2004 · romance · drama
Before Sunset
Directed by Richard Linklater1h 20m2004
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.
Our read: Before Sunset (2004) reads as a warm, measured, grounded romance · drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, measured, gentle romance / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
- warm
- measured
- gentle
- tender
- intimate
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