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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 0715515029421
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Criterion
Manufacturer: Criterion
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Criterion
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 24, 2008
Running Time: 103 minutes
Sales Rank: 9067
Studio: Criterion
Theatrical Release Date: 1994
Editorial Review:
Description:
The first film made in the newly independent Republic of Macedonia, Milcho Manchevski’s Before the Rain crosscuts the stories of an orthodox Christian monk (Grégoire Colin), a British photo agent (Katrin Cartlidge), and a native Macedonian war photographer (Rade Šerbedžija) to paint a portrait of simmering, entrenched ethnic and religious hatred about to reach its boiling point. Made during the strife of the war-torn Balkan states in the nineties, this gripping triptych of love and violence is also a timeless evocation of the loss of pastoral innocence, and remains one of recent cinema’s most poetic evocations of the futility of war.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:
• New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Milcho Manchevski • Audio commentary featuring Manchevski and film scholar Annette Insdorf • New video interview with actor Rade Šerbedžija • Manchevski's award-winning music video for Arrested Development's 'Tennessee' • Stills galleries of Manchevski's photographs and on-set shots • Theatrical trailer • New and improved English subtitle translation • PLUS: A new essay by film scholar Ian Christie • More!
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A Wee bit Self-Conscious
I do think the construction of the movie undercuts its potential clout..given the themes of revenge assassination, blind hate, and terror. No disputing that Macedonia comes out on top as a place to look at. Those with appetites for countries they have not seen before will be sated with the shots of plunging valleys, rural towns and deep blue bays, though they may not risk touching base given the threats on display herein. The story starts in the second episode, proceeds through three to come full ... Read More
Rating: - the circle is not round
at laest this product is for sale in DVD, The circle is not round is the premise of this perfect circular movie that relates the conflict in Macedonia and Albania and takes the war to a personal level, with extraordinary performances and music, it was a crime not to have it on DVD
Rating: - Three episodes from war-torn Yugoslavia
This film has three episodes loosely connected into one story. It is about the Balkan wars of the 1990's that were do decried by Western Europeans, yet they did so little to prevent them. The film in fact shows how the sensation hungry Western media often feed the killing frenzy. The main character goes through his own soul searching as he returns to the Balkans and in the end redeems himself. It's a must see.
Rating: - haunting music
Great soundtrack to a fine film. I highly recommend this for anyone who likes Dead Can Dance's "Aion" album Aion. This is contemporary music under the strong influence of Macedonian sacral music traditions, in turn rooted in Byzantine liturgical music.
Rating: - Macedonia' first film is one of the best.
This review is for the Criterion Collection DVD edition of the film.
Before the Rain, directed by Milcho Manchevski, is a depition of the ethnic violence that plagued the Balkans in the 1990's. It is a clear message of how senseless violence is.
The film has scenes in both England and the former Yugoslavia. It is about an award winning photojournalist who returns home to the Balkans after the war and finds his hometown still in ethnic tensions.
The film is superb ... Read More
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