CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1994
Before the Rain posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1994 1h 53m MKD

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Katrin Cartlidge

Katrin Cartlidge

Anne

Rade Serbedzija

Rade Serbedzija

Aleksander

Grégoire Colin

Grégoire Colin

Kiril

Silvija Stojanovska

Hana

Peter Needham

Maire d'

Gabrielle Hamilton

Woman in cab

Daniel Newman

Daniel Newman

Ian

Phyllida Law

Anne's Mother