The Life Before This
| The Life Before This | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jerry Ciccoritti |
| Written by | Semi Chellas |
| Produced by | Ilana Frank |
| Starring | Catherine O'Hara Joe Pantoliano Sarah Polley Stephen Rea |
| Cinematography | Norayr Kasper |
| Edited by | Nick Rotundo George Roulston |
| Music by | Ron Sures |
| Distributed by | Alliance Atlantis |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
The Life Before This is a 1999 Canadian drama film directed by Jerry Ciccoritti. It begins with a massacre perpetrated in a coffee shop by two gunmen, and then uses flashbacks to show how each of the people present found themselves in the shop on that day.
The film was inspired by the Just Desserts shooting of 1994.
The film premiered at the 1999 Toronto International Film Festival.