New Trailer for 4K Re-Release of ‘Before the Fall’ Spanish Sci-Fi Film

by Alex Billington
December 11, 2025
Source: YouTube

“It’ll fall on you no matter where you go…” Chroma has revealed a new re-release trailer for a 4K update of an acclaimed 2008 Spanish sci-fi thriller indie film titled Before the Fall. Made by Spanish filmmaker F. Javier Gutiérrez as his first feature film, this premiered at the 2008 Berlin Film Festival and became a cult classic after. As a meteorite nears Earth ensuring an apocalyptic doom, one man’s quiet surrender becomes a battle for his family and survival against a haunting stranger. The world has only 72 hours left, however Ale must confront a more immediate threat to his family. “Before the Fall is one of those rare films that feels even more urgent today than when it was first released. This restoration not only preserves a landmark work of Spanish genre cinema, it amplifies its emotional power… We’re thrilled to bring Javier’s vision back to audiences with the clarity and intensity it has always deserved.” Executive produced by Antonio Banderas. Before the Fall stars Víctor Clavijo as Ale, with Mariana Corder, Eduard Fernández, and Elvira de Armiñán. This looks damn good! It’s worth a watch anytime on VOD now that it’s looking better than ever.

Here’s the new 4K re-release trailer (+ poster) for F. Javier Gutiérrez’s film Before the Fall, on YouTube:

“Before The Fall is, at its core, a story of redemption, highlighting the darkness and fragile beauty of human nature, and the choices that reveal who we truly are when the world around us collapses. The film has always been deeply personal to me—it’s the beginning of the universe I expanded later with The Wait. Chroma’s 4K restoration finally lets audiences experience the film as I originally envisioned it—an apocalyptic nightmare that feels mythic yet real.” —Writer / Director F. Javier Gutiérrez

The world learns that an earth-shattering meteorite will collide with Earth in 72 hours. As global systems collapse & society descends into chaos, aimless drifter Ale plans to spend his last three days drinking and blasting records, until the arrival of a mysterious stranger forces him to confront an immediate threat. What begins as a fatalistic countdown to impact, shifts into a taut, genre-bending thriller as Ale races to protect his mother and his brother’s children, discovering what kind of person he’s willing to be at the end of the world. Set in an isolated town in southern Spain, Before the Fall fuses an apocalyptic science fiction & serial-killer suspense into a tense nightmare. Before the Fall, also titled Tres Días (or 3 Days) in Spanish, is written and directed by Spanish filmmaker F. Javier Gutiérrez, director of Rings and The Wait after making this. From an original story by Juan Velarde. This first premiered at the 2008 Berlin Film Festival then opened in Spain in 2008 as well. Chroma will re-release Gutiérrez’s film Before the Fall direct-to-VOD starting on December 12th, 2025 – watch it anywhere you can rent movies at home. Any fans of this film?

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