Before the Rain

1994 "Time Never Dies, the Circle is Not Round."
7.9| 1h53m| en
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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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Linkshoch Wonderful Movie
Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,
Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
Igor Naumoski The movie has it all, amassing storyline with lots of great metaphors (even the title is a metaphor for forthcoming turmoil), great acting, beautiful music and colorful picture. The main storyline happens in Macedonia, but the movie is timeless and it is true for every conflict in the world, as in the movie the director in a beautiful way plays with time and places. Take any conflict in the world and you will see the same, how the violence can bring more hatred, turmoil and nothing good, and how hard can be to break this circle. But as it says in the movie the circle is not always round, it is not everything as it seems, and this circle of violence can be hardly broken. Truly a Masterpiece, and it won't be exaggerated if I say this is a movie version of Picasso's Guernica. The shapes are not easy to see, but when you see it you will understand it is stunning and it carries beautiful message.
Armand it is a film about the dust of words. about power of self definition. about death. and hate. about courage. and a deformed universe. each character is letter of a testimony. each testimony is another cold circle of ash.and nothing else. a monk, a girl, a photographer. a village as scene of a profound crime. sure, it is slice from a war. but this war has not end. it is expectation, desire, ladder. a seed as demolition of another old order. for this cause the film is touching and impressive. because it is clear. and honest. because is a picture. the places, the dialogs, the borders of circles are only shadows of events. three stories. and the cruel silence. that is all.
sutapanaki66 I liked the movie quite a lot. Well done, with clear story line and conveying the ideas perfectly. I gave it 7 instead of 10 stars because of some incorrect historic statements. For example, one of the characters says that the Byzantines poked the eyes of 14000 "Macedonian" soldiers. This refers to the battle at Klyuch in 1014 where the Byzantine emperor Basil II won the battle and because of what he did to the soldiers he was called Basil the Bulgar-slayer (Boulgaroktonos Greek: Βουλγαροκτόνος) - obviously no mention of any Macedonian soldiers. Oh, well, what can one do - that's the present day Macedonian view on history. I just thought that a movie of this scale should be correct in every aspect - both what concerns present day events and facts from the past.
karino-4 To me, this movie conveys the ESSENCE of war. The very start...Profound. Genius. This is how war happens. And it is so very, very sad.If only people could think back to this point in their very own lives (yes, you) and be less rigid and more forgiving and less focused on detailed "rules and regulations".. Each person and each action or non-action counts.Beautifully acted and beautiful, haunting music. Although I have seen it several years ago, "Before the rain" keeps coming up in my mind because of conflicts all around us in the world. Unfortunately the story is very much alive today and I'm afraid it will be for a long time.