Pred doždot
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- For the album by Eternal, see Before the Rain (album).
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 Before the Rain VHS cover |
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| Directed by | Milčo Mančevski |
| Written by | Milčo Mančevski |
| Starring | Katrin Cartlidge Rade Serbedzija |
| Release date(s) | September 15, 1994 (Toronto Film Festival) |
| Running time | 113 min |
| Language | Macedonian / English / Albanian |
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Before the Rain (Macedonian: Пред дождот; Transliteration: Pred doždot) is a 1994 Macedonian film starring Katrin Cartlidge, Rade Šerbedžija, Grégoire Colin, and Labina Mitevska. It was directed and written by Milčo Mančevski. The music was created by Anastasia.
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[edit] Synopsis
The film is a trilogy, and all three stories focus on tragic and ill-fated love affairs. In the first episode, Words, we meet a young monk who took the vow of silence, Kiril, who stands up for Zamira, a young Albanian woman who stands accused of murder and is on the run from a posse. For her sake he leaves the monastery and the two of them make their way through the enchantingly beautiful Macedonian landscape. Unfortunately their romance is heading towards a sudden and brutal end.
Faces is set in bustling and trendy London. Anne, a beautiful picture editor, is torn between the love of her husband Nick and the attraction she feels for Aleksandar, a disillusioned war photographer. She is pulled into a series of tragic events by a shoot-out at a nearby restaurant.
The third and final part, Pictures, brings the plot and the characters together. It focuses on Aleksandar when he returns to Macedonia to settle. He finds out how the war has divided his home village and how his Albanian neighbours are seen as enemies. Hana, an Albanian woman he was and apparently still is in love with, asks him to take care of her daughter Zamira….
While he sets out to find the girl the storm is building on the horizon. The plot is ingeniously pulled together and suddenly we are back where we started. A remarkable and striking play with time which heightens the feeling of fatalism and the littleness of man.
[edit] Historical background
The movie is not based on real events. There was no armed conflict between Albanians and Macedonians at the time the film was made. There were, however, clashes in 2001.
[edit] Awards
The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It won several awards at the Venice Film Festival including the Golden Lion, about thirty international awards in all.
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