Before Sunset (2004)
Coming Out at 17 June 2004 in theaters.
Drama, Romance
Before Sunset is romantic drama film, the sequel to Before Sunrise (1995). Like its predecessor, the film was directed by Richard Linklater. He shares screenplay credit with actors Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, and with Kim Krizan, the screenwriter for the first film featuring these two characters.
The film picks up the story in Before Sunrise of the young American man (Hawke) and French woman (Delpy) who spent a passionate night together in Vienna. Their paths intersect nine years later in Paris, and the film appears to take place in real time as they spend an afternoon together.
Before Sunset received broad critical acclaim and has appeared on many publications’ lists of the best films of the 2000s. It was nominated for an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Nine years prior, Jesse Wallace, an American tourist, and Céline, a university student from Paris, met on a train and had a brief encounter in Vienna. Jesse’s new novel, This Time, was inspired by that night, and becomes a bestseller. During a book tour in Europe, he does a reading at the noted bookstore, Shakespeare and Company, in Paris. Flashbacks express elements of his time with Céline in Vienna. Three journalists attend the reading to interview Jesse: one is convinced the book’s main characters meet again, another that they do not, and a third who wants them to but is doubtful that will occur. As Jesse speaks with the audience, his eyes wander and he sees Céline there, smiling at him.
Director: Richard Linklater
Writers: Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Kim Krizan
Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff, Louise Lemoine Torrès, Albert Delpy
Cast:
| Ethan Hawke | … | Jesse |
| Julie Delpy | … | Celine |
| Vernon Dobtcheff | … | Bookstore Manager |
| Louise Lemoine Torrès | … | Journalist #1 |
| Rodolphe Pauly | … | Journalist #2 |
| Mariane Plasteig | … | Waitress |
| Diabolo | … | Philippe |
| Denis Evrard | … | Boat Attendant |
| Albert Delpy | … | Man at Grill |
| Marie Pillet | … | Woman in Courtyard |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia