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Before the Rain

Genre: Drama

Director: Milco Mancevski

Short description: Manchevski's lush, cyclical drama is told in three chapters and has many characters; however, the primary focus is on Aleksandar, a disillusioned war photographer who, after witnessing an execution in Bosnia, decides to return to his Macedonian village. He soon learns that ethnic hatred has arrived before him, and his old homeland is now a dangerously armed camp of militant Orthodox and Moslem factions. Violence is imminent and everyone is caught in the crossfire.

Producer: Vardar film, Skoplje, Aim, British screen, Ministarstvo kulture Makedonije, Noa Production

Writer: Milco Mancevski

Music: Zlatko Origjanski, Zoran Spasovski, Goran Trajkoski

Cinematographer: Darius Khondji, Manuel Teran

Production design: Sharon Lomofsky, David Munns

Costume design: Caroline Harris, Sue Yelland

Country of origin: Makedonija

Film editing: Nicolas Gaster

Duration: 113 minutes

System: Cinemascope, color

Premiere: 15.9.1994.



Cast:

Abdurrahman Shala
as Zekir
Aleksander Mikic
as Atanas
Arben Kastrati
as Ramiz
Atila Klince
as Sefer
Blagoja Spirkovski
as vodja bande
Boris Delcevski
as Petre
Catharine Cartlidge
as Ana
Cveto Mareski
as decak sa puskom
Daniel Newman
as Ian
Dejan Velkov
as Mate
Dzemail Maksut
as Kuzman
Gabrilelle Hamilton
as zena u taksiju
Gregoire Colin
as Kiril
Igor Madzirov
as Stojan
Ilko Stefanovski
as Bojan
Jay Villers
as Nick
Joe Gould
as ridjokosi kelner
Jordan Vitanov
as policajac
Josif Josifovski
as otac Marko
Katerina Kocevska
as Kate
Kiril Psaltirov
as Mome
Kiril Ristoski
as otac Damjan
Labina Mitevska
as Zamira
Lence Delova
as gojazna sluzbenica
Ljupco Bresliski
as Mitre
Ljupco Todorovski
as Kizo
Melissa Wilkes
as zaostalo dete
Meto Jovanovski
as Dr. Saso
Metodi Psaltirov
as Tome
Mile Jovanovski
as svestenik koji peva na sahrani
Milica Stojanova
as tetka Cveta
Mladen Krstevski
as Trifun
Moni Damevski
as George
Nino Levi
as postar
Petar Mircevski
as Zdrave
Peter Needham
as Maire d'
Phyllida Law
as Anina majka
Rade Serbedzija
as Aleksander
Rod Woodruff
as kelner u tuci
Sando Monev
as Blagoj
Silvija Stojanovska
as Hana
Suzana Kirandziska
as Neda
Vladimir Endrovski
as Trajce
Vladimir Jancev
as Alija

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