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Movie Description
Nine years ago, director Richard Linklater's BEFORE SUNRISE introduced American twentysomething Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and French twentysomething Celine (Julie Delpy). The two met on a train to Vienna, and spent the night together wandering around the city, talking, and falling for each other. They parted ways, vowing to meet in Vienna in six months. Linklater's latest film, BEFORE SUNSET, picks up where the 1994 film left off. In Paris promoting a novel he has written about their one perfect night together (the two were never reunited), Jesse is dumbfounded when Celine shows up at his last bookstore interview. With just a few hours remaining before his flight back to the States, Jesse and Celine meander through Paris, returning in no time at all to their playful banter, flirtation, and intense conversations about life, love, and the state of the world. Although the sexual tension is palpable, Jesse is married--albeit unhappily--and has a young son, and Celine has a boyfriend. Are these thirtysomethings really soul mates, or ships destined to keep passing in the night? Perhaps only screenwriter Linklater, along with Delpy and Hawke who contributed to the insightful, believable dialogue, know for sure.
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Snap Case
Single Side - Single Layer
Widescreen - 16.9
Audio:
Dolby Surround 5.1 - English
Dolby Surround 5.1 - French
Industry Reviews
"The actors shine. Hawke is funny and touching....Delpy scores a tour de force..."
Rolling Stone - Peter Travers (07/08/2004)
"[A] deeper, darker, altogether more memorable experience. It doesn't extend the characters as much as fulfill them."
Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman (07/09/2004)
"[E]nchanting..."
New York Times - A. O. Scott (07/02/2004)
"[I]ncredibly fluid and involving....If you have any kind of affinity for either of the characters, you're bound to find the picture a kind of miracle."
Premiere - Glenn Kenny (07/01/2004)
"[I]t works a treat, flowing with the naturalistic ease of New Wave masters like Francois Truffaut or Agnes Varda....BEFORE SUNSET is a small story, but thoroughly intoxicating."
Uncut - Stephen Dalton (08/01/2004)
"[Delpy] has a wise, knowing air, and the composure of a lioness..."
Sight and Sound - Philip Kemp (08/01/2004)
"Candid, funny, deeply moving."
New York Times - Kevin Durban
"For Linklater, BEFORE SUNSET represents a triumphant breakthrough."
Los Angeles Times - Manohla Dargis (07/02/2004)
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