Before the Rain 1994
Before the Rain 1994
Pred dozhdot (original title)
1h 53m | Drama, Romance, War | 26 October 1994 (Italy)
Storyline:
Before the Rain tells the stories of an orthodox Christian monk, a British photo agent, and a native Macedonian war photographer to paint a portrait of simmering ethnic and religious hatred about to reach its boiling point. 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.
User review:
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.
Director: Milcho Manchevski
Writer: Milcho Manchevski
Stars: Katrin Cartlidge, Rade Serbedzija, Grégoire Colin
Countries of origin: North Macedonia, France, United Kingdom
Languages: Macedonian, English, Albanian, French
Filming locations: North Macedonia
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom (isom/iso2/avc1/mp41)
File size : 2.08 GiB
Duration : 1 h 52 min
Overall bit rate : 2 641 kb/s
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