BEFORE THE RAIN (1994)
The circularity of violence seen in a story that circles on itself. In Macedonia, during war in Bosnia, Macedonians (Christians) hunt an ethnic Albanian (Muslim) girl who may have murdered one of their own. A young monk (Kiril) 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. She wants permanence with her lover, a prize-winning Macedonian photographer just back from Bosnia, changed by the violence he saw and felt there. He leaves abruptly for his village; he's not visited it in 16 years. There he tries to ignore bitter divisions between his Macedonian Orthodox brethren and local Albanian Muslims, then tries to transcend them.
Directed by
Milčo Mančevski
Writing credits
Milčo Mančevski
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Cast (in credits order) |
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| Katrin Cartlidge | .... | Anne |
| Rade Serbedzija | .... | Aleksander Kirkov |
| Grégoire Colin | .... | Kiril |
| Labina Mitevska | .... | Zamira |
| Jay Villiers | .... | Nick |
| Silvija Stojanovska | .... | Hana |
| Phyllida Law | .... | Anne's Mother |
| Josif Josifovski | .... | Father Marko |
| Kiril Ristoski | .... | Father Damjan |
| Petar Mircevski | .... | Zdrave |
| Ljupco Bresliski | .... | Mitre |
| Igor Madziro | .... | Stojan |
| Ilko Stefanovski | .... | Bojan |
| Suzana Kirandziska | .... | Neda |
| Katerina Kocevska | .... | Kate |
| Vladimir Endrovski | .... | Trajce |
| Abdurrahman Shala | .... | Zekir |
| Vladimir Jacev | .... | Alija |
| Peter Needham | .... | Maire d' |
| Rod Woodruff | .... | Waiter in Fight |
| Aleksander Mikic | .... | Atanas |
| Meto Jovanovski | .... | Dr. Saso |
| Cveto Mareski | .... | Boy with Gun |
| Boris Delcevski | .... | Petre |
| Dejan Velkov | .... | Mate |
| Mladen Krstevski | .... | Trifun |
| Dzemail Maksut | .... | Kuzman |
| Mile Jovanovski | .... | Priest Singing at Funeral |
| Milica Stojanova | .... | Aunt Cveta |
| Kiril Psaltirov | .... | Mome |
| Metodi Psaltirov | .... | Tome |
| Blagoja Spirkovski-Dzumerko | .... | Gang Leader |
| Sando Monev | .... | Blagoj |
| Atila Klince | .... | Sefer |
| Arben Kastrati | .... | Ramiz |
| Daniel Newman | .... | Ian |
| Gabrielle Hamilton (II) | .... | Woman in Cab |
| Moni Damevski | .... | George |
| Ljupco Todorovski | .... | Kizo |
| Melissa Wilkes | .... | Retarded Child |
| Joe Gould | .... | Redhead Waiter |
| Goran | .... | Goran |
| Nino Levi | .... | Mailman |
| Lence Delova | .... | Bossy Clerk |
| Jordan Vitanov | .... | Policeman |
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Produced by: |
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| Marc Baschet | .... | co-producer |
| Judy Counihan | .... | producer |
| Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela | .... | co-producer |
| Cédomir Kolar | .... | producer |
| Sheila Fraser Milne | .... | associate producer |
| David Redman | .... | associate producer |
| Paul Sarony | .... | line producer |
| Sam Taylor (II) | .... | producer |
| Chris Thompson (I) | .... | line producer |
| Goran Tozija | .... | co-producer (as Gordon Tozija) |
| Cat Villiers | .... | producer |
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Original Music By: |
| Zlatko Origjanski |
| Zoran Spasovski |
| Goran Trajkoski |
