Before the Rain [Criterion Collection]

"This haunting anti-war film offers insight into the reasons for the long history of ethnic wars within the Balkan states. It was filmed in Macedonia, a mountainous country bordering Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, and Serbia. The film is divided into three very different, yet related stories: ""Words,"" which is set in the past, tells the story of an Orthodox monk who shelters a Muslim girl from Albania in an ancient monastery. The girl, Zamira, has been accused of killing the brother of a gang...