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Before the Rain (1994)
Directed by Milcho Manchevski
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The circularity of violence seen in a story that circles on itself. In Macedonia, during the 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.
Rated NR | Length 113 minutes
Actors
Katrin Cartlidge | Rade Serbedzija | Grégoire Colin | Labina Mitevska | Phyllida Law | Silvija Stojanovska | Jay Villiers | Josif Josifovski | Kiril Ristoski | Petar Mirčevski | Ilko Stefanovski | Katerina Kocevska | Abdurrahman Shala | Vladimir Jacev | Peter Needham | Rod Woodruff | Meto Jovanovski | Mladen Krstevski | Džemail Maksut | Milica Stojanova | Kiril Psaltirov | Blagoja Spirkovski-Džumerko | Atila Klince | Gabrielle Hamilton | Daniel Newman | Aleksandar Mikić
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/15/2011 | TV | DVD | Library | 5.5 stars |
| (Average) 5.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Another Criterion disc and another insightful drama about war; this time the racial divisions in Macedonia (and the Balkans in general).
As the summary mentions, the film is circular in nature and can be slightly confusing at first.
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