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<\/p>\nSam seemed to have everything a teenage girl could want: popularity, a hot boyfriend, cool status, fun friends, loving family and seeming happiness.\u00a0 But beyond the superficial, Sam\u2019s life wasn\u2019t so charmed. She was one of a clique of high school mean girls who made life hellish for those different from them.\u00a0 When she\u2019s killed in a car accident, Sam is forced to relive her last day on Earth seven times in order to get things right.\u00a0 She attempts to make sense of what befell her and gain a better understanding of herself and others. In the process Sam evolves, learns to be a good person and comes to accept her fate.\u00a0 As narrated by Sam (Zoey Deutch), this touching story is based on the 2010 young adult novel by Lauren Oliver.<\/p>\n
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The film, based on the popular YA novel of the same name by Lauren Oliver, attracted director Ry Russo-Young for its sense of youthful authenticity and intriguing repetitive structure.\u00a0 \u201cWhen I read the book I was struck by how powerful Sam\u2019s story was and what interesting questions were raised by the recurring day construct,\u201d said Russo-Young.\u00a0 The emotional honesty of Sam\u2019s posthumous journey made a strong impression on her. \u201cLauren Oliver\u2019s ability to balance the emotional and philosophical resonated with me on a personal level, as it reminded me of my friendships at that time in my life, how deep and all-encompassing they were, and the dramatic choices that I felt I was facing at the time,\u201d said Russo-Young.<\/p>\n
Adapting a book to the screen can be a challenging experience, as filmmakers are mindful of staying true to the spirit of the original work. \u201cI knew the film had to capture the emotional core of what book fans loved about the novel,\u201d said Russo-Young.<\/p>\n
However, she points out that book and film formats are disparate, necessitating some substantive differences. \u201cAt the end of the day, a book and a movie work in different ways because of the mediums,\u201d she said. \u201c The book charts inner monologues, but movies work with images and translate the characters\u2019 interior world in a different way. So, in making this film, all the choices\u00a0 (visual and otherwise) were made to support Sam\u2019s psychological journey. In this story it was especially true because the whole film exists in her mind.\u201d<\/p>\n
The first alteration from the book was geographic. \u201cThe book was set in Connecticut with a New England look and feel,\u201d said Russo-Young. \u201cI changed it to the Pacific Northwest, specifically a region called Cascadia which includes the Pacific Northwest and part of Canada and has a unique history. This area felt right to me because it captured the moody angst of the story with its fog, rain and dramatic mountains. There is a beauty and a deathly danger to that region which captured Sam\u2019s between life and death struggle,\u201d adds Russo-Young.<\/p>\n
As for similarities to the book, much of the voiceover narration stayed close to the original in the book. For example \u2018Maybe for you there\u2019s a tomorrow\u2019 is a book line,\u201d said Russo-Young.\u00a0 \u201cOther times the text was modified. The fact that so many lines made it into the movie untouched is really a tribute to the book and the strength of Lauren\u2019s writing.\u201d\u00a0 Indeed, swathes of dialogue remained intact. \u201cThere are some direct lines from the book that we put in the movie, which I always think is fun because I love when you read the book and you see the movie and it\u2019s really true to it,\u2019 said Sage Halston, who plays Lindsay, Sam\u2019s friend and ringleader of a little group of bullies.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore I Fall\u201d opens March 8 in cinemas from Pioneer Films.<\/p>\n
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