Before Sunset
1 Oscar Nominations
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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.
What critics thought
Widely regarded as surpassing its predecessor, Before Sunset earns its reputation through two performances of remarkable intimacy and a script that treats conversation not as a device but as the film's entire emotional terrain — the circling, the deflecting, the things nearly said. The ending in particular has become a touchstone for how romantic films can resist resolution without cheating the audience.
“Before Sunrise was a remarkable celebration of the fascination of good dialogue. But Before Sunset is better, perhaps because the characters are older and wiser, perhaps because they have more to lose (or win), and perhaps because Hawke and Delpy wrote the dialogue themselves.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“Both Hawke and Delpy are excellent and their performances have real depth. This time, too, they're doing more than appearing as fictional creations in a Richard Linklater film. They now share the writing credit with him and are clearly putting much of their experiences of the past decade into characters they have possessed and been possessed by.”
Philip French·The Observer
“also enthralling, precisely because of its casual disregard for the usual imperatives of screenwriting”
A. O. Scott·The New York Times
Genres
Drama, Romance
Cast & Crew
DirectorRichard Linklater
StarringEthan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff, Louise Lemoine Torrès, Rodolphe Pauly
Before Sunset
1 Oscar Nominations
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.
What critics thought
Widely regarded as surpassing its predecessor, Before Sunset earns its reputation through two performances of remarkable intimacy and a script that treats conversation not as a device but as the film's entire emotional terrain — the circling, the deflecting, the things nearly said. The ending in particular has become a touchstone for how romantic films can resist resolution without cheating the audience.
“Before Sunrise was a remarkable celebration of the fascination of good dialogue. But Before Sunset is better, perhaps because the characters are older and wiser, perhaps because they have more to lose (or win), and perhaps because Hawke and Delpy wrote the dialogue themselves.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“Both Hawke and Delpy are excellent and their performances have real depth. This time, too, they're doing more than appearing as fictional creations in a Richard Linklater film. They now share the writing credit with him and are clearly putting much of their experiences of the past decade into characters they have possessed and been possessed by.”
Philip French·The Observer
“also enthralling, precisely because of its casual disregard for the usual imperatives of screenwriting”
A. O. Scott·The New York Times
Genres
Drama, Romance
Cast & Crew
DirectorRichard Linklater
StarringEthan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff, Louise Lemoine Torrès, Rodolphe Pauly
Rent/Purchase