Before the Rains
Passion has its price.
Just a quick cuddle before the tea...
This Merchant-Ivory production is set in 1930s southern India, against the backdrop of a growing nationalist movement. An idealistic young Indian man 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 married British boss and a village woman.
96 minutes , No persons under 13 (Sex, Violence) Drama, On the art circuit
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Credits
Cast
Linus Roache , Rahul Bose , Nandita Das , Jennifer Ehle , Leopold Benedict
Director
Santosh Sivan
Screenplay Cathy Rabin, based on the 2001 film by Dan Verete Music Mark Kilian Cinematography Santosh Sivan Editing Steven Cohen, A. Sreekar Prasad Sound formats Dolby Digital Soundtrack Available Made in 2007
Produced by Adirondack Pictures, Echo Lake Productions, Excalibur Pictures, Merchant Ivory Productions, Santosh Sivan Productions
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FPB Report (SA)
Genre Drama
Language Very mild, infrequent, no impact
Nudity None
Sex Implied with suggestive sounds, fairly sensual scene, infrequent
Violence Moderate violence, mild blood, infrequent, also domestic violence.
Prejudice None
Blasphemy None
Drug abuse None
Comments None
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Ratings
Scale (Max) 20
South African Media Cape Argus/The Star Theresa Smith 10
Die Burger Rozanne Els 10
Sunday Times Barry Ronge 10
24.com 5
International Media Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert 13
eye Weekly (Canada) Adam Nayman 5
Metacritic.com 19 critics 9
RottenTomatoes.com 51 critics 10
RottenTomatoes.com Tomatometer 9
Internet (IMDB) 304 Netizens 13
Average .. 47% 9
Trailer
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