Review of Before the Rain (1994) by Orlok W — 26 Nov 2013
"Before the Rain" could be easily translated as "the deep breath before the plunge", as Gandalf said in The Return of the King. It is the gap of time before something explodes. Milcho Manchevski drives our attention to a new country: Macedonia and their racial issues.
Throughout the film he sketches two diverse landscapes of European life: the modern open-minded and avant-garde landscape (set in London) and the pastoral tribal landscape (set in Macedonia). He formulates the question whether they will continue to lead new things, or they will go back to the old tribal habits.
Also, he depicts the human desire for violence in the name of race, religion and honor, which is the BIGGEST human weakness, in my opinion. Finally, he delivers a circled story made of three parts; three parts which are only connected by violence, thus saying, the world has violence as a major linker.
I have to say I got this only after reading the Criterion Collection booklet, but having read this, I enjoyed the film a lot more. I highly recommend it, but it can be difficult to get the whole if you're not a big shot historian or sociologist.
This review of Before the Rain (1994) was written by Orlok W on 26 Nov 2013.
Before the Rain has generally received very positive reviews.
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