Even The Rain (Meme La Pluie)

Even The Rain is a really remarkable movies that focusing mainly about the water issue in Bolivia and this movie just released in 2011. In my point of view, I think there are three different topic that the author shows via this movie, water, filming in foreign country and corruption.

One of the most interesting scene of all is the last scene where Costa who is the film producer is inside the taxi and look outside the window then look back to the gift which is given to him as a souvenir from Daniel. At this point, Costa did not really know what he expects to see inside the box and he was surprised by seeing a bottle of "Yaku" which means water in Quechua. Not only that but in the scene, the camera films the reflection in the mirror of the taxi that has the Indian taxi driver's eyes in it.

I personally think that it is a powerful ending of this film since the characteristic of Costa has developed and changed a lot since the beginning of the movie. Costa used to be a selfish film producer who relied on  corruption and he became a really kind man at the end of the movie by risking his life to save Daniel's daughter. In some way, when he say the word "Yaku" and see the reflection in the mirror, it seems like he became a native Bolivian guy who understand how important is their community, next generation (children) and water. The processing of opening the gift shows the reflection of Costa himself who is all on his own without his crew and looking forward to help Daniel's family (Teresa and Belen) and help Sebastian finishes his film. The bottle of "Yaku" also reminds him of all the causes and the problem of water-war and what Daniel said earlier in the movie, "You don't understand, Water is LIFE". 

For the camera and shot composition in this scene, there are several uses of shot-reverse-shot and long take in the conversation of the taxi driver and Costa. The director of this film also use a close up shot with the sharp focusing in the mirror reflection and the bottle of Yaku.

I think overall, this scene is the high-light of the movie since it concludes and summarizes lots of things within the scene. It shows how people like Costa can changed, how the water-war would end and the value of "Yaku" to the Bolivian, especially native Bolivian's society.