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Ilona Arrives with the Rain (1996)

Ilona Arrives with the Rain poster
Original title
Ilona llega con la lluvia
Directed by
Sergio Cabrera
Genre
drama film
Country
Colombia, Italy
Runtime
2h 11m
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman returns to her past in South America, reuniting with friends from her youth. The story follows their encounters against a backdrop of changing times and personal memories.

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What happens

Ilona Arrives with the Rain (Spanish: Ilona llega con la lluvia, Italian: Ilona arriva con la pioggia) is a 1996 Colombian-Spanish-Italian drama film directed by Sergio Cabrera, based on the Álvaro Mutis novel of the same name. It premiered at the 53rd Venice International Film Festival, where it entered the main competition. It was later screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival. The soundtrack includes a song of Fabrizio De André, Desmedida plegaria, which is a Portuguese version of Smisurata Preghiera from the album Anime Salve. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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