Before Leaving

Full Frame Grand Jury Award 2001

NEW DOCS

A luminous, unsentimental portrayal of a charismatic, indefatigable woman, and of the lives (and one death) of the personalities and conditions (including Alzheimer’s) of the elderly residents of the retirement home she administers outside Paris. A film full of love, caring, dignity, pain and joy, sadness and laughter, and remarkable faces. Invigorating and inspiring.

Director

Marie de Laubier

Producer

Paul de Laubier

Original Title

Avant de Partir

Release Year

2000

Festival Year

2001

Country

France

Run Time

91 minutes

Premiere

US Premiere