Additional information for Before Sunset, which has a domestic theatrical release set for July 2, 2004. The film is being distributed by Warner Independent and has not yet been rated. Before Sunset has a total running time of 80 minutes.
Atp
Argentina
M
Australia
12
Brazil
TE
Chile
U
Czech Republic
S
Finland
o.Al.
Germany
15
Ireland
AL
Netherlands
A
Norway
PG-13
Philippines
M/12
Portugal
NC-16
Singapore
14
Switzerland
15
UK
R
USA
14A
Canada
L
Iceland
13
Spain
15
South Korea
Btl
Sweden
PT
Peru
80min
Antes del atardecer
Argentina
Antes del atardecer
International
Antes del atardecer
Mexico
Antes del atardecer
Spain
Πριν Το Ηλιοβασίλεμα
Greece
Antes do Anoitecer
Portugal
Antes do Pôr-do-Sol
Brazil
Avant la nuit, tout est possible
Canada
Bara en dag
Sweden
Before Sunrise 2
USA
Før solnedgang
Norway
Gün Batmadan
Turkey
If Not Now
USA
Mielőtt lemegy a Nap
Hungary
Pre zalaska sunca
Serbia
Prije sumraka
Croatia
Prima del tramonto
Italy
Prin to iliovasilema
Greece
Przed zachodem slonca
Poland
Rakkautta ennen auringonlaskua
Finland
Untitled Before Sunrise Sequel
USA
February 10, 2004
Germany
April 03, 2004
USA
June 17, 2004
Germany
June 17, 2004
Switzerland
June 18, 2004
Austria
June 18, 2004
South Africa
June 23, 2004
USA
July 02, 2004
USA
July 05, 2004
Czech Republic
July 15, 2004
Czech Republic
July 18, 2004
UK
July 23, 2004
New Zealand
July 23, 2004
UK
July 30, 2004
Denmark
July 30, 2004
New Zealand
August 04, 2004
New Zealand
August 19, 2004
Australia
August 19, 2004
Israel
August 25, 2004
Iceland
September 09, 2004
France
September 10, 2004
Panama
September 14, 2004
Netherlands
September 16, 2004
Chile
September 19, 2004
Finland
September 22, 2004
Switzerland
September 23, 2004
Netherlands
September 24, 2004
Brazil
September 24, 2004
Norway
September 25, 2004
Greece
October 08, 2004
Belgium
October 08, 2004
Spain
October 09, 2004
Poland
October 14, 2004
Hong Kong
October 14, 2004
Portugal
October 15, 2004
Greece
October 15, 2004
Poland
October 15, 2004
Sweden
October 21, 2004
Argentina
October 22, 2004
Finland
October 22, 2004
Mexico
October 22, 2004
South Korea
October 23, 2004
Brazil
October 27, 2004
Philippines
November 19, 2004
Italy
November 19, 2004
Switzerland
December 01, 2004
Philippines
February 02, 2005
United Arab Emirates
February 05, 2005
Japan
February 24, 2005
Turkey
March 16, 2005
Belgium
March 16, 2005
France
March 18, 2006
Hungary
June 08, 2013
Australia
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It's nine years after Jesse and Celine first met; now, they encounter one another on the French leg of Jesse's book tour.
Nine years have passed since the events of Before Sunrise, when Jesse (Hawke) and Celine (Delpy) had met in Vienna. Since then, Jesse has written a novel, This Time, inspired by his time with Celine, and the book has become an American bestseller. To help sales in Europe, Jesse does a book tour. The last stop of the tour is Paris, and Jesse is doing a reading at the bookstore Shakespeare and Company. As Jesse talks with his audience, flashbacks are shown of him and Celine in Vienna; the memories of their night together have clearly remained with him despite it being nine years later. Three journalists are present at the bookstore, interviewing Jesse: a romantic who is convinced the book's main characters meet again, a cynic who is convinced that they don't, and a third one who, despite wanting them to meet again, remains doubtful they actually do. They represent the three possible ways a viewer might guess what the aftermath of Before Sunrise might be, according to his or her own personality. Celine appears in the audience and sees him, and he, in turn, recognizes her. Jesse has a short time before his plane departs and invites Celine to share it with him.However, once the presentation is over, the bookstore manager reminds him he's got a plane to catch and must leave for the airport in a little more than an hour, and so just like in Before Sunrise, Celine and Jesse's reunion is constrained by time. Just like in the prequel, the characters are thus forced to make the best of what little time they have together, and this makes it easier for their conversations to become ever more personal, starting out with the usual thirty-something's themes of work and politics and then, with ever increasing passion, approaching their love for each other, just as their time together is running out.As they talk, each reveals what has happened since their first meeting. Both are now in their early thirties. Jesse, now a writer, is married and has a son. Celine has become an advocate for the environment, lived in America for a time, and has a boyfriend, a photojournalist. It becomes clear in the course of their talk that both are dissatisfied to varying degrees with their lives. Jesse reveals that he only stays with his wife out of love for his son. Celine says that she does not see her boyfriend very much because he is so often on assignment.Early in their coversation, they broach the subject of why they did not meet as promised, six months after their first encounter. It turns out that Jesse had returned to Vienna, as promised, but Celine did not, because her grandmother had suddenly died before the scheduled date of the meeting. Because Jesse and Celine had never exchanged addresses, there was no way for them to contact each other, which resulted in their missed connection.Their conversation as they traverse Paris places them in various venues, including a café, a garden, a bateau mouche, and Jesse's hired car for his stay in Paris. Their old feelings for each other are slowly rekindled, even with tension and regret over the missed meeting earlier, as they realize that nothing else in their lives has matched their one prior night together in Vienna. Jesse eventually admits that he wrote the book in the distant hope of meeting Celine again one day. She replies that the book brought back painful memories for her. At one point, in the hired car, during a tense moment when Jesse is confessing his loveless, near sexless marriage, Celine reaches her hand out to touch Jesse but pulls back just as he turns to her.In the concluding scene, Celine and Jesse arrive at her apartment. Jesse had learned that Celine plays the guitar and persuades her to play a waltz song for him. The waltz (which was written by Julie Delpy herself) is revealed through the lyrics to be about their brief encounter.Jesse then plays a Nina Simone CD on the stereo system. Celine dances by herself to the song "Just in Time" as Jesse watches her. As Celine imitates Simone, she mutters to Jesse, "Baby ... you are gonna miss that plane." As the camera slowly pans in, Jesse smiles while nervously fidgeting with his wedding ring and ambiguously responds, "I know," leaving the viewer to guess whether he stays or leaves, just like the three journalists who interviewed Jesse at the beginning of the film.
Richard Linklater
Director(s)
Richard Linklater
Julie Delpy
Ethan Hawke
Richard Linklater
Kim Krizan
Richard Linklater
Kim Krizan
Writer(s)
Isabelle Coulet
co-producer
Richard Linklater
producer
John Sloss
executive producer
Anne Walker-McBay
producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
Jesse
Ethan Hawke
Celine
Julie Delpy
Bookstore Manager
Vernon Dobtcheff
Journalist #1
Louise Lemoine Torres
Journalist #2
Rodolphe Pauly
Waitress
Mariane Plasteig
Philippe
Diabolo
Boat Attendant
Denis Evrard
Man at Grill
Albert Delpy
Woman in Courtyard
Marie Pillet
Director(s)
Julie Delpy
Ethan Hawke
Richard Linklater
Kim Krizan
Richard Linklater
Kim Krizan
Writer(s)
co-producer
Richard Linklater
producer
John Sloss
executive producer
Anne Walker-McBay
producer
Producer(s)
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