Dir: Iciar Bollain, Spain/Mexico/France, 2011, 103 mins, Cert: CLUB
Scriptwriter Paul Laverty uses this as the backdrop for Even The Rain, which seeks to stress that the abuse ofthe indigenous population stretches right back to the moment when Christopher Columbus set foot on Bolivian shores with a view to exploiting the Indians for gold, no matter what the cost. To do this, Laverty uses a 'film within a film' device, showing a foreign movie crew arriving in the city to make a historical film with idealistic director Sebastian determined to show the destruction Columbus wrought but his producer Costa more concerned with the bottom line and getting in and out of the place with minimal problems. The film's heart is certainly in the right place, but its narrative is more of a scattergun affair. A splendid film about a movie crew blindsided by the real world. Amber Wilkenson, Eye for Film. Winner - Audience Award, Berlin Film Festival 2011.
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