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Before the Crash

Drama series

How much are you willing to lose in order to win?
That’s when I should’ve said no.
My goddam problem is that I always go down the same path.
What are you doing at the bottom then? Climb!
How was it before what? Before the crash?
Format
20 x 43 minutes
Release year
2022-2025
Genre(s)
Drama
Broadcaster(s)
Radio-Canada
Director
Stéphane Lapointe
Screenwriter
Éric Bruneau, Catherine Léger & Kim Lévesque-Lizotte
Original idea
Éric Bruneau & Catherine Léger
Producer
Sophie Deschênes & Laurence Deschênes-Tremblay
Associated producer(s)
Éric Bruneau
Where to watch

Tou.tv

Distributor(s)

Encore Télévision - Distribution
Email
Website

Synopsis

Before the crash is a drama series that explores the consequences of our performance-driven society on our relationships and human behavior. Set in the world of finance, it highlights the clash between materialistic values, productivity, economy, infinite growth, individual ambition, and career-driven mindsets. Often at odds with our fundamental needs and desires for love, friendship, genuine connections, and family life. In the relentless pursuit of success and the drive to benefit from a system that often outsmarts us, what is the true cost of achieving success at all costs? Often fleeting… until the next crash

Main actor(s)

SEASON 1
SEASON 2

Original language
French
Country
Canada
Official poster (Season 2)

Le Devoir

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15 nominations for Before the Crash at the Gemini Awards

“The drama series Before the Crash, C’est comme ça que je t’aime, and Sorcières lead the race for the 39th Gemini Awards, each with 15 nominations.”

La Presse canadienne

La Presse

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Go for the crash (and the cash)!

“I love Before the Crash on Radio-Canada. I love its characters—banker friends-turned-enemies, or "frenemies"—who implode, hit rock bottom, rise again, shatter once more, and fall, very, very low.”

Hugo Dumas
Critic

La Presse

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Crash ! Boom ! Bang !

“What’s fascinating about Before the crash is witnessing the transformation of the characters right before our eyes. The villains soften. The good ones grow darker. And from one episode to the next, the ally becomes the oppressor, then the victim.”

Hugo Dumas
Critic