Chac: The Rain God

A Maya village is facing a long drought. Famine is coming and the village looks for a way out. A decision is taken: a party of thirteen men will set off. The one they are looking for is a diviner living alone in the mountains. He is said to know the old ways and is believed able to call on Chac, the rain god. The journey turns into a test both of terrain and of belief. The film was shot in the Chiapas region of Mexico. The actors are not professionals; they are people from the area, speaking their own language. Rolando Klein directed the ninety five minute Mexican film, made in the middle of the seventies.