Video Description
The first film made in the newly independent Republic of Macedonia, Milcho Manchevskis Before the Rain crosscuts the stories of an orthodox Christian monk (Groire Colin), a British photo agent (Katrin Cartlidge), and a native Macedonian war photographer (Rade erbedija) 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 cinemas 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 erbedija 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!