
Before the Rain tells the stories of an orthodox Christian monk, a British photo agent, and a native Macedonian war photographer to paint a portrait of simmering ethnic and religious hatred about to reach its boiling point. 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.... (Full plot summary below)
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Before the Rain tells the stories of an orthodox Christian monk, a British photo agent, and a native Macedonian war photographer to paint a portrait of simmering ethnic and religious hatred about to reach its boiling point. 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.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThis is one of the year's best films, a brilliant directorial debut for a young man named Milcho Manchevski. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatMakes it clear that the long arm of tribal violence is stark and scary. |
| Chicago TribuneGene SiskelAn important new director announces his arrival. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonIt shakes you up the way many other notable foreign-language film debuts once did -- films like"Breathless, The 400 Blows or Knife in the Water. |
| Hartford CourantMalcolm JohnsonBrilliantly filmed by writer-director Milcho Manchevski in the rugged hills of Macedonia and the gray streets of London, this three-part tale proves a revelation, spellbindingly told and disturbingly contemporary. |
| Independent on SundayQuentin CurtisThis is a formidable debut for Manchevski, who wrote the film as well as directed it... If all his films are as noble, beautiful and humane as his first, the American cinema will have a new master. |
| VarietyDeborah YoungBefore the Rain is a visually and narratively stunning tale in three parts, set between modern London and the timeless hills of Macedonia, in former Yugoslavia |
| Time OutTom CharityFlawed, certainly, and a little infatuated with its own tragic aura, but a brave, compelling work which repays serious attention. |
| New York Daily NewsDave KehrWe'll have to wait for Manchevski's next feature to know whether he's an artist or a shrewd entertainer. In the meantime, Before the Rain is one of the more worthy efforts of the season. |
| South Florida Sun-SentinelRoger HurlburtThe cast of international players is excellent, with Serbedzija delivering an especially fine performance as Aleksandar, a humanistic photographer. |