The trailer for the Spanish submission to the Oscars Even the Rain brings up an interesting dilemma. In theory, it’s great to make films with a social conscience that inform a wider audience about historical and global injustice, but what happens when you have to bow to exploitation just to get the film made? In this film, Gael García Bernal plays a director making a film about Christopher Columbus’ imperialism who realizes he may need to turn a blind eye to modern day exploitation in order to complete the movie. Tense revolutionary violence and pensive hillside contemplation ensue.

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Gael García Bernal Gets a Conscience in the Even the Rain Trailer