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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Milcho Manchevski (writer)
Release Date:
24 February 1995 (USA) more
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... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 12 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Film: Review: Shadows
(From The AV Club. 29 January 2009, 1:30 PM, PST)
Before The Rain
(From The AV Club. 1 July 2008, 8:45 PM, PDT)
User Comments:
before the rain... or the cruelness of time-slips more (61 total)
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 |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Пред дождот (Republic of Macedonia)
Pred dozhdot (Republic of Macedonia)
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Runtime:
113 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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South Korea:18 | Australia:M | Argentina:16 | Chile:18 | Finland:K-14 | Germany:12 | Norway:15 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | Iceland:16
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Trivia:
First Macedonian movie to be nominated for an Oscar. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the restaurant, over 30 shots are fired with a pistol without reloading. more
Quotes:
[first line]
Father Marko:
It's going to rain.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in En la cama (2005) more
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Not many movies accomplish handling the miseries war brings, and not be gross. Well, this is one of them. But the beauty is not only in its portrayal of a meaningless fight: Before the Rain is a perfect textbook example for movies involving time cycles. It is really incredible what Manchevski achieves with this wartime drama. A heart-shattering tragedy, and the only way a human being can get away from (with) it, is a time slip. And time slips are so cruel, they never come our way.