Before Sunset

Before Sunset (2004)
Directed by Richard Linklater
Written by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan
Starring Ethan Hawke (Jesse) & Julie Deply (Celine)

Before Sunset is a rather unusual movie running the high risk of dulling the audience: A guy and a woman walking the streets of Paris, talking and talking. Essentially that's it. The title is symbolic of running into your past love interest (a one night stand here) at possibly the lowest point of your life and reliving the moment of warmth. Really it's a movie where conversations dominate, straight and honest talks about real life problems everybody in the seat could have. That's why despite limited angles from the side, top, or behind as two characters wind the rues and alleys, I was kept fully awake by empathy.

Clever ending. You're gonna miss your flight, or you're gonna sit down listening to that special song in the upcoming novel, where youth and middle age blend in a strange montage.

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