Before the Rain

Before the Rain

113 mins | Drama, War | June 9, 1994

The circularity of violence seen in a story that circles on itself. In 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.

Before the Rain

113 mins | Drama, War | June 9, 1994

Before the Rain
The circularity of violence seen in a story that circles on itself. In 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.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers Gramercy Pictures, AIM Group, PolyGram Audiovisuel, British Screen Productions, Noé Productions, Vardar Film, Ministerstvo za kultura na Republika Makedonija
Original title Пред дождот
Directors Biljana Mirkovic, Renée Glynne, Piers Thompson, Mary Soan, Vanja Aljinovic, Milcho Manchevski
Writers Milcho Manchevski

Cast

Rade Šerbedžija

as Aleksander

Grégoire Colin

as Kiril

Labina Mitevska

as Zamira

Phyllida Law

as Anne's Mother

Jay Villiers

as Nick

Josif Josifovski

as Father Marko

Kiril Ristoski

as Father Damjan

Petar Mirčevski

as Zdrave

Ilko Stefanovski

as Bojan

Vladimir Jacev

as Alija

Peter Needham

as Maitre D

Rod Woodruff

as Waiter in fight

Meto Jovanovski

as Dr. Saso

Mladen Krstevski

as Trifun

Džemail Maksut

as Kuzman

Milica Stojanova

as Aunt Cveta

Kiril Psaltirov

as Mome

Atila Klince

as Sefer

Gabrielle Hamilton

as Woman in cab

Daniel Newman

as Ian

Aleksandar Mikić

as Atanas