Before the Rains

Before the Rains

98 mins | Drama, Romance | Sept. 7, 2007

Set in southern India in the late 1930s, this provocative tale traces the story of three people caught in an inexorable web of forbidden romance and dangerous secrets. After a British spice planter falls in love with his alluring servant, an idealistic young man finds himself torn between his ambitions and his family, his village and his past.

Before the Rains

98 mins | Drama, Romance | Sept. 7, 2007

Before the Rains
Set in southern India in the late 1930s, this provocative tale traces the story of three people caught in an inexorable web of forbidden romance and dangerous secrets. After a British spice planter falls in love with his alluring servant, an idealistic young man finds himself torn between his ambitions and his family, his village and his past.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Merchant Ivory Productions, Excalibur Pictures, Adirondack Pictures
Original title Before the Rains
Directors Santosh Sivan
Writers Cathy Rabin

Cast

Linus Roache

as Henry Moores

Nandita Das

as Sajaani

Rahul Bose

as T. K. Neelan

Jennifer Ehle

as Laura Moores

Lal

as Rajat

Thilakan

as T.K.'s father