Spain’s Official Oscar Submission: Even The Rain October 14, 2010

SPAIN’S OFFICIAL OSCAR SUBMISSION: EVEN THE RAIN (TAMBIÉN LA LLUVIA), 2010, Morena Films. Dir. Icíar Bollaín. A film crew headed by director Sebastian (Gael Garcia Bernal) and his producer Costa (Luis Tosar) arrive in Bolivia to make a revisionist film about the conquest of Latin America. Set in February and March of 2000 when real-life protests against the privatization of water rocked the nation, the film reflexively blurs the line between fiction and reality in what Variety calls "a powerful, richly layered indictment of the plight of Latin America's dispossessed." A hit at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, and Spain's official selection for the 2011 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. The short "Voltereta" by Alexis Morante will screen prior to the feature. Discussion following with actor Luis Tosar (TBC). Join us for a celebratory bash in the Egyptian courtyard after the screening!