Rain is a 2001 New Zealand made film directed by Christine Jeffs. A debut film by Jeffs, it was released in 2001 in New Zealand and an international release in 2002. It concerns the coming of age of 13-year-old Janey, and is based on the novel Rain written by Kirsty Gunn.

Rain is a 1932 Pre-Code film directed by Lewis Milestone. The film stars Joan Crawford as prostitute Sadie Thompson and Walter Huston as a conflicted missionary who wants to reform Sadie, but whose own morals start decaying. Beulah Bondi played his wife.

The film is based on the 1923 play Rain by John Colton and Clemence Randolph, which in turn was based on the short story "Miss Thompson" by W. Somerset Maugham.

For residents of the Samoan village of Pago Pago, life is simple until a boat arrives carrying two couples, the Davidsons (who are missionaries), the MacPhails and a prostitute named Sadie Thompson (played brilliantly by Crawford). Davidson (in a remarkable, yet little recognized performance by Walter Huston) is more than just a religious zealot; he's a mad man. When the boat, which was en route to another port, is temporarily stranded on the island due to a possible Cholera outbreak on-board, Sadie spends her time "partying" with the American soldiers stationed on the island. Her behavior, however, is more than the Davidsons can stand and soon Mr. Davidson confronts Sadie about her evil ways and offers salvation. When Sadie rebels and the attempted redemption does not go as planned, Davidson arranges to have her sent back to San Francisco, where she fled some years ago due to mysterious personal issues. Davidson soon becomes unhinged and thus begins a series of surprising events which culminate in disaster and a very powerful ending. Written by Eva1-1

Life is easy in Pago Pago, on an isle in the Pacific. Soon arrives Alfred Davidson (Walter Huston), a religious missionary with his wife, Dr. MacPhail (Matt Moore) with his wife, and prostitute, Sadie Thompson. All of them have a good relationship with the military police lead by Sgt. Tim O'Hara (William Gargan). Sadie settles in the same bungalow where the Davidsons and the MacPhails live. There the girl will wind people up with parties and the music of her phonograph. Even Sgt. Tim O'Hara, nicknamed by Sadie as "Handsome", will try to win the heart of her. Sadie's carrying some secrets from her past, some crimes that she has to pay for in San Francisco, so she's trying to scape to Sidney or maybe other place in the Pacific. Alfred can't stand the situation, and he'll move his influences with the governor to make Sadie leaves the isle and returns to San Francisco. Sgt. O'Hara gets very upset with Davidson and he'll try to help Sadie and sends her to Sidney, Australia. But Sadie has become another woman by the influence of Davidson and his prays, she's regretted of her old life and is disposed to travel to San Francisco and confronts justice. Written by Alejandro Frias

A series of tableaux of everyday settings with people in various stages of their lives. Relations form and finish, memories of meetings mingle with the yearning for meetings that have not happened yet. The dance slowly takes over, forming a pattern that none of the characters can see - they are all connected. The rain affects them all. Written by Pontus Lidberg

Janey is on vacation with her brother, Jim, mother, Kate, and father Ed, at their beach house on the Mahurangi Peninsual in New Zealand. Ed and Kate, who are on the verge of divorce, sit around in the back yard all day drinking whiskey and Janey and Jim are left to their own devices. Cady, a local boatee who is having an affair with Kate, catches Janey's pubescent eye. In response to his wife's drinking problem and recurring infidelity, Ed turns to alcohol, ignoring his children almost as much as his wife, which eventually leads to a character's fate. Written by NZFILM

In New Zealand, the teenager Janey (Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki), her young brother Jim (Aaron Murphy), her mother Kate (Sarah Peirse) and her father Ed (Alistair Browning) are spending their summer vacation in a seaside cottage. Janey takes care of Jim most of the time, teaches him how to have endurance under the water, and observes the behavior of her parents, whose marriage is near the end. Kate and Ed promote many parties in the house and mainly Kate drinks a lot. She is also having an affair with the photographer and owner of a boat, Cady (Marton Csokas). The confused adolescent, rebel with her mother and dealing with a growing sexuality, tries to act like an adult with tragic consequences to the family. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

At a cottage on the water's edge of the Mahurangi Peninsula in the New Zealand summer of 1972, Janey must deal with the dissolution of her parents' marriage and care for her little brother, Jim. When a photographer named Cady docks nearby, her mother gravitates toward him while her dad grows depressed. Janey, meanwhile, copes with her budding sexuality and impending adulthood. Written by NZFILM

Determined to reconcile with the mother who abandoned her when she was just a toddler, a Bahamian adolescent boards a local mail boat and sets sail for Nassau in director Maria Govan's intimate family drama. Rain has lived a sheltered life on Ragged Island, but now the death of her grandmother has forced her to get out and explore the world on her own. Upon arriving in Nassau the young girl is overwhelmed by the sights of the big city, and soon finds her idealistic illusions shattered when she witnesses firsthand just how deviant and destructive her mother's lifestyle has truly become. Stranded in a an unfamiliar environment that fills her with dread and confronted by a mother she has never known, Rain searches deep within herself to summon the strength needed to find her own place in the world. Written by Jason Buchanan

Director Craig DiBona makes an almost unnoticeable cameo in the film. He is pictured as Isabel's husband in the painting above the living room mantelpiece.

Brooklyn Sudano (Rain) sings all the musical numbers herself.

Executive Producer Travis Hollman, Producer Jason Kabolati and assoc producer/product placement supervisor Ariane Leigh also make cameo appearances. Hollman plays a sheriff, Kabolati gives Rain a lift as the limo driver and Ariane goes shopping at Rain's workplace.

What does a man do when his moral compass has been destroyed?

Michael Keenan's film Rain takes us in from the main title to the payoff of its namesake. The heat and the throbbing music provide the indolent rhythm of the troubled life of Alex the cabdriver. The story is simple: New York as Hell. The noise, the sensory intrusions and the blistering heat don't stop those who can't leave from going about their business, forcing them into their own worlds sometimes to extreme degrees. Alex keeps moving, her taxi as metaphor, and waiting. Waiting is an active verb here. The sound effects, score, and chaotic images of New York captured by Robert LoScalzo come alive as the workings of Alex's interior anguish as well as the real exterior of the City. Written by Lisa Andreini

Awake in bed, Jules and Rain ponder the fleeting nature of their relationship. Dreams of abandonment, linked to the government closing of his hometown, and the sound of dripping water distract him from her attempts to connect with him, until she confronts him with a suspicious rendez-vous in his date book. Written by Jean-Denis Rouette

Jules (Mark Pawson) is haunted by the past, and the present. Awake in bed and transfixed by the sunlit contours of the feminine figure beside him, he is unable to touch her. When Rain (Catherine Thomas) stirs from her sleep, he recounts his reoccurring dream in which she leaves him. She confronts him about his aloofness, but his mind wanders, distracted by the incessant sound of dripping water. He finds himself walking in the ruins of his home town, Gagnon, since closed and demolished. Rain reminds him of a dinner party they are to attend, but he is only half attentive to her, trying desperately to write the story of Gagnon before his memories of it fade into obscurity. Determined to get through to him, she finds a mysterious scribbling in his date book which appears to reveal an infidelity. Written by Jean-Denis Rouette