Ahead of the world premiere at Sundance Film Festival, here is the first look – clip for Rains Over Babel (Llueve sobre Babel), the debut feature by writer-director Gala del Sol. Rains Over Babel will premiere in the Next Competition on Sunday, January 26, 2025.

Following Sundance, the film will then make its International premiere in the Bright Future section at the 54th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), held from January 30 to February 9.

Set in a retro-futuristic, queer tropical-punk twist on Dante’s Inferno, Rains Over Babel follows a group of misfits converging at Babel, a legendary dive bar that doubles as purgatory. Presiding over this liminal space is La Flaca—the city’s Grim Reaper—who challenges souls to gamble years of their lives in a daring bid to outwit Death Herself.

In this peculiar world, Dante strives to uncover the secrets of his past before his contract with La Flaca expires; the ghost Monet races to reclaim his body before it decomposes; Timbí and Uma go down the circles of hell to save their loved ones; and Jacob wrestles with inner turmoil as he prepares for his first drag performance.

A cinematic love letter to the Colombian city of Cali, reimagined as the mythical City of Maya, the film masterfully blends magical realism with gritty realism, crafting a world as vibrant and unruly as its gender-fluid characters. With Rains Over Babel, auspicious director del Sol, creates an exuberant and psychedelic universe set to funky tropical music tunes that offers a hypnotic journey through love, identity, resilience, and the relentless pursuit of second chances.

Watch the first look clip from Rains Over Babel (Llueve sobre Babel).