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Before the Rain

Time Never Dies, the Circle is Not Round.

7.3(195)19941h 53m2

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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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$763.8K
Language
Albanian
  • london, england
  • monk
  • mountain
  • restaurant
  • war photographer
  • fashion photographer
  • albanian
  • macedonia

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Behind the camera

Produced in

United Kingdom, Macedonia, France

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR24 Feb 1995
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical11 Aug 1995
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical15 Sept 1994
  • ChinaCN

    • PremiereYangtze River Delta International Youth Film Festival16 Oct 2026
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical (limited)15+Projekt 1001 Apr 1996
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalU16 Nov 1994
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical28 Sept 1995
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical31 Aug 1994
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical12 Jan 1995
  • North MacedoniaMK

    • Theatrical9 Jun 1994
  • South KoreaKR

    • Theatrical183 Jun 1995
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical12 Jan 1995

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Before the Rain was released on 9 June 1994.

Audience reviews

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  • D

    deepkino

    9/17/2025

    8/10

    'Pred dozhdot' (Before the Rain) is a cinematic masterpiece that masterfully weaves together three seemingly disparate narratives to craft a profound and melancholic meditation on the cyclical nature of hatred, violence, and ethnic conflict. Set against the backdrop of the early 1990s in Macedonia, the film explores the devastating impact of war on human relationships and the tragic inevitability of history repeating…

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