Before the Rains

Name: Before the Rains
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance
Released: May 9, 2008
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 47

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Roadside Attractions | Release Date: May 9, 2008 | PG-13

Summary: Set in 1930s southern India against the backdrop of a growing nationalist movement, Before the Rains is about an idealistic young Indian man who finds himself torn between his ambitions for the future and his loyalty to the past when people in his village learn of an affair between his British boss and a village woman. (Roadside Attractions)

Director: Santosh Sivan

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 98 min

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Stephen Holden

Fatal culture clash, imperialist entitlement, forbidden passion between master and servant: the ingredients of the Indian director Santosh Sivan’s period piece Before the Rains may be awfully familiar, but the film lends them the force of tragedy. Read full review

Steven Rea

As scripted by Cathy Rabin and directed by Santosh Sivan, Before the Rains is never less than compelling, but never more than adequately realized. Read full review

Julia Wallace

Saddled with a predictable lushness--even a streak of blood on a dirty window is aestheticized until it looks like stained glass--and the sensuality here can crowd out the sense. Still, director Santosh Sivan imparts a vastness and a sense of wonder to the film, qualities reminiscent of a Thomas Cole painting. Read full review

Ethan Gilsdorf

The competent, at times suspenseful Before the Rains orbits us along a trajectory of innocence corrupted, domesticity infested by politics, and local tradition messed with by a powerful Westerner. Unfortunately, that trajectory feels routine. Read full review

Frank Scheck

The film's chief asset is its superbly atmospheric evocation of its period milieu. Read full review

Eddie Cockrell

Tale of an idealistic local caught in the crossfire of an illicit affair is too pat and pretty to connect with upscale audiences. Read full review

Andrew O'Hehir

The story sounds great, on paper: It''s got interracial romance and betrayal, political and ethnic violence, and a faint feminist undercurrent. But the resulting movie is so pretty and so utterly lifeless you can almost smell the embalming fluid coming off the screen. Read full review

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