The Rain Fairy

Across a world where Air, Fire, Earth and Water carry out regular inspections, the story follows Water in the form of the Rain Fairy. Traveling incognito as a poor woman, she wanders villages and towns, noticing that money and material gain overshadow love and simple kindness. She meets hopeful children and distracted adults, and small gestures grow more meaningful against widespread indifference. Interwoven are moments with a young boy named Ondra and other townspeople whose simple decisions carry surprising weight and shape daily rhythms. The film leans on mood and fable like encounters rather than fast plot turns, using the Rain Fairy's view to show how ordinary choices affect a community, while leaving some moral questions open.

Directed by Milan Cieslar and based on an original concept by Jan Míka, The Rain Fairy was released in 2010 in the Czech Republic, and features Jakub Gottwald, Vica Kerekes, Lenka Vlasáková and Miroslav Donutil.

Box office and distribution details are limited, with no major international grosses reported. The film appears to have had most of its screenings within the Czech Republic and at regional family film events rather than a wide international release.

Critical response was mixed to lukewarm, and viewer ratings sit around 4.7/10 from a small sample of seven votes. Reviewers and audiences pointed to its folkloric aesthetic, the moral contrast between materialism and compassion, and a slow, reflective pace that may appeal to families who enjoy local myth and quiet, moral stories.

While it didn't reach broad international recognition, The Rain Fairy holds a modest spot in Czech family cinema by bringing elemental myth into a modern setting. Its visual take on the Rain Fairy and the film's emphasis on rebuilding human warmth over greed have kept it in conversation at regional screenings and some school and cultural programs.