Before the Rain (1994)

Director:

Milcho Manchevski

Writer:

Milcho Manchevski (writer)

Release Date:

24 February 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | War

Tagline:

Once You Know The Faces You Will Begin To Understand The Story

Plot:

The circularity of violence seen in a story that circles on itself. In Macedonia, during war in Bosnia...

Plot Keywords:

Photographer | Albanian | Macedonia | Bosnia | Monk

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 12 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Katrin Cartlidge	...	Anne
Rade Serbedzija	...	Aleksander
Grégoire Colin	...	Kiril
Labina Mitevska	...	Zamira
Jay Villiers	...	Nick
Silvija Stojanovska	...	Hana
Phyllida Law	...	Anne's Mother
Josif Josifovski	...	Father Marko
Kiro Ristevski	...	Father Damjan (as Kiril Ristoski)
Petar Mircevski	...	Zdrave
Ljupco Bresliski	...	Mitre
Igor Madzirov	...	Stojan
Ilko Stefanovski	...	Bojan
Suzana Kirandziska	...	Neda
Katerina Kocevska	...	Kate

Also Known As:

Пред дождот (Republic of Macedonia)
Pred dozhdot (Republic of Macedonia)

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

Republic of Macedonia | France | UK

Language:

Macedonian | English | Albanian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

South Korea:18 | Australia:M | Argentina:16 | Chile:18 | Finland:K-14 | Germany:12 | Norway:15 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Aim

Trivia:

First Macedonian movie to be nominated for an Oscar.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the restaurant, over 30 shots are fired with a pistol without reloading.

Quotes:

[first line]
Father Marko: It's going to rain.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in En la cama (2005)

One of the best movies I've ever seen

Beautiful, hard hitting, but still both simple and realistic. One of the most beautiful movies I've ever seen. I saw it the first time in 1997 I think and I've seen it at least twenty times so far and it grows bigger every time. I love this movie and can't give any bad comments about it. Some amy say there are some

beautiful scenes here and some ugly scenes there, but I love it just like it is and it's hard to change that.

Firs, the the acting is excellent and the main character Rade Serbedzija does a wonderful work as a cynical, down-to-earth photographer, who knows he can't

escape his destiny and identity, Katrin Cartlidge does an equally impressive job, as well as a lot o the Macedonian bad and good guys of the film.

Secondly, the cinematography wonderfully depicts the harsh Macedonian

landscapes and sceneries, as well as the torn souls of the land. The music has the same impact and feels so natural with the cinematography.

Finally, I could never complaint about the directors excellent work. This was his debut if I'm not wrong and that was very promising, but I suppose this was his "Citizen Kane" and it'll probably be impossible to make anything similar.

One rarely sees anything from Macedonia.But this is not only good for

Macedonian cinema, it should have won the Oscar that year.