Before My Heart Falls

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
FrenchAvant que mon cœur bascule
Directed bySébastien Rose
Written byStéfanie Lasnier
Sébastien Rose
Produced byPaul Barbeau
StarringClémence Dufresne-Deslières
Sophie Lorain
Sébastien Ricard
CinematographyNicolas Bolduc
Edited byPhilippe Melançon
Production
company
Reprise Films
Release date
  • September 14, 2012 (2012-09-14) (FCVQ)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

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]

References
  1. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Avant que mon coeur bascule – Film de Sébastien Rose". Films du Québec, October 16, 2012.
  2. "Avant que mon coeur bascule: point de bascule". La Presse, November 10, 2012.
  3. "Une pièce de Coeur de pirate au cinéma". La Presse, August 29, 2012.
  4. Véronique Lauzon, "Tapis rouge Avant que mon cœur bascule". Le Journal de Montréal, November 12, 2012.
  5. Brendan Kelly, "Newcomer is force of nature but her first movie isn't; Intriguing local film has lots of originality but for some reason seems to lack impact". Montreal Gazette, November 16, 2012.
  6. "Jutra : Laurence anyways et Rebelle en tête des nominations". Ici Radio-Canada, January 31, 2013.
  7. Helen Faradji, "3 bonnes raisons de (re)découvrir Avant que mon cœur bascule". Ici Radio-Canada, July 3, 2019.


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