The film follows a Spanish film crew, led by the idealistic director Sebastián ( Gael García Bernal ) and the pragmatic producer Costa (Luis Tosar), who travel to , to shoot a revisionist drama about Christopher Columbus.
While they attempt to depict the 16th-century indigenous resistance to Spanish gold-seekers, they are swept up in the real-world 2000 Cochabamba Water War . This conflict erupted when a multinational consortium privatized the local water supply, making it illegal for citizens to even collect rainwater—hence the title. TambiГ©n la lluvia
También la lluvia ( Even the Rain ), directed by Icíar Bollaín and written by Paul Laverty, is a powerful, meta-dramatic exploration of exploitation that masterfully bridges the gap between historical colonialism and modern-day corporate greed. The film follows a Spanish film crew, led