Before the Rain

Starring: Rade Serbedzija; Katrin Cartlidge & Gregoire Colin Director: Milcho Manchevski

DVD Features:

Audio:

• Dolby Digital Stereo - Albanian, English, Macedonian, Serbian
• Subtitles - English - Optional

• Audio Commentary - 1. Milcho Manchevski - Director
                               2. Annette Insdorf - Film Critic
• Interview - Rade Serbedzija - Actor
• Trailers - Theatrical Trailer

Text/Photo Galleries:

• Essay - Ian Christie - Film Scholar
• Gallery - Stills Galleries of Manchevski's Photographs and On-Set Shots

Product Description:

A three-part drama which alternates between London and Macedonia. In Part 1, "Words," a young Macedonian monk protects a runaway Albanian girl. In Part 2, "Faces," focuses on a love affair in London. Part 3, "Pictures" is set back in Macedonia where a bloody ethnic conflict is brewing.

Plot Synopsis:

Shot in Macedonia and London, "Before the Rain" is a haunting study of war and its tragic consequences -- especially when the fighting occurs between neighbors.
Divided into three sections, the connection between seemingly disparate events and people only becomes clear at the film's end. In "Words," a pure and innocent Macedonian monk breaks his vows in order to hide an Albanian girl accused of murder. "Faces" dramatizes an Englishwoman's struggle to choose between her husband and her lover, a Pulitzer Prize-winning war photographer who is about to return to his native Macedonia. And "Pictures," the final segment, follows the photographer as he tries to comprehend the violence and bloodshed that have so transformed his nation's landscape and turned one-time friends into bitter enemies.

Plot Keywords:

Drama | Drama (General) | Love Story

Production Notes:

• Produced by Aim Productions (UK), Noë Productions (France), Vardar Films & the Ministry of Culture for the Republic of Macedonia, and PolyGram Audiovisual.
• Filmed in Technovision widescreen; in Eastman color, on location in London, England and Macedonia.
• Rated BBFC 15 by the British Board of Film Classification.
• Copyright 1994 Aim Productions, Ltd., Noë Productions, and Vardar Films.

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