BEFORE ANYTHING YOU SAY

By Shelagh CARTER

DARKLING PICTURES - as PROD

Romance - Completed 2016

Weaving through Paris and Winnipeg, a married couple struggle to maintain their love and marriage even as a life-altering decision threatens to tear them apart.

Festivals
& Awards

Madrid International Film Festival 2017
Best Editing of a Feature Film: Chad Tremblay
Berlin International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema 2017
Best Lead Actress - Kristen Harris
La Femme International Film Festival 2017
Official Selection
Milan International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema 2017
Best Director: Shelagh Carter, Best Cinematography in a Feature Film: Ousama Rawi
London International Filmmaker Festival 2018
Official Selection
Nice International Film Festival 2018
Official Selection
Gimli Film Festival 2018
Best Manitoba Director Award: Shelagh Carter
Amsterdam International Film Festival 2018
Official Selection
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Romance, Drama
    • Countries
    • CANADA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH-CANADA
    • Duration
    • 61 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Shelagh CARTER
    • Writer(s)
    • Deborah SCHNITZER
    • Producer(s)
    • Shelagh CARTER (DARKLING PICTURES)
    • Synopsis
    • When Isobel’s husband Jack announces his intent to pursue a job that would require him to live in Bangkok for five years working against human trafficking, he assumes she will follow, leaving her life and career behind. However, Isobel is not prepared to follow blindly. Hurt and feeling misunderstood by one other, they attempt to reconcile their lives and love in Paris while Jack attends business meetings and in their dream home in Winnipeg. Both struggle with a desire to care for others without being aware of their inability to care for each other, refusing to give up despite themselves and despite the world around them.