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ScreenDaily - One of the first indigenously produced films to come out of the Bahamas, Maria Govan’s Rain shows a different side to Nassau where, in the shadows of luxury resorts and ocean liners, lives a subset of islanders battling the ravages of drugs, HIV infection and extreme poverty. Notable not only for its novelty value, it is also a well-crafted film with a fine, mostly female cast, although western audiences will find not a little naivete in the familiar coming- of age story in which school sports acts as an escape from a dire situation.
The film can expect bountiful festival play as a Bahamian trailblazer and the local music and acting talent on show can only serve to help its overseas prospects, although the strong island dialect is often difficult to decipher and might need some subtitling.
Fourteen year-old newcomer Renel Brown, who has never acted before, is winning in the title role of Rain, a 14 year-old living with her grandmother Rosalie (Hall) on the tiny Ragged Island in the Bahamas. But when Rosalie dies, she travels by boat to Nassau to seek out the mother who abandoned her as a child… [Full Story]
