will see it, given how quickly it disappeared from the theaters. This film had a startling ability to make me confront my own racism and bourgeois values--which can be seen as legacies of colonialism.
How the movie switches back and forth between the movie being filmed in Bolivia about the Spanish conquest of South America and the needs of the film crew during the contemporary national water crisis in Bolivia provides many uncanny parallels which show how little has changed.
Finally, those of us educated to revere Columbus need to watch the barbaric violence committed against the indigenous population. Wow! What a movie!
This review of Even the Rain (2011) was written by Manuel V on 02 Apr 2011.
Even the Rain has generally received very positive reviews.
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