Before I Fall
Short description
Samantha Kingston is a popular high school student whose life appears close to perfect, with a boyfriend and a tight circle of friends. After a party one February night, she is involved in a car crash. Instead of moving forward, she wakes up on the morning of the same day and is forced to live it again and again, giving her repeated chances to reconsider her choices and the people around her.
Before I Fall is a 2017 drama with fantasy, mystery and thriller elements from Canada and the United States. It was directed by Ry Russo-Young, and is the first of the two films she has directed, ahead of The Sun Is Also a Star. The screenplay is by Gina Prince-Bythewood and Maria Maggenti, and the producers are Brian Robbins, Jonathan Shestack and Matt Kaplan. The cast includes Zoey Deutch as Samantha, Kian Lawley, Halston Sage, Elena Kampouris, Jennifer Beals and Logan Miller, among 22 credited cast members and 47 credited crew.
The film had a budget of 5 million USD and took about 16 million USD worldwide. On IMDb it holds 6.4/10 from 55,794 votes, and on TMDB 7/10 from 3,590 votes. A film critics' rating of 5.8/10 from 124 reviews sits below the audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- In addition to the adaptation of "Before I Fall," Zoey Deutch and Halston Sage had previously played leading roles in other films based on young adult literature: Zoey in "Vampire Academy," and Halston in "Paper Towns."
- Logan Miller and Halston Sage had previously starred together in the film "Scouts vs. Zombies".
- At the beginning of the film, Samantha is preparing for a class, the topic of which will be the myth of Sisyphus. After his death, the gods sentenced this king of Corinth to eternal punishment – he had to roll a huge stone up a mountain, which, upon reaching the top, immediately fell and rolled back down. This plot is similar to the situation Samantha found herself in. She too is unable to change her fate until, finally, she has an epiphany.
- Filming began on November 16, 2015, in British Columbia, continued in the vicinity of Vancouver, and ended on December 19, 2015.
- Many films have been made about the same theme of the main character being forced to relive the same day over and over again. Here are just a few of them: "Groundhog Day" (Harold Ramis, 1992), "12:01 PM" (Jack Sholder, 1993), "12 Dates of Christmas" (James Hayman, 2011), "Source Code" (Duncan Jones, 2011), "Pete's Christmas" (Nisha Ganatra, 2013), "Edge of Tomorrow" (Doug Liman, 2014), "Yes, No, Maybe So" (Ron Oliver, 2015), and others.
- The film is based on Lauren Oliver's novel "Before I Fall" (2010).
- The filming period for the film took 24 days.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
