Before My Heart Falls
2012 film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2012 film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Before My Heart Falls (French: Avant que mon cœur bascule) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Sébastien Rose and released in 2012.[1] The film centres on Sarah (Clémence Dufresne-Deslières), a young con artist who regularly fakes a crisis on the side of the road so that she can rob men who stop to help her; however, after one of her cons results in a man's accidental death, she befriends the man's grieving widow Françoise (Sophie Lorain) while simultaneously trying to maintain her relationship with her crime boss Ji-Guy (Sébastien Ricard).[2]
| Before My Heart Falls | |
|---|---|
Film poster | |
| French | Avant que mon cœur bascule |
| Directed by | Sébastien Rose |
| Written by | Stéfanie Lasnier Sébastien Rose |
| Produced by | Paul Barbeau |
| Starring | Clémence Dufresne-Deslières Sophie Lorain Sébastien Ricard |
| Cinematography | Nicolas Bolduc |
| Edited by | Philippe Melançon |
Production company | Reprise Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
The film premiered on September 14, 2012 at the Quebec City Film Festival,[3] before opening commercially on November 12.[4]
Brendan Kelly of the Montreal Gazette gave the film a mixed review, praising Dufresne-Deslières's performance as a "force of nature" but concluding that the film ultimately "just doesn't have the emotional punch it should have".[5]
The film received two Prix Jutra nominations at the 15th Jutra Awards in 2013, for Best Supporting Actor (Ricard) and Best Supporting Actress (Lorain).[6]
The film was broadcast by Ici Radio-Canada Télé in 2019.[7]
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