Before Sunset

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Before Sunset

Before Sunset film poster
Directed by Richard Linklater
Produced by Richard Linklater
Written by Richard Linklater,
Ethan Hawke,
Julie Delpy
Starring Ethan Hawke,
Julie Delpy
Music by Julie Delpy
Distributed by Warner Independent Pictures
Release date(s) 2004
Running time 80 minutes
Language English, French
Preceded by Before Sunrise
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Before Sunset (2004), is a film, the sequel to Before Sunrise (1995). Jesse (Ethan Hawke) again meets Celine (Julie Delpy), this time at a book signing to promote his first novel, which is based on their encounter nine years earlier. They again venture around and talk, this time in Paris, in the hopes of discovering each other again.

Like its predecessor, the film was directed by Richard Linklater. However, this time he shares credit with both Hawke and Delpy on the screenplay. Story credit is shared by original Before Sunrise screenwriter Kim Krizan and Richard Linklater.

Actress Julie Delpy also penned two songs featured in the film. A third was included in the closing credits and movie soundtrack.

This film is noted in its use of the Steadicam for tracking shots and its use of long takes. Noteworthy too is that the film takes place in real time—that is, the time elapsed in the story is also the run time of the film. Furthermore, the sequel was also released nine years after Before Sunrise, the same amount of time that has lapsed in the plot since the events of the first movie.

In a documentary Ethan Hawke suggests the possibility of further films in the series. He said that it would be nice to have 4 or 5 films plotting the course of their relationship.

Tagline: What if you had a second chance with the one that got away?

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Nine years have passed since the events of Before Sunrise. Jesse wrote a book detailing his time in Vienna along with Celine. The last stop of his book-signing trip across Europe is Paris, and there he runs into Celine. Jesse is married and has a child, and Celine has a boyfriend, but, as becomes clear in the course of them talking, both are not very happy. As thirtysomethings (Celine is 32), they look back at their meeting with both longing and regret; at their naive worldview, their steadfast belief in the power of love, they simply accept the mistakes of the past in order to start all over again. However, the nine years apart, and the divergences of their paths in life, has revealed the significance of their initial, brief encounter.

The film's conclusion is memorable. Celine, after pretending she is Nina Simone on stage, says (with emphasis) to Jesse, "Baby ... you are gonna miss that plane." The shot turns to Jesse, who's smiling at her like a man gloriously happy for the first time in years. The camera slowly draws in on his face and he answers, "I know." The scene fades to black. The future of their relationship may be unclear, but it's clear Jesse is staying, at least for a while longer.

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Films directed by Richard Linklater
It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books • Slacker • Dazed and Confused • Before Sunrise • subUrbia • The Newton Boys • Waking Life • Tape • School of Rock • Before Sunset • Bad News Bears • A Scanner Darkly • Fast Food Nation

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