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Before the Rain

Original title: Pred dozhdot
  • 19941994
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
15K
YOUR RATING
Katrin Cartlidge and Rade Serbedzija in Before the Rain (1994)
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  • Drama
  • Romance
  • War
Three interconnected stories of love under the threat of civil war in Macedonia and London.Three interconnected stories of love under the threat of civil war in Macedonia and London.Three interconnected stories of love under the threat of civil war in Macedonia and London.
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
15K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Milcho Manchevski
  • Writer
    • Milcho Manchevski
  • Stars
    • Katrin Cartlidge
    • Rade Serbedzija
    • Grégoire Colin
Top credits
  • Director
    • Milcho Manchevski
  • Writer
    • Milcho Manchevski
  • Stars
    • Katrin Cartlidge
    • Rade Serbedzija
    • Grégoire Colin
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 77User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 29 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Before the Rain
    Trailer 2:15
    Before the Rain

    Photos41

    Rade Serbedzija in Before the Rain (1994)
    Grégoire Colin in Before the Rain (1994)
    Katrin Cartlidge and Rade Serbedzija in Before the Rain (1994)
    Katrin Cartlidge in Before the Rain (1994)
    Labina Mitevska in Before the Rain (1994)
    Katrin Cartlidge and Rade Serbedzija in Before the Rain (1994)
    Before the Rain (1994)
    Katrin Cartlidge and Rade Serbedzija in Before the Rain (1994)
    Katrin Cartlidge and Rade Serbedzija in Before the Rain (1994)
    Before the Rain (1994)
    Grégoire Colin and Labina Mitevska in Before the Rain (1994)
    Before the Rain (1994)

    Top cast

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    Katrin Cartlidge
    Katrin Cartlidge
    • Anne
    Rade Serbedzija
    Rade Serbedzija
    • Aleksander
    Grégoire Colin
    Grégoire Colin
    • Kiril
    • (as Gergoire Colin)
    Josif Josifovski
    • Father Marko
    Boris Delcevski
    • Petre
    Dejan Velkov
    • Mate
    Kiril Ristoski
    • Father Damjan
    Mladen Krstevski
    • Trifun
    Dzemail Maksut
    • Kuzman
    Labina Mitevska
    Labina Mitevska
    • Zamira
    Mile Jovanovski
    • Priest Singing at Funeral
    Milica Stojanova
    • Aunt Cveta
    Petar Mircevski
    Petar Mircevski
    • Zdrave
    Ljupco Bresliski
    • Mitre
    Igor Madzirov
    • Stojan
    Kiril Psaltirov
    • Mome
    Metodi Psaltirov
    • Tome
    Ilko Stefanovski
    • Bojan
    • Director
      • Milcho Manchevski
    • Writer
      • Milcho Manchevski
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      First Macedonian film to be nominated for an Oscar.
    • Goofs
      In the restaurant, over 30 shots are fired with a pistol without reloading.
    • Quotes

      Father Marko: Time never dies. The circle is never round.

    • Crazy credits
      The film begins with a pan over a Macedonian sky covered by dark clouds at dusk. We hear sounds of thunder, when an epigraph from the novel "Dervis i smrt" (The Dervish and Death) by Mesa Selimovic appears on the screen, while a voice is heard reading it: "With a shriek birds flee across the black sky, people are silent, my blood aches from waiting". Afterwards, the titles appear.
    • Connections
      Referenced in The 67th Annual Academy Awards (1995)

    User reviews77

    Review
    Top review
    10/10
    Time is not a Circle, but War is
    A poignant tragedy about hatred, war, love and taking sides.

    Time is not linear in the movie, but the director blatantly tells us that time is not a circle, so what is? The story is, and perhaps war is.

    The story is told in three parts, with highly ironic titles: Words, Faces, and Pictures. Each story has meticulously planned, but highly disturbing parallels. The story-telling of the movie requires diligent planning, down to every single detail, exceptional creativity, and extraordinary persistence. Perhaps that's why the director Milcho Manchevski was fired by both commercial producers Warner Brothers and 20th Century Fox for "creative differences"

    Before the Rain talks about hate, and how the power of hate can rise above love. It talks about taking sides, the central character in each section tries not to take sides, but circumstances often prove such efforts futile. As with Kiril and Aleksander.

    In the film, all events happened before the rain, this sense of urgency, this beautiful sadness, and this inevitable tragedy. Before the Rain is my all time favourite movie.
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    • HanYan
    • Dec 2, 2001

    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 24, 1995 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • North Macedonia
      • France
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • Macedonian
      • English
      • Albanian
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Antes de la lluvia
    • Filming locations
      • North Macedonia
    • Production companies
      • Aim
      • British Screen Productions
      • European Co-production Fund
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $1,900,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $763,847
    • Gross worldwide
      • $763,847
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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