BEFORE I DISAPPEAR

By Shawn CHRISTENSEN

AMERICANA FILM FEST - as FEST

Drama - Completed 2014

Based on the 2013 Academy Award® winning short film "Curfew." At the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister, asking him to look after his eleven-year old niece, Sophia, for a few hours.

Festivals
& Awards

Busan - BIFF/APM 2014
Flash Forward
SXSW 2014
Narrative Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2014
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 98 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Shawn CHRISTENSEN
    • Writer(s)
    • Shawn CHRISTENSEN
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/E132-380E-8231-300C-13E6-2
    • Producer(s)
    • Damon RUSSELL, Lucan TOH, Shawn CHRISTENSEN
    • Synopsis
    • The movie takes place over the course of one sweltering night in New York City. The journey begins with Richie (Shawn Christsensen), a seemingly hopeless introvert, who has decided he has had enough with life. But as he is attempting to end it all, he gets a phone call from his estranged sister, Maggie (Emmy Rossum). And though they haven't spoken in years, Maggie has found herself in a sticky situation and needs Richie to pick up her daughter from school. Richie reluctantly cancels his dark plans and goes to pick up his precocious niece, Sophia (Fatima Ptacek), and escorts her home. But when Maggie doesn't return as scheduled, Richie is forced to take care of Sophia for the night. However, as the night progresses, Richie finds himself caught in a battle between his two bosses Bill (Ron Perlman) and Gideon (Paul Wesley) and soon figures out that baby-sitting is the least of his problems.