I didn't expect this to be better than the first, so I'm pleasantly surprised by how much I liked this. The acting and conversation feels so natural that if you told me they were really together while filming I wouldn't even Google you to fact check.
Favorite (Not Necessarily Best) Four From Every Year Since Birth
Before Sunset
What if you had a second chance with the one that got away?
Rating
4.5 (1)
Release Date
6/16/2004Runtime
80 minsOverview
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.
How It Feels
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Two people reunite after nine years to retrace their feelings through an afternoon of conversation and walking in Paris. It's a film about connection and what might have been, told almost entirely through dialogue and the spaces between words.
Mood
RomanticBittersweetWistfulMelancholic
Themes
LoveMemoryIdentity
Tone
Tender
Pacing
Meditative
Look
NaturalisticLong takes
Structure
Single location
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