Directed by:
Milcho ManchevskiScreenplay:
Milcho ManchevskiCinematography:
Manuel TeranCast:
Katrin Cartlidge, Rade Serbedzija, Grégoire Colin, Labina Mitevska, Phyllida Law, Meto Jovanovski, Daniel Newman, Vladimir Jacev, Josif Josifovski (more)Plots(1)
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 Serbedzija) to paint a portrait of simmering, entrenched 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 poetic evocations of the futility of war. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Katrin Cartlidge
UK
Best movies:
Breaking the Waves (1996)
No Man's Land (2001)
Before the Rain (1994)
Rade Serbedzija
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Snatch (2000)
Batman Begins (2005)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Grégoire Colin
France
Best movies:
Before the Rain (1994)
The Dreamlife of Angels (1998)
Olivier, Olivier (1992)
Labina Mitevska
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Monahikoi typoi (2000)
Before the Rain (1994)
Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
Phyllida Law
UK
Best movies:
Before the Rain (1994)
The Winter Guest (1997)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Meto Jovanovski
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Before the Rain (1994)
Srečna nova '49 (1986)
Tetoviranje (1991)
Daniel Newman
UK
Best movies:
Before the Rain (1994)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Dracula (1992)
Vladimir Jacev
Best movies:
Before the Rain (1994)
Great Water (2004)
Dust (2001)
Josif Josifovski
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Before the Rain (1994)
Goodbye, 20th Century (1998)
Dust (2001)
Boris Delcevski
Best movies:
Before the Rain (1994)
Dejan Velkov
Best movies:
Before the Rain (1994)
Kiril Ristoski
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Before the Rain (1994)
Tetoviranje (1991)
Mladen Krstevski
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Before the Rain (1994)
Srečna nova '49 (1986)
Tetoviranje (1991)
Dzemail Maksut
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Before the Rain (1994)
Variola Vera (1982)
The Meeting Point (1989)
Mile Jovanovski
Best movies:
Before the Rain (1994)
Milica Stojanova
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Before the Rain (1994)
Srečna nova '49 (1986)
Tetoviranje (1991)
Petar Mircevski
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Black Sun (2017) (series)
Before the Rain (1994)
The Border Post (2006)
Ljupco Bresliski
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Before the Rain (1994)
Great Water (2004)
I Am From Titov Veles (2007)
Igor Madzirov
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Before the Rain (1994)
Kiril Psaltirov
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Before the Rain (1994)
Mission London (2010)