Three interconnected stories of love under the threat of civil war in Macedonia and London.Three interconnected stories of love under the threat of civil war in Macedonia and London.Three interconnected stories of love under the threat of civil war in Macedonia and London.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 29 wins & 4 nominations total
Grégoire Colin
- Kiril
- (as Gergoire Colin)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaBefore the Rain (1994) was the first feature made in the newly declared republic of Macedonia, part of the former Yugoslavia. It was also the first Macedonian film to be nominated for an Oscar.
- GoofsIn the restaurant, over 30 shots are fired with a pistol without reloading.
- Quotes
Father Marko: Time never dies. The circle is never round.
- Crazy creditsThe film begins with a pan over a Macedonian sky covered by dark clouds at dusk. We hear sounds of thunder, when an epigraph from the novel "Dervis i smrt" (The Dervish and Death) by Mesa Selimovic appears on the screen, while a voice is heard reading it: "With a shriek birds flee across the black sky, people are silent, my blood aches from waiting". Afterwards, the titles appear.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The 67th Annual Academy Awards (1995)
- SoundtracksTime Never Dies
Kaval by Dragan Dautovski
Psaltery by Cengis Ibraim
© 1994 PolyGramComposed By by Anastasia
Arranged and produced by Anastasia
(P) 1994 PolyGram
Featured review
This story marks the essence of what's happened in Balkans (former Yugoslavia) in past few years, and especially the circular plot of the movie is very significant. I was really shocked with certain moments of this film!
There's more lines in the plot - the story of native war photographer living in London, who wants to return to homeland - the movie itself starts with some kind of Romeo and Juliet war story - there's also a harsh killing scene in London restaurant, which is made by one of war radicals - very funny shot is that, when the UN inspection car stops at the hill far before the village, and after moment it returns back, while the village is guarded and divided by it's armed citizens - and maybe one missed telephone call could warn Alexander, who just returns to his birth village, and stop it all...
After some moments the lines of this more complex movie cut through and the circle of violence comes to its finale. But we're just on the beginning chronologically, so it seems everything is just starting again...
There's more lines in the plot - the story of native war photographer living in London, who wants to return to homeland - the movie itself starts with some kind of Romeo and Juliet war story - there's also a harsh killing scene in London restaurant, which is made by one of war radicals - very funny shot is that, when the UN inspection car stops at the hill far before the village, and after moment it returns back, while the village is guarded and divided by it's armed citizens - and maybe one missed telephone call could warn Alexander, who just returns to his birth village, and stop it all...
After some moments the lines of this more complex movie cut through and the circle of violence comes to its finale. But we're just on the beginning chronologically, so it seems everything is just starting again...
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- Antes de la lluvia
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- $1,900,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $763,847
- Gross worldwide
- $763,847
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