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Josif Josifovski | ... | Father Marko |
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Boris Delcevski | ... | Petre |
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Dejan Velkov | ... | Mate |
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Kiril Ristoski | ... | Father Damjan |
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Mladen Krstevski | ... | Trifun |
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Dzemail Maksut | ... | Kuzman |
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Mile Jovanovski | ... | Priest Singing at Funeral |
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Milica Stojanova | ... | Aunt Cveta |
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Petar Mircevski | ... | Zdrave |
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Ljupco Bresliski | ... | Mitre |
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Igor Madzirov | ... | Stojan |
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Kiril Psaltirov | ... | Mome |
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The circularity of violence seen in a story that circles on itself. In Republic of Macedonia, during war in Bosnia, Christians hunt an ethnic Albanian girl who may have murdered one of their own. A young monk who's taken a vow of silence offers her protection. In London, a photographic editor who's pregnant needs to talk it out with her estranged husband and chooses a toney restaurant. She wants permanence with her lover, a prize-winning Macedonian photographer just back from Bosnia, changed by the violence. He leaves abruptly for his village; he's not visited it in 16 years. There he tries to ignore bitter divisions between his Orthodox brethren and local Albanians, then tries to transcend them. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Release Date:
24 February 1995 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$1,900,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$763,847Company Credits
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Oboe by Gordana Josifovska
Composed By Anastasia
Arranged and Produced by Anastasia
© 1994 PolyGram
(P) 1994 PolyGram
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Before the Rain (1994) contains quotations from William Shakespeare's plays "Romeo and Juliet", "Hamlet" and "MacBeth". See more »Goofs
In the restaurant, over 30 shots are fired with a pistol without reloading. See more »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. See more »Soundtracks
Coming Back Home 2Oboe by Gordana Josifovska
Composed By Anastasia
Arranged and Produced by Anastasia
© 1994 PolyGram
(P) 1994 PolyGram
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This movie is absolute perfection. I can't believe it took me 10 years to bump into it by accident. I was surprised to see it was made in 1994 when the entire time I watched it as a reflection rather than prophecy of the civil war that followed.
The fluency of picture, music, and the story is perfect as viewer is taken from dramatic landscapes and slow paced life of orthodox priests to fast paced London streets and offices. Parallel stories in London fasten the pace even more.
The movie shows we are all connected not only in time (past and future) but space (geography) as well. War and suffering in one part of the world affect lives of people in quaint London restaurant. The circle of human tragedy connects almost every character in the movie. But circle is imperfect. If the circle were perfect the tragedy would stop when circle completes. Alas, the tragedy spirals in time and space.
Acting is very real. Time is not wasted overbuilding any character. The way soundtrack blends with the movie is pure art. Thank you for this movie Mr. Manchovski. As powerful as the movie is, it's unfortunate it didn't help prevent the civil war in Macedonia. When hate wins, innocence looses.