Avant que mon coeur bascule

  • 96'
  • Canada
  • 2012
Unscrupulous teenager Sarah has an unusual life. In a strange, marginal ménage à trois with her contemporary Louis and the older Ji-Guy, she fills her days with petty crime. During the day she hangs around with Louis by motorways, where she deceives and robs innocent people offering a lift. One day things go wrong: a driver dies during a robbery attempt. Sarah can’t stop thinking about the dead man and goes looking for the wife he left behind. In her, she finally finds something of the security and friendship she had unconsciously been seeking for so long. But her alternative family doesn’t just let her go.
Sébastien Rose films the story of this adolescent girl as she grows up and becomes conscious in very realistic images, against the sombre background of grey motorways and decaying industrial sites.


  • 96'
  • Canada
  • 2012
Director
Sébastien Rose
Premiere
International premiere
Country of production
Canada
Year
2012
Festival Edition
IFFR 2013
Length
96'
Medium
DCP
International title
Before My Heart Falls
Language
French
Producer
Paul Barbeau
Production Company
Reprisefilms
Sales
Reprisefilms
Screenplay
Sébastien Rose, Stefanie Lasnier
Cinematography
Nicolas Bolduc
Editor
Philippe Melançon
Production Design
Marjorie Rhéaume
Sound Design
Gilles Corbeil
Cast
Sophie Lorain, Clémence Dufresne-Deslières
Director
Sébastien Rose
Premiere
International premiere
Country of production
Canada
Year
2012
Festival Edition
IFFR 2013
Length
96'
Medium
DCP
International title
Before My Heart Falls
Language
French
Producer
Paul Barbeau
Production Company
Reprisefilms
Sales
Reprisefilms
Screenplay
Sébastien Rose, Stefanie Lasnier
Cinematography
Nicolas Bolduc
Editor
Philippe Melançon
Production Design
Marjorie Rhéaume
Sound Design
Gilles Corbeil
Cast
Sophie Lorain, Clémence Dufresne-Deslières