Before the Rain

Before the Rain

  • Director: Milcho Manchevski
  • Countries of origin: Republic of Macedonia, France, United Kingdom
  • Language: Macedonian, English, Albanian, French
  • Release date: February 24, 1995
  • Sound mix: Dolby SR
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Antes de la lluvia
  • "Пред дождот" is a 113-minute war film jointly produced by Macedonia, France, and the United Kingdom. The film was directed by Milcho Manchevski, starring Katrin Cartlidge , Rade Šerbedžija , Gregoire Colin , LabinaMitevska , Jay Villiers, etc. It was screened at the Venice International Film Festival in Italy on September 1, 1994.
    The film is divided into three parts: "speech", "face" and "picture". The monk in the war protected a girl who was framed; in London, the reporter and her husband quarreled with their husbands in public and encountered a terrorist attack; after a long time away from home, a photographer in Macedonia returned home for more than ten years, he found that his hometown included racial conflicts. He tried to resolve the many problems within, but was powerless   .

    Details

    • Release date February 24, 1995
    • Filming locations Macedonia
    • Production companies Aim, British Screen Productions, European Co-production Fund

    Box office

    Budget

    $1,900,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $763,847

    Gross worldwide

    $763,847

    Movie reviews

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    • By Kailyn 2022-08-01 10:32:39

      Before the Rain--Beautiful Movie Plot and Characters

      A few years ago, the teacher put it in the film appreciation class, and now I remember that the comment was because I was impressed. Hate, humanity, looks very depressing. The first clip was still in a fog when I watched it. The second clip gradually realized the development of the story, and the third clip suddenly realized. Personally, I think the best part is the last clip, which integrates all...

    • By Ashly 2022-07-18 10:27:12

      Before The Rain--Time Never Dies, The Circle Is Not Round

      It is rude to say, if there is no such sentence, "Time never dies, the circle is not round." Time never dies, the circle is not round, so this film is really boring, and it is boring to watch.

      In the end, the time logic that I can't understand no matter how I think about it, is an impossible event...

    • By Hollie 2022-04-24 07:01:22

      I don't understand

      The straight line is logical, rational, irreversible flow, classical evolutionary. The premise is the naturalization of time, which regards historical time as a phenomenon consistent with the single-line time of physics. If analyzed in this way, a film should be reasonable, with a beginning and an end, whether it is explicit or implicit. From the past to the present, the three parts of words, faces and pictures may be connected in series to form a circle, perhaps an infinitely close circle....

    • By Eduardo 2022-04-24 07:01:22

      the circle is not round



      I saw the unsubtitled version many years ago, and I didn't read it, but swiped it.
      I just finally found the matching subtitles, and I read it without a single glance. Although there are many translation problems with subtitles, it does not affect the look and feel.

      How to describe it? It's not shock or amzaing, but I feel that something in my heart has been silently shaken.
      The narrative of the whole film is slow and rhythmic, and the atmosphere has been brewing...

    • By Peggie 2022-04-24 07:01:22

      eternal future perfect

      Time never dies, the circle is not round.
      "Time never dies, the circle is not round."

      Because time is as eternal as motion, and the circle drawn by the rotating pointer under the image of time will never end. The starting point and the ending point of the circle are coincident. In this way, the pointer that moves forward together with the eternal time, because the point without pause can never coincide with the starting point. Then there will always be an unfinished circle that...

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    • By Briana 2022-04-24 07:01:22

      Belief. home country. close relatives. spouse. Compassion. Seemingly solid words are debilitating illusions in a Macedonian summer. There is only unresolved hatred and pain that reaches the flesh. Fallen soul....

    • By Christa 2022-03-28 09:01:11

      The 1994 film tells three tragic stories trapped in ethnic and religious conflicts with a loop narrative method. The films that express race, human nature, and language barriers with multi-line intersecting narratives later have a more classic Tower of Babel, but relatively In Naslav, a land with a long and chaotic history, the power of tragedy is often even more shocking. The conflict between races can last for 500 years. Is it hatred for...

    • By Dasia 2022-03-28 09:01:11

      Time is not dead, and the circle is not round. I returned to my homeland with love and reckless abandon, but I still could not escape the fate of hatred. The rainstorm has drenched the earth, and I hope it can wash away the blood red... The film recommended by Lou Ye is too heavy, and I really have no resistance to the ring...

    • By Elsa 2022-03-28 09:01:11

      Macedonia's first film is not bad. It is not bad among the films showing the Kosovo war after the split of the former Yugoslavia. In terms of the depth of thought and artistic expression, I personally think it is second only to "No Master" A film of "The Land". Friends who are interested in that history can take a...

    • By Lottie 2022-03-28 09:01:11

      Kaoru revealed that the inspiration for reincarnation in "Vampire Girl" came from this film. Sure enough, the three stories are one ring. The heroine of the first short story is very cute, just like a boy. This film talks about ethnic issues, but it is very subtle. The female protagonist killed the hostile villagers and ran away. She met the male protagonist and fell in love with each other, but she died immediately. The film returns to the previous love history of another male protagonist....

    Movie plot

    speech
    Macedonia. Samina, a young Albanian Muslim woman, is evading hunting by a group of bandits headed by Matt, and the young priest Corey hides her. Matt and his men broke into the church to search for Samina, and set up camp outside the church. Overnight, Corey and Samina became lovers. Corey decides to take Samina to London to find his uncle who is a photographer. When they both escaped from the church, they met Samina's family on...
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    The film consists of three independent and interrelated parts. The three stories are independent and mutually infiltrate and influence each other. Both the sublimation of the theme of the story and the personalization of the characters form an organic and closely connected whole in this uniquely structured three-stage image. Director Milcho Manchevski’s work uses experimental techniques to deal with time and space and narrative forms,...
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    Movie quotes

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

    • Father Marko: I wanted to take a vow of silence, like you. But this heavenly beauty merits words.

    • Aleksander: With a shriek, birds flee across the black sky, people are silent, my blood aches from waiting.

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