Before the World Set on Fire

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Before the World Set on Fire
Directed by Jaclyn Bethany
Written byJaclyn Bethany
Produced by
  • Rebecca Morandi
Starring
Cinematography
  • Irene Gomez-Emilsson
  • Mélisse Riahi
Music by
Production
companies
Bettye Katherine Edwards Films
Maua Media
Neon Heart Productions
Release date
  • November 5, 2023 (2023-11-05)(New Orleans Film Festival)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Before the World Set on Fire is a 2023 American mystery drama film directed and written by Jaclyn Bethany. The film stars Joe Adler, Mary Neely, David Call, Brooke Bloom, Eve Connolly and Julia Sarah Stone. [1] The film, shot and set during the pandemic, explores the tensions between a professor and her students. [2]

Contents

It premiered at the New Orleans Film Festival on November 5, 2023. [3] [4]

Cast

Production

Principal photography began on July 1, 2020, and concluded on August 1, 2020; [5] shooting also took place later in 2022. [6] The film is Bethany's "third drama". [7]

Reception

A review found that it was "a solid thriller" "that has us feeling lost and confused." [8] The film is also described as "a a drama set during the pandemic" "so that the production conditions adapt perfectly to the plot of the film, whose managers work from their respective containment whereabouts and communicate via Zoom." [9]

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References

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