ENEN THE RAIN film opens in Berkeley February 18, 2011

EVEN THE RAIN (Tambien La Lluvia)
Spanish Oscar submission, political drama, nominated for 13 Goya Awards (Spain's Oscar equivalent)

Engagements begin February 18, 2011
Landmark’s Shattuck Cinemas, 2230 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley (510) 464-5980

Tickets are $10.00 for general admission and $8.00 for seniors, students, and children
Showtimes: (valid Friday, February 18. 2011- Thursday. February 24, 2011)
Shows daily at 2:10pm, 4:35pm, 7:20pm, 9:55pm

Tickets will be available starting Tuesday, February 15, at: http://www.landmarktheatres.com/tickets and theatre box office.

Also opens February 18, 2011, at Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, and March 4, 2011, at Camera Cinemas in San Jose.

The Spanish conquered the New World for Gold. Now Water is Gold. Not much else has changed... EVEN THE RAIN sets up an intriguing dialogue about Spanish imperialism through incidents taking place some 500 years apart, while examining the personal belief systems of the members of a film crew headed by director Sebastian (Gael Garcia Bernal, Rudo y Cursi, Y Tu Mamá También,Motorcycle Diaries) and his producer Costa (Luis Tosar, The Limits of Control, Miami Vice) who arrive in Bolivia to make a revisionist film about the Christopher Columbus’ 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. Despite the devastation emerging around him, Sebastian seems unable to engage with any emotion other than a dogmatic desire to get his film done.

Directed by Icíar Bollaín (Take My Eyes, Mataharis), from a screenplay by Paul Laverty (The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Bread and Roses), a frequent Ken Loach collaborator, EVEN THE RAIN is Spain's official Oscar submission to the 2010 Academy Awards - Best Foreign Language Film Award. Featured at Toronto Film Festival, The Film Society of Lincoln Center's “Spanish Cinema Now,” London Film Festival, and Palm Springs International Film Festival. Nominated for 13 Goya Awards (Spain's Oscar equivalent), including Best Film, Best Direction, Best Original Screenplay, Best Lead Actor, Best New Actor, Best Supporting Actor.

"A powerful, richly layered indictment of the plight of Latin America's dispossessed." – Variety

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tambien-La-Lluvia-Even-the-Rain-Movie-USA/167316729952346

IndieWIRE’s interview with screenwriter Paul Laverty
http://www.indiewire.com/article/collonial_parallels_and_reflexivity_in_even_the_rain_an_interview_with_boll /

The film’s running time is 104 minutes; it is not rated. In Spanish; fully subtitled in English.
http://www.eventherainmovie.com