Tambien La Lluvia

Tambien la Lluvia is a really interesting movie that unravels some of the darkest historic moments from the discovery of America to, the Cochabamba Water War. This film also makes us understand that slavery still exist in our modern world, the only difference is that it is covered by a wall that I like to call “lack of knowledge”. People with power always try to exploit weaker people, at the end, the powerful people understand that the lack of power come unnoticed when the weak combine forces.

Sebastian and Costa are headed to Bolivia to film a movie were they will show to the world what kind of person was really Christobal Colombus. Costa chose Bolivia, because it is a developing country. Meaning that he can pay the workers basically

nothing. Costa starts as a greedy protagonist that only cares about money. But at the end, starts to show his human side. While Sebastian and Costar are filming the movie, their most important actor, Daniel starts to fight for his rights. He starts riots and gets in trouble with the government. The problem is that Sebastian starts filming a movie at the wrong time at the wrong place, because the Cochabamba water war is at its boiling point.

Its impressive how this movie can show two historic events that are 500 years apart (The discovery of America and Cochabamba Water War). They first start by explaining accurately Christobal Columbas’s true behavior to the Indians of America, and through the film they show his cruelty by showing how he ordered his men to cut the hands of the Indians who wouldn’t bring him enough gold to pay him taxes. They also talk about the letter that Columbus’ wrote to his kings, were he would exaggerate about the Indians and the primary resources he discovered ithere, primary gold. They also highlight two main characters from the discovery of America; that started to defend the Indians, Bartolome de las Casas and Antonio Montesinos. They show how during churches Montesinos would preach agains the enslavement and harsh treatment of the indigeneous people. Montecinos’ preaching led to Bartolome de las Casas’ conversion and his entering the Dominican Order.

The most interesting parts is when the Cochabamba Water War starts to get momentum.

They show a scene were the government shuts down the water system that Daniel and all the affected bought, all these was because the government raised the price of the water; to a level that almost no one could pay for these services. Time after that scene Sebastian and Costa talk to the governor of Cochabamba, and they tell him that he has raised to high the water for the people of Bolivia. The governor basically shuts them down by telling them, “I have heard that you pay your extras 2 dollars a day”. This is one of the main parts when me as a viewer understood that Sebastian and costa were basically doing slavery, but just by paying them 2 dollars they could get away with it. Daniel still in riots against the government and that is affecting the filming of the movie, so Costa offers him 10,000 dollars if he stops goings to the riots. A day later they find out his in prison, so they get him out, and finish the scenes were Daniel takes part. Days after that they understand that this riots are getting out of hand. They have decided to live Bolivia in search of a need place to finish the movie. Costa doesn’t leave, instead he helps Daniel’s daughter that was badly injured. As Costa is about to leave Daniel gives him a really valuable gift to Costa, and its small glass bottle full of yaku.

In conclusion the movie does a really good job interpreting that not everything we know is true,

and that not everything we do is correct. What made their points clearer is the angles the story is told. First is told from the eyes of the movie producers and in the middle is seen through the eyes of the victims. This shows us the two sides of the coin, and that’s when you understand that people are motivated by their selfish desires, and that they act before really thinking in the damage they will do to others.