Before the Rain

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Before the Rain

1995,

1h 55m,

Drama

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36 Reviews

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5,000+ Ratings

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36 Reviews

94%

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5,000+ Ratings

This acclaimed Macedonian drama presents intersecting romantic storylines set both in that country and abroad. A young monk named Kiril (Grégoire Colin) becomes involved with Zamira (Labina Mitevska), an Albanian girl accused of murder, while far away in London, Aleksander (Rade Serbedzija), a weary photojournalist, meets with his married lover, Anne (Katrin Cartlidge). When Aleksander returns to his Macedonian village, his life crosses paths with characters from earlier in the film.

Carrie Rickey

Philadelphia Inquirer

Jul 27, 2015

3.5/4

In this triptych of inhumanity, Manchevski answers that, finally, man's humanity is as immutable as his violence. And that, finally, love is a given that keeps on giving.

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Dave Kehr

New York Daily News

Jul 27, 2015

3/4

We'll have to wait for Manchevski's next feature to know whether he's an artist or a shrewd entertainer. In the meantime, Before the Rain is one of the more worthy efforts of the season.

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Michael Wilmington

Chicago Tribune

Jul 27, 2015

4/4

It shakes you up the way many other notable foreign-language film debuts once did -- films like"Breathless, The 400 Blows or Knife in the Water.

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Carson Timar

ButteredPopcorn

Aug 28, 2022

A-

With incredibly well-crafted performances, a touching screenplay, and a larger thematic purpose; Before the Rain really does impress and absolutely deserves to be sought out.

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Malcolm L. Johnson

Hartford Courant

May 3, 2018

4.5/5

Brilliantly filmed by writer-director Milcho Manchevski in the rugged hills of Macedonia and the gray streets of London, this three-part tale proves a revelation, spellbindingly told and disturbingly contemporary.

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Quentin Curtis

Independent on Sunday

Dec 14, 2017

This is a formidable debut for Manchevski, who wrote the film as well as directed it... If all his films are as noble, beautiful and humane as his first, the American cinema will have a new master.

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Draco S

Jan 9, 2017

Slow movie with not that much happening. Does not provide any insights into way these people have mindless dislike of each other, other than perhaps "historical" animosity.

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Milcho Manchevski

Director

Katrin Cartlidge

Anne

Rade Serbedzija

Aleksander

Grégoire Colin

Kiril

Labina Mitevska

Zamira

Silvija Stojanovska

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Synopsis

This acclaimed Macedonian drama presents intersecting romantic storylines set both in that country and abroad. A young monk named Kiril (Grégoire Colin) becomes involved with Zamira (Labina Mitevska), an Albanian girl accused of murder, while far away in London, Aleksander (Rade Serbedzija), a weary photojournalist, meets with his married lover, Anne (Katrin Cartlidge). When Aleksander returns to his Macedonian village, his life crosses paths with characters from earlier in the film.

Director: Milcho Manchevski
Producer: Judy Counihan, Cédomir Kolar, Sam Taylor, Cat Villiers
Distributor: Gramercy Pictures
Production Co: British Screen Productions, European Co-production Fund
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 24, 1995, Original
Release Date (DVD): Jun 24, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $431.1K
Runtime: 1h 55m

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