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.

Katrin Cartlidge
as Anne

Rade Šerbedžija
as Aleksander

Grégoire Colin
as Kiril

Labina Mitevska
as Zamira

Phyllida Law
as Anne's Mother

Silvija Stojanovska
as Hana

Jay Villiers
as Nick

Josif Josifovski
as Father Marko

Kiril Ristoski
as Father Damjan

Petar Mirčevski
as Zdrave
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'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, ...