Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 2007 |
| Country | United States |
| Director | Sidney Lumet |
| Cast | Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, Albert Finney |
| Genre | Crime drama |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead | – |
| Español | Antes que el diablo sepa que has muerto | Antes que el diablo sepa que has muerto |
| Français | 7 h 58 ce samedi-là | 7 h 58 ce samedi-la |
| Deutsch | Tödliche Entscheidung | Toedliche Entscheidung |
| Português | Antes Que o Diabo Saiba que Você Está Morto | Antes Que o Diabo Saiba que Voce Esta Morto |
| Italiano | Onora il padre e la madre | Onora il padre e la madre |
| Русский | Игры дьявола | Igry dyavola |
| 中文（简体） | 在魔鬼知道你死前 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 在魔鬼知道你死前 | – |
| 한국어 | 악마가 너의 죽음을 알기 전에 | Agmaga neoui jugeumeul algi jeone |
| ไทย | ก่อนปิศาจจะรู้ว่าคุณตาย | Kon pisat cha ru wa khun tai |
| Tiếng Việt | Trước khi quỷ dữ biết bạn đã chết | Truoc khi quy du biet ban da chet |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead | – |
| 日本語 | その土曜日、7時58分 | Sono Doyoubi, Shichi-ji Gojuuhachi-fun |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which familial debt and moral collapse collide within irreversible criminal causality
■ Synopsis
Two brothers attempt a robbery against their parents’ jewelry store, triggering a chain of exposure, guilt, and destruction.
■ RECIPE Tags
#MoralCollapse #FamilialRupture #IrreversibleCausality #DebtAndGuilt
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Crime as escape from private failure
Reason: The initial act is not ambition but a desperate attempt to flee accumulated personal ruin
Related Film: A Simple Plan - Middle: Family as the site of concealed violence
Reason: The crime exposes what was already broken beneath the appearance of kinship
Related Film: Animal Kingdom - Core: One wrong act as irreversible moral implosion
Reason: The central structure is a chain in which every corrective action deepens guilt and destruction
Related Film: Fargo
■ Secondary Axes
- Desperation under financial pressure: Economic pressure converts ordinary weakness into catastrophic decision-making
Related Film: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - Parental judgment and failed inheritance: The father-child relation becomes a tribunal for accumulated moral failure
Related Film: The Godfather Part II
■ Person
- Director: Sidney Lumet
- Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, Albert Finney
■ Structural Tags
#CausalChain #FamilyBreakdown #MoralExposure
■ Attribute Tags
#UnitedStates #2007Film #CrimeDrama
