Even The Rain (Tambien La Lluvia)

[Machine Translation] The latest film starring popular Latin actor Gael Garcia Bernal! A shocking film based on the truth! What is the truth behind the "Water War" that broke out in Bolivia over the water supply project? Directed by Isial Bojain, who has appeared in "El Sur" and other films as an actress. The screenplay is by Paul Laverty, whose works include Ken Loach's "The Wind That Shakes the Ears of Wheat," which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. --The director Sebastian (Gael Garcia Bernal), producer Costa (Luis Tossal), and their crew go to Cochabamba, Bolivia, to shoot a film about Columbus, the discoverer of the new continent. However, a Western company has monopolized the water supply business in Cochabamba and has drastically raised the water rates, and the residents are suffering. The crew spots an indigenous man, Daniel, among the extras who applied to be in the film, and he joins a protest between takes, which worries Sebastian, who is concerned about the money from investors. Eventually, the protests that take place in front of their eyes overlap with the colonial rule of the new continent that the film deals with...

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人気ラテン俳優、ガエル・ガルシア・ベルナル主演最新作! 事実に基づく衝撃作! ボリビアで勃発した水道事業を巡る攻防「水戦争」の"真実"とは!? 監督は「エル・スール」などに出演し女優としても活躍するイシアル・ボジャイン。脚本は、カンヌ映画祭パルム・ドール作品「麦の穂をゆらす風」を含むケン・ローチ作品を手掛けるポール・ラヴァーティ。――新大陸を発見したコロンブスの映画を撮影するためにボリビアのコチャバンバへ赴いた監督のセバスティアン(ガエル・ガルシア・ベルナル)やプロデューサーのコスタ(ルイス・トサル)らの一行。しかし現地では欧米企業が水道事業を独占し水道料金を大幅に値上げしており、住人が苦しんでいる最中であった。エキストラ応募者たちの中からスタッフが目をつけた先住民族のダニエルは撮影の合間に抗議活動に参加し、投資家たちからの資金を気にするセバスティアンは頭を悩ませる。やがて彼らの目の前で起こる抗議行動は、作品内で扱う新大陸の植民地支配とオーバーラップしていく・・・。