Just Before Losing Everything (2013)

Original title

Avant que de tout perdre

Directed by

Xavier Legrand

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

29 min

Rated

12

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman plans her escape from an abusive husband over the course of a single day. She must gather her children and belongings without alerting him to her intentions.

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What happens

Just Before Losing Everything (original title Avant que de tout perdre) is a 2013 short film by French film maker Xavier Legrand. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. The film follows the day in the life of a woman who has decided to leave her abusive husband. The story was continued (with the same actors playing the mother, father, and daughter) in Legrand's feature-length follow-up, Custody. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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