Before Leaving
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