In the breathtaking follow-up to Before Sunrise, Celine (Julie Delpy) tracks down Jesse (Ethan Hawke), now an author, at the tail end of his book tour in Paris, with only a few hours left before he is to board a flight back home to the U.S.
Meeting almost a decade after their short-lived romance in Vienna, the pair find their chemistry rekindled by increasingly candid exchanges about professional setbacks, marital disappointments, and the compromises of adulthood.
Urged by the transient sense of human connection, Before Sunset remains Richard Linklater’s most seductive experiment with the passage of time and the way love can seem to stop it in its tracks.
- Before Sunset on Tue 12 Aug is part of our Cinébites deal: get 30% off any main dish in the Café & Bar with a valid ticket for Club Shed members.