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Before the Rains 2008

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Before the Rains
12A (Contains moderate violence)
Cast
Linus Roache, Nandita Das, Rahul Bose, Jennifer Ehle, John Standing, Ejji Umamahesh
Director
Santosh Sivan
Producer
Howard Frumes, Ashok Rao, Jane Villiers, Mark Burton, Paul Hardart
Writer
Cathy Rabin
Duration
01:37:00
Official Site
http://beforetherains.net/
Release
Friday July 25 2008
Genre
Drama
Distributor
Metrodome Distribution

Synopsis

Set in 1930s southern India against the backdrop of a growing nationalist movement, "Before the Rains" is the English language debut of acclaimed Indian director Santosh Sivan. 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 British boss and a village woman.


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