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Before Sunset
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7.8Nine 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.
Cast
- Ethan Hawke as Jesse
- Julie Delpy as Céline
- Vernon Dobtcheff as Bookstore Manager
- Louise Lemoine Torrès as Journalist #1
- Rodolphe Pauly as Journalist #2
- Mariane Plasteig as Waitress
Themes
- journalist
- talking
- soulmates
- walking
- paris, france
- bookshop
- love of one's life
- author
- semi autobiographical
- romantic
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Ratings
IMDb
8.1/10
309,299 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
Metacritic
91/100
- Year
- 2004
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 10 wins & 32 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Richard Linklater
- Screenplay by
- Richard Linklater Julie Delpy Ethan Hawke
- Story by
- Richard Linklater Kim Krizan
- Based on
- Characters , by Richard Linklater Kim Krizan
- Produced by
- Anne Walker-McBay
- Starring
- Ethan Hawke Julie Delpy
- Cinematography
- Lee Daniel
- Edited by
- Sandra Adair
- Production companies
- Castle Rock Entertainment , Detour Filmproduction
- Distributed by
- Warner Independent Pictures (United States) Warner Bros. Pictures (Intenational)
- Release dates
- February 10, 2004 ( 2004-02-10 ) ( BIFF ) July 2, 2004 ( 2004-07-02 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 80 minutes
- Countries
- France, United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $2–2.7 million
- Box office
- $15.8 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 77
- FilmAffinity ID
- 564405
- Official website
- www.beforesunset.com
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- publication date
- 2004-07-02
- title
- Before Sunset
- review score
- 8.1/10
- capital cost
- 2700000
- box office
- 15936507
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Before Sunset is a 2004 American romantic drama film directed by Richard Linklater, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, from a story by Linklater and Kim Krizan. It is the first film by Warner Independent Pictures. The sequel to Before Sunrise (1995) and the second installment in the Before trilogy, Before Sunset follows Jesse (Hawke) and Céline (Delpy) as they reunite nine years later in Paris.
Linklater, Krizan, Hawke, and Delpy began developing a larger budget sequel in the 1990s, but failed to secure funding to begin production. After writing the film independently, with portions inspired by Hawke's separation (and eventual divorce) from Uma Thurman, the writers came together in 2003 and incorporated elements of their individual screenplays, as well as other scenes written during development of Before Sunrise, to create the final screenplay. Principal photography took place entirely in Paris, and the film is considered to take place in real time. Delpy also contributed original music to the film's soundtrack.