Before the Rains
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Santosh Sivan
Linus Roache
Nandita Das
Rahul Bose
Aadil Aswar
Jennifer Ehle
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Amidst the growing nationalist movement in 1930's India, T.K. Neelan, a Western-educated idealistic young Indian man, finds himself torn between his ambitions for the future and his loyalty to the past when the local villagers learn of an adulterous affair between his boss, Henry Moores, a British colonialist striving to build a road to expand his spice harvesting business, and Moores' beautiful married Indian housemaid Sajani.
Director
Santosh Sivan
Cast
Linus Roache
Nandita Das
Rahul Bose
Aadil Aswar
Jennifer Ehle
Asharaf Moidu
Krishnan Potti
Sathish Poduval
Lakshmi Krishnamoorthy
Leopold Benedict
John Standing
Mani Kumaranalloor
Ejji K Umamahesh
Lal Paul
Ganapathi S Poduval
Indrajith Sukumaran
Crew
Sunil Babu
Mark Burton
Manoj C. D.
P Chandraiah
Steven Cohen
Steven Cohen
David Esparza
Howard Frumes
Vikram Gaikwaad
Vikram Gaikwaad
Paul Hardart
Tom Hardart
Melissa Sherwood Hoffman
Dan Hubbard
P K Johney
Anto Joseph
Kamal K.m
Harikumar K.u.
Ian Kennedy
Mark Kilian
Unni Krishnan
M Manoj Kumar
Vinod Mangalathu
R S Mani
Douglas Mankoff
Gautam Mohan
G D Murthi
Jp Pettinato
Pauline Piechota
Sreekar Prasad
Cathy Rabin
Prabhu Radhakrishnan
Ashok Rao
Mubina Rattonsey
John Ross
Alphonse Roy
S B Satheesan
Paul Schwartz
Leslie Shatz
Santosh Sivan
Santosh Sivan
Andrew Spaulding
Jessica Stamen
Milind Verekar
Danny Verete
Jane Villiers
Amotz Zakai
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Spring May 9, 2008
Expanded Release in United States May 16, 2008
Released in United States on Video September 16, 2008
Released in United States October 2007
Released in United States 2008
Released in United States January 2008
Released in United States June 2008
Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (A Window on Asian Cinema) October 4-12, 2007.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 22-June 15, 2008.
Shown at Tribeca Film Festival (Spotlight) April 23-May 4, 2008.
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (World Cinema Now/Gala Screenings) January 3-14, 2008.
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Gala) June 18-29, 2008.
Based on "Red Roofs," part of "The Desert Trilogy: Yellow Asphalt" (Israel/2000) directed by Danny Verete.
Feature film directorial debut for Santosh Sivan.
Released in United States Spring May 9, 2008 (NY, LA)
Expanded Release in United States May 16, 2008
Released in United States on Video September 16, 2008
Released in United States October 2007 (Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (A Window on Asian Cinema) October 4-12, 2007.)
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 22-June 15, 2008.)
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at Tribeca Film Festival (Spotlight) April 23-May 4, 2008.)
Released in United States January 2008 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (World Cinema Now/Gala Screenings) January 3-14, 2008.)
Released in United States June 2008 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Gala) June 18-29, 2008.)
