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7/16/2018

Even the Rain (2010)

A movie crew goes on location to impoverished Bolivia to shoot a film, enlisting locals as extras and set workers. While there, the "Cochabamba Water War" is gearing up -- a true-life response by the population to the attempts to privatize the municipal water supply. The local cast in a key role as the leader of the rebellion against Columbus is, ironically, also at the forefront of the real-life uprising, which jeopardizes the film.

This is just a "wow" of a story. One of those rare films that really made me question how I'd respond in the same situation.

B+

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