Llueve sobre Babel

Rains Over Babel was a revelation-bold, poetic, and utterly unforgettable. From its first hypnotic frame to its final haunting image, this film DARES to be different and fresh. Director Gala del Sol crafts a surreal, fever-dream landscape where tropical punk aesthetics collide with mythic allegory, delivering a story as emotionally raw as it is visually striking.

The performances are magnetic, especially from the ensemble cast that embodies archetypes with unsettling intimacy (special shout out to La Flaca and Dante!) The film pulses with music, movement, and metaphor, drawing the viewer into a world that is at once familiar and fantastically strange. Every detail-from the intricate costuming to the layered sound design-feels meticulously composed, yet the film breathes with wild spontaneity.

At its core, Rains Over Babel is a meditation on identity, death, and transformation. It's feels you're being put under a spell. It left me shaken, inspired, and strangely healed.

This is the kind of daring, genre-defying work that reminds us what cinema can do when it's allowed to be free. Gala del Sol is a visionary, and Rains Over Babel is her magnum opus.

At a loss for words on how to describe this movie. The world building was incredible and every single detail was so intentional and really pulled everything together. The costume designer absolutely killed it.

Gala del Sol is such a visionary and i feel so lucky to have been able chat with her afterwords and to witness this incredible project. What an absolute TREAT to have the drag performance at the premier. I love queer love and trans joy!

Going to make all of my friends watch this when it's on streaming. Also i think im attracted to 90% of the cast in this movie.

"Without original innocence, there would be no original sin."

While watching this my friends and I brought up: Gregg Araki's production design and sort of punk vibes, Tetsuya Nomura's character design, Tim Burton lighting, Bruce LaBruce without the s*x, a fusion of biblical narratives and mythological tales, Dante's Inferno and Purgatorio, Noir inspired Visual Novels and PS1 era games, live action anime adaptations and choreography, like five different clubs in South Florida, and The Wachowskis brand of casual sincerity and queerness and goofiness. Drag queen Jesus Christ! Transsexual Mary Magdalene! Adam and Steve sort of! Hell as a sex club! A talking lizard! Perhaps a bit confused in the way it weaves its dozens of threads together, but perhaps that messiness and ambition and playfulness is exactly what I want (nay! Need!) from queer cinema these days. I will watch anything Gala del Sol makes from here on out.

WOW. Just...unreal. I loved everything about this film. This movie is a fever dream about life, death and everything in between. What you'll do to keep living, and what it's worth to us to save what's most valuable.

The characters in Babel are diverse, complex, and bombastic. The film is a chaotic adventure that I wish would never end. An act of queer resistance made into a film.

I've found my dream film. This is fun and intentional. The film has a voice it's not afraid to use. Dynamic emotions, creative filming, vibrant color pallet, and a talented cast all come together to create a great modern-day queer Dante's Inferno.

Rains Over Babel is one of the most visually original and emotionally charged films I've seen in a while. The world-building is incredibly rich - vibrant, strange, and layered with meaning. Every frame feels intentional, full of symbolism and style.

What stood out most to me was the costume design. The looks weren't just stunning - they told stories on their own. The film's whole aesthetic feels fresh, rebellious, and deeply rooted in character and culture. Gala del Sol clearly has a powerful creative vision, and after hearing her speak at the screening, I was even more impressed by the depth behind her choices.

The drag show at Sundance gave the whole experience a sense of community and celebration. It wasn't just a screening - it was an event. I especially appreciated the unapologetic embrace of queer love and trans joy throughout the story.

Some parts of the film did feel a bit chaotic or overwhelming - but honestly, that was also part of its charm. It doesn't hold your hand, and that's what makes it feel so alive.

The performances were magnetic. Raw, real, and full of energy. I didn't connect with every single moment, but the emotional impact stayed with me.

Weird, beautiful, and unlike anything else - Rains Over Babel is a film I'll definitely be recommending, especially to friends who love cinema that takes risks and has something to say.