Movie
Before the Rain
Time Never Dies, the Circle is Not Round.
The circularity of violence seen in a story that circles on itself. In Macedonia, during the 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.
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Checked Jul 23, 2026
Before the Rain is available to stream on Kanopy and The Criterion Channel in United States. Use the direct links below to open the provider.
Synopsis
The circularity of violence seen in a story that circles on itself. In Macedonia, during the 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.
More about Before the Rain
Cast
Katrin CartlidgeAnne
Rade ŠerbedžijaAleksander
Grégoire ColinKiril
Labina MitevskaZamira
Phyllida LawAnne's Mother
Silvija StojanovskaHana
Jay VilliersNickCredits
- Directed by
- Milcho Manchevski
- Written by
- Milcho Manchevski
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Macedonian
- Original title
- Пред дождот
- Box office
- $763.8K
Production
- British Screen ProductionsUnited Kingdom
- PolyGram AudiovisuelFrance
- Vardar FilmNorth Macedonia
- Ministerstvo za kultura na Republika MakedonijaNorth Macedonia
Noé ProductionsFrance- AIM GroupFrance
