BEFORE THE RAIN

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• Release Year: 1995
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: The first film made in the newly independent Republic of Macedonia, Milcho Manchevski's BEFORE THE RAIN crosscuts the stories of an orthodox Christian monk (Grégoire Colin), a British photo agent (Katrin Cartlidge), and a native Macedonian war photographer (Rade Šerbedžija) to paint a portrait of simmering ethnic and religious hatred about to reach its boiling point. Made during the strife of the war-torn Balkan states in the nineties, this gripping triptych of love and violence is also a timeless evocation of the loss of pastoral innocence, and remains one of recent cinema's most powerful laments on the futility of war.
• Cast: Gregoire Colin, Josif Josifovski, Boris Delcevski, Dejan Velkov, Kiril Ristoski, Mladen Krstevski, Džemail Maksut, Labina Mitevska, Mile Jovanovski, Milica Stojanova, Petar Mircevski, Rade Šerbedžija, Ljupco Bresliski, Igor Madžirov, Kiril Psaltirov, Metodi Psaltirov, Blagoja Spirkovski-Džumerko, Sando Monev, Suzana Kirandžiska, Katerina Kocevska, Vladimir Endrovski, Katrin Cartlidge, Abdurahman Šalja, Atila Klince, Vladimir Jacev, Arben Kastrati, Daniel Newman, Phyllida Law, Gabrielle Hamilton, Milcho Manchevski
• Director: Milcho Manchevski
• Runtime: 1:53
• Company: Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Aim Productions, Noé Productions, Vardar Film, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie