'Before the Rains' lacks tension

Director: Santosh Sivan

Cast: Linus Roache, Jennifer Ehle, Rabul Bose

Cert: PG

Roache goes native in 1930s India, taking a local beauty as his mistress, but heading for tragic results when his wife (Ehle) and young son return from England.

It’s a film that looks good and constantly teeters on the edge of compelling, without tipping over.

It’s a sort of worlds collide romance but it lacks the sort of approaching doom tension such a story should have.

Star Rating: 2/5