Just Before Losing Everything

Just Before Losing Everything original title Avant que de tout perdre is a 2013 short film by French film maker Xavier Legrand. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. The film follows the day in the life of a woman who has decided to leave her abusive husband.

They drive to Miriams work at a WalMart like store. She leaves her kids with a coworker and speaks with her boss. She informs him that she needs to leave tonight. He asks if she is going to file charges against her husband and Miriam states that there is no time. The boss agrees to fire her so she can receive a severance package.Before they can leave the store, Miriams husband Antoine comes to talk to her. Julien and Gaelle cry and beg her not to talk to him. Miriam changes out of her regular clothes to her store uniform revealing cuts and bruises on her body. He asks for the check book, apparently unaware of Miriams plan. She gives it to him and walks away. ........

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