Before the Rain

Before the Rain

Movie |

Albanian | Monk

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  • Genre(s): Drama, War
  • Language(s): Macedonian
  • Director(s): Renée Glynne, Biljana Mirkovic, Milcho Manchevski, Mary Soan, Piers Thompson See all Crew
  • Cast(s): Rade Šerbedžija, Katrin Cartlidge, Grégoire Colin, Labina Mitevska, Phyllida Law See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 53min
  • Music: Peter Baldock,Jack Stew,Hugh Strain,Marton Jankov-Tomica
  • Award(s): Golden Lion 1994 (Won)
    Oscar 1995 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Story:
    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.
    Full Story
7.9/10
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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
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.
Ratings

7.9/10

IMDb

AWARDS

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Won
Golden Lion Award

1994 | Milcho

FIPRESCI Award

Best Film in Competition | 1994 | Milcho

Guldbagge Award

Best Foreign Film Bsta utlndska film | 1996

Audience Award

Best Foreign Film Melhor Filme Estrangeiro | 1996 | Milcho

1995 | Milcho

Best Film | 1994 | Milcho

Best Feature | 1994 | Milcho

Grand Prix Award

(director) | 1995 | Milcho

1995 | Milcho

SIYAD Award

Best Foreign Film | 1995

Special David Award

1995 | Milcho

Festival Award

Best First Film | 1994 | Milcho

Best Film | 1994 | Milcho

Best Director | 1994 | Milcho

UNESCO Award

1994 | Milcho

Pasinetti Award

Best Actor | 1994 | Rade

Kodak Award

1994 | Milcho

Silver Condor Award

Best Foreign Film Mejor Pelcula Extranjera | 1997 | Milcho

FIPRESCI Prize Award

1994 | Milcho

Critics Award

Best Foreign Film Melhor Filme Estrangeiro | 1996 | Milcho

Jury Prize Award

International Competition | 1994 | Milcho

Independent Spirit Award

Best Foreign Film | 1996 | Milcho

Nominations
Oscar Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 1995

Silver Ribbon Award

Best Foreign Director Regista del Miglior Film Straniero | 1995 | Milcho

Golden Train Award

Best Film | 1994 | Milcho

ACCA Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 1994

BOX OFFICE

Box Office Collection 763,847 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

First Macedonian film to be nominated for an Oscar.

Director and writer Milcho Manchevski compared the circular dramatic structure of Before the Rain (1994) to Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher's drawings and called it "an optical illusion in time".

The New York Times include Before the Rain in the "1,000 Best Films Ever Made."

The American film historian and professor at Columbia University Annette Insdorf, considers Before the Rain (1994) "one of the greatest first features in the history of cinema".

Many viewers are taken by the "optical illusion in time". Before the Rain appears to have a circular nature, with Part 2 chronologically first, followed by parts 3 and 1. But on closer inspection some events from Part 1 precede events in Part 2 (in her London office, Ann looks at photographs of Zamira's death). This playful aspect of the film was meticulously and intentionally developed in the script. It reflects on the film motto: The Circle Is Not Round.

Popular Dialogues

"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."