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George Lang Review: Before the Rains
James Ivory and the late Ismail Merchant created a brand of literate exotica in their filmmaking, and “Before the Rains” is quintessential in its Merchant/Ivory stateliness. Director and cinematographer Santosh Sivan captures India’s lushness in this tale of infidelity and ambition in the waning days of empirical rule, even if the story never achieves the transcendence of its visuals.