Just Before the Storm
( Juste avant l'orage )

Don Kent
2013 - 95 min - Non spécifié - Couleur et Noir & Blanc - France

In the summer of 1914, Europe, the centre of the universe, is dizzy with power and gorged on the gains of colonial exploitation. It is dazzled by the glow of its own glory, and confident in the promises of a modern world. "Just Before the Storm" holds a magnifying glass to this crucial moment in history, exploring the psyche of European nations at breaking point. It holds up a mirror in which we see the decline of the Ottoman Empire; the spark that would light the powder keg of the Balkans; the tensions between Austria and Hungary, and the premise of the Russian Revolution.



Author-Director : Don Kent
Author : Leslie Grunberg
Author : Marine Thellier
Photography : Don Kent
Sound : Antoine Brochu, Antoine Rodet
Editing : Arnaud Petitet
Delegate Producer : Les Films Pénélope
Co-producer : Morgane production
Broadcasting Co-producer : ARTE France

Distribution


Distributor : PMP (Pénélope Morgane Production)
Distributor : Morgane production
Not commercial Distribution : ADAV
VOD : Arte VOD

Distinctions

2014 - FIPA (Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels), Biarritz (France) : Séances spéciales