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Before the Rain
(1994) Drama
Themes: War, Photography, Love, Children, London, Bosnia
Director: Milcho Manchevski
Starring: Rade Serbedzija, Katrin Cartlidge, Gregoire Colin
Rating: Not Rated
Description: A three-part drama which alternates between London and Macedonia. In Part 1, "Words," a young Macedonian monk protects a runaway Albanian girl. In Part 2, "Faces," focuses on a love affair in London. Part 3, "Pictures" is set back in Macedonia where a bloody ethnic conflict...
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is brewing.
Country of Origin: Macedonia
Reviews
"...A guarantee: It will haunt you for days..."
Premiere | 02/01/1995 | p.26
"...Manchevski succeeds on a grand scale with a groundbreaking film of love and war..."
Rolling Stone | 03/23/1995 | p.128
"...[The film's] separate stories do have collective power..."
USA Today | 02/24/1996 | p.5D
"...Powerful, poetic, harrowing drama....Leav[es] a viewer stricken." -- Rating: A
Entertainment Weekly | 03/17/1995 | p.68
"...Mr. Manchevski tells his story elegantly and leaves his audience with a warning too strong to be ignored..."
New York Times | 02/24/1995 | p.C3
"...A revealing essay on gender and war....A film full of loaded symbolism..."
Sight and Sound | 05/01/1995 | p.38
"...Manchevski is astute in letting the landscape figure so massively in his movie....Rade Serbedzija is a powerful presence..."
Los Angeles Times | 02/24/1995 | p.F1
Full Cast and Crew
Director: Milcho Manchevski
Starring: Rade Serbedzija, Katrin Cartlidge, Gregoire Colin
Release Information
Color: Color
Runtime: 113 min.
Original Language: English
Original Language: Macedonian
Subtitled Language: English
© Criterion Collection
DVD Features
DVD Features:
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78
Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo - Albanian, English, Macedonian, Serbian, Subtitles - English - Optional
Additonal Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1. Milcho Manchevski - Director, 2. Annette Insdorf - Film Critic, Interview - Rade Serbedzija - Actor, Trailers - Theatrical Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries: Essay - Ian Christie - Film Scholar, Gallery - Stills Galleries of Manchevski's Photographs and On-Set Shots
Production Notes
Produced by Aim Productions (UK), Noë Productions (France), Vardar Films & the Ministry of Culture for the Republic of Macedonia, and PolyGram Audiovisual.
Filmed in Technovision widescreen; in Eastman color, on location in London, England and Macedonia.
Rated BBFC 15 by the British Board of Film Classification.
Copyright 1994 Aim Productions, Ltd., Noë Productions, and Vardar Films.
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