‘También la Iluvia’: A Lesson in Shallow Representation
'También la Iluvia' exploits Indigenous peoples' fight against the privatization of water in order to tell a story about Spanish characters.

A Thai soldier returns home on duty only to find his father suffering from a mysterious, undiagnosable illness. The affliction soon spreads throughout the village like a curse, leading to a series of inexplicable events.
'También la Iluvia' exploits Indigenous peoples' fight against the privatization of water in order to tell a story about Spanish characters.
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