Before the Rain

Pred doždot

France, United Kingdom, Macedonia

1994

113 Min

Color

1.78:1

Albanian, Macedonian, English

Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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PROD Cat Villiers, Sam Taylor, Čedomir Kolar, Judy Counihan

CAST Katrin Cartlidge, Rade Šerbedžija, Grégoire Colin, Labina Mitevska, Jay Villiers, Silvija Stojanovska, Phyllida Law, Josif Josifovski

PROD DES Sharon Lomofsky, David Munns

MUSIC Anastasia

Venice (Competition): Golden Lion, FIPRESCI Prize, OCIC Award - Honorable Mention, Toronto, Sundance (Premieres), Stockholm (Competition): Best Directorial Debut

Synopsis

The first film made in the newly independent Republic of Macedonia, Milcho Manchevski’s Before the Rain crosscuts the stories of an orthodox Christian monk (Grégoire Colin), a British photo agent (Katrin Cartlidge), and a native Macedonian war photographer (Rade Šerbedžija) to paint a portrait of simmering ethnic and religious hatred about to reach its boiling point. Made during the strife of the war-torn Balkan states in the nineties, this gripping triptych of love and violence is also a timeless evocation of the loss of pastoral innocence, and remains one of recent cinema’s most powerful laments on the futility of war. —The Criterion Collection

Director

Milčo Mančevski

Milčo Mančevski was born in Skopje, Macedonia and studied cinema and photography at Southern Illinois University. He began his career directing music videos and short films before making his feature film debut, Before the Rain (94), which won many awards, including the Golden Lion and FIPRESCI Prize at the Venice International Film Festival and an Academy Award® nomination for best foreign language film. His other films are Dust (01), Shadows (07) and Mothers (10). –TIFF

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Arthur Freitas

29Dec11

O cinema em sua forma mais poética.

Judicial Joe

26Aug11

Not as profound as Kusturica or Godard's take on the Bosnian Wars, but still well shot and decently acted. The second part initially seems quite racist, but makes sense in context. Grade: C.

Justin Oakey

23Aug11

An absolutely stunning debut that chronicles the lives of characters living in the war-torn Balkans in the nineties. Mančevski utilizes his reality, that is the pubescence of the nation of Macedonia, to evoke the loss of innocence in his characters and their world. Very powerful.

VENIMOS LOS JODIMOS Y NOS FUIMOS

9Sep10

Ubicada durante las guerras etnicas en los balcanes, y valiendose de una estructura similar a la de los films de Iñarritu y Tarantino (pero con una concepciòn del cine bastante superior), esta pelicula marcò el extraordinario debut del joven realizador Milcho Manchevski. Entre sus muchas virtudes, la pelìcula cuenta con una de las mas impresionantes bandas sonoras de los ultimos tiempos a cargo del grupo Anastasija.