Underplayed Gems

Rain (1929)

Rain poster
Original title
Regen
Directed by
Mannus Franken, Joris Ivens
Genre
documentary film, silent film, experimental film
Country
Netherlands
Runtime
12 min
Rated
L
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 79 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A silent short documentary captures the look and feel of rain falling on a city. It shows streets, canals, umbrellas, and people reacting to the changing weather.

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What happens

Rain (Dutch: Regen [ˈreːɣə(n)] ) is a 1929 Dutch short documentary film directed by Mannus Franken and Joris Ivens. It premiered on 14 December 1929, in the Amsterdam Filmliga's theater, De Uitkijk. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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