Before the Rains (2008)

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Rating: PG-13

Release Date: May 9, 2008

Running Time: 98 mins.

Additional Notes: dialogue Malayalam, English, subtitled English

Country Of Origin: United Kingdom

Country Of Origin: India

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Linus Roache, Nandita Das, Rahul Bose, Jennifer Ehle, John Standing, Leopold Benedict, Lal Paul, Dr Amikathmajan, Indrajith Sukumaran, Ejji K Umamahesh

director: Santosh Sivan

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.

Before the Rains fascinates, enveloping you in its gripping story and lush locations. One of the most ravishing and breathtakingly beautiful films to come around in a long time.

Story

This stunning looking Merchant Ivory production is set in remote southern India in 1937, when Englishmen ruled the colony and had a life-changing impact on the local people, both personally and professionally. Henry Moores (Linus Roache) is one such man with plans to create a spice plantation in Kerala, which…

Director

Henry Moores

Sajani

T.K. Neelan

Laura Moores

Charles Humphries