““A dazzling, daring provocation.””
RAINS OVER BABEL / LLUEVE SOBRE BABEL
A film by Gala del Sol
(Colombia/U.S./Spain, 2025, 111 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
A retro-futuristic, queer tropical-punk riff on Dante’s Inferno, Rains Over Babel follows a band of misfits converging at Babel, a dive bar that doubles as purgatory and is presided over by La Flaca—the city’s Grim Reaper. Here, souls gamble years of their lives in hopes of outwitting Death Herself. Among them are Dante, racing to uncover his past; Monet, a ghost desperate to reclaim his body; Timbí and Uma, descending through hell to save their loved ones; and Jacob, preparing for his first drag performance.
Acclaimed at the Sundance Film Festival, Colombia’s official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards is a love letter to Cali, reimagined as the mythical City of Maya, fusing magical and gritty realism into a vibrant, psychedelic universe of love, identity, gender fluidity, resilience, and second chances.
Los Angeles Special Screening:
Thursday, November 5, 7pm at Instituto Cervantes
3375 Barham Blvd, Los Angeles
New York Premiere:
Saturday, December 5, 5pm at Museum of the Moving Image
36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, New York City
Tickets and more information: https://movingimage.org/event/rains-over-babel/
