Rains Over Babel (Spanish: Llueve sobre Babel) is a 2025 black comedyfantasy film written, produced, co-edited and directed by Gala del Sol, and inspired by Dante's Inferno. A co-production of Colombia, Spain and the United States, it centres on Babel, a nightclub in Cali, Colombia, which is a liminal purgatory between life and death.
The film stars Saray Rebolledo as La Flaca, death personified, with whom patrons must bargain for their lives; Felipe Aguilar Rodriguez as Dante, La Flaca's assistant grim reaper; William Hurtado as Jacob, the son of an pastor facing the ultimate test as he prepares for his debut drag queen performance; Johan Zapata as Monet, a ghost desperate to return to his body before it decomposes; Jose Mojica as Timbí, who travels through the circles of hell accompanied by a gypsy named Uma, played by Celina Biurrun, who is determined to settle a bet with La Flaca to save her dying daughter's life.
Santiago Pineda stars as El Boticaro, a bartender devil, and Sofia Buenaventura plays Erato, a mute guardian angel and Boticario's wife, and they both act as the omniscient narrators of the story.
Supporting cast members include Jhon Bayron Quintero Valencia as Darla Experiment, another drag performer; Jhon Narvaez as Don Alfonso, Jacob's father; Roman Escobar as drag artist Roma, John Alex Castillo as Gian Salai, the club owner; and Jacobo Vélez as El Callegüeso, the singer of a mythicalorchestra called La Mambanegra, booked to perform at the club.
Saray Rebolledo as La Flaca
Santiago Pineda as El Boticaro
Felipe Aguilar Rodriguez as Dante, La Flaca's assistant
HBO Max purchased it for eastern Europe, and the platform FILMIN for Spain.
The film had its Colombian premiere 16 April 2026, and managed to run for 9 weeks in the commercial theater chain Cinecolombia, becoming the most watched Colombian film of 2026.
Reception
Critical response
On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes website, the film has an approval rating of 92% based on 13 reviews, with an average rating of 7.1/10.
In June 2025, The Hollywood Reporter included Rains Over Babel as one of the "top 10 Hispanic Films of 2025". In July 2025, Del Sol was named by Variety as one of the "10 Colombian filmmakers to watch".
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