{"id":8971,"date":"2013-06-26T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/?p=8971"},"modified":"2013-06-12T17:15:58","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T16:15:58","slug":"film-screening-cine-tambien-la-lluvia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/film-screening-cine-tambien-la-lluvia\/","title":{"rendered":"Film screening | Cine: Tambi\u00e9n la lluvia"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"tambien_la_lluvia\"<\/a>Today we start a new film series: Feminine Space<\/a> and the opening film is Tambi\u00e9n la lluvia<\/em><\/a> by renowned director Ic\u00edar Bolla\u00edn. We highly recommend you to enjoy this thought-provoking film today at 6pm in Caf\u00e9 Literario.<\/p>\n

Obsessive idealist Sebastian has sworn to direct a film about one of the world’s most iconic figures, Christopher Columbus. But not for him the lie of a genius hero on a divine mission to win “souls for Christ”. Sebastian is determined to overturn the myth of the arrival of Western Civilization in the Americas as a force for good.<\/p>\n

His film will show what Columbus set in motion: the obsession with gold, the taking of slaves, and the terrible violence visited on those Indians who fought back. The brilliant actor playing Columbus constantly challenges the director, accusing him of hypocrisy and cheap manipulation.<\/p>\n

Costa, Sebastian’s friend and producer doesn’t give a damn. All that matters is that the film comes in on time and within budget. Costa has a crazy plan. Despite Sebastian’s fury, they will shoot in Bolivia, the cheapest, most “Indian” of \u00a0Latin American countries. While the shoot progresses in and around the city of \u00a0Cochabamba, civil and political unrest simmer, as the entire water supply of the city is privatized and sold to a British\/American multinational.<\/p>\n

Violence increases daily until the entire city explodes in the now infamous Bolivian Water War – a war which actually took place in April 2000. 500 years after Columbus, sticks and stones once again confront the high-tech weaponry of a modern army. David against Goliath. Only this time the fight is not over gold, but the simplest of lifegiving elements – water.
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