Rain (Lluvia), the Mexican drama and feature directorial debut of director Rodrigo García Saiz will make its North American Premiere in the Jordan Ressler First Feature Award competition at the 41st edition of Miami Film Festival, taking place April 5—14, 2024
The film is described as an unexpected portrait of Mexico City told through six stories of distinctive characters navigating the city.
Featured in the film are some of Mexico’s most revered actors including Bruno Bichir (Sicario: Day of the Soldado), Arcelia Ramírez (La Civil), Axel Shuarma, Mauricio Isaac, Martha Claudia Moreno, Mayuko Nihei, Esteban Caicedo, Morganna Love, Kristyan Ferrer, Hoze Meléndez, Karina Gidi, Tiaré Scanda, Vitter Leija, Dolores Heredia, and Cecilia Suárez (Overboard).
Rain made its world premiere at the Morelia Film Festival and its international premiere at the Malaga Film Festival.
Written by Paula Markovitch (Duck Season, The Box), Rain is composed of six interwoven stories that take place over a period of less than 24 hours, with each story exploring the human condition against the backdrop of intermittent rain.
The subjects of these distinctive narratives face a random incident that brings about a moment of disruption, absurdity, brightness, and strangeness, ultimately revealing their true selves: a woman suffering from clinical depression is assaulted by a man who was her former student; a taxi driver wonders if his wife is having an affair after a random passenger gives his own home address as the destination; a young man encounters an Asian woman on a pedestrian bridge and establishes a short but intense relationship.
The other stories involve a couple witnessing a man collapse in the subway, taking him to him to the hospital and then deciding to visit the man’s house to notify his family; a nurse taking care of a young man wounded by a gunshot, and running a peculiar errand for him; and a man looking to hire a sex worker uncannily finds they’re both same hometown.
Rain is an unexpected and elegantly directed portrait of Mexico City through the lens of fascinating characters experiencing fleeting revelations before returning to their routine lives.
Watch the first look trailer for Rain (Lluvia).