Before Sunset

4.00
    Before Sunset
    2004

    Synopsis

    Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse has to again leave for a flight. They are both in relationships now, and Jesse has a son, but as their strong feelings for each other start to return, both confess a longing for more.

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    Cast

    • Ethan HawkeJesse Wallace
    • Julie DelpyCéline
    • Vernon DobtcheffBookstore Manager
    • Louise Lemoine TorrèsJournalist #1
    • Rodolphe PaulyJournalist #2
    • Mariane PlasteigWaitress
    • DiaboloPhilippe
    • Denis EvrardBoat Attendant
    • Albert DelpyMan at Grill
    • Marie PilletWoman in Courtyard

    Recommendations

    • 100

      The Hollywood Reporter

      This is one of the most wildly romantic movies in ages.
    • 100

      Village Voice

      Summer sequelitis is upon us, but the season is unlikely to bring anything more remarkable than Richard Linklater's sweet, smart, and deeply romantic Before Sunset.
    • 100

      Premiere

      Yep, this movie is basically a yakfest, but an incredibly fluid and involving one, and if you have any kind of affinity for either of the characters, you’re bound to find the picture a kind of miracle.
    • 100

      Entertainment Weekly

      The new film, which unfolds in real time over the course of 80 minutes, is a deeper, darker, altogether more memorable experience. It doesn't extend the characters so much as fulfill them.
    • 90

      The New Yorker

      The movie is an O. Henry-like conceit--the slenderness of the initial premise is part of the charm--but the anecdote becomes almost momentous as it goes on.
    • 90

      The A.V. Club

      In the spirit of the original, Linklater closes with one of the best endings of its kind since George Romero's "Martin."
    • 88

      ReelViews

      In the midst of summer's cinematic thunder and lightning, this is a rare moment of tranquility.
    • 80

      Film Threat

      The sequel is an uninterrupted 80-minute dialogue between two richly imagined and performed characters.

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