At the end of last month there was an article about it on FilmTotaal Gravity, a strong space film under 90 minutes. This time we put another film in the spotlight, namely Before Sunsetone of the most critically acclaimed romantic films of the past 20 years.
Ethan Hawke takes on the role of Jesse for the film, while Julie Delpy can be seen as Celine. The two meet while traveling on a European train and are immediately attracted to each other. What follows is an intensive 14-hour relationship.
See you again
Arriving on the train platform in Vienna, they promise each other that they will meet again in six months. Ultimately, many years pass. 9 years later they bump into each other again and immediately rediscover the vibrant attraction of all that time ago.
What follows is an unforgettable journey through Paris before they both have to pick up the threads of their lives again. They rediscover their special love for the unexpected, the spontaneous and for each other, which is still powerful.
Reception
Director Richard Linklater’s film was very well received. For example, it scores a whopping 8.1 on IMDb and even a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. Also did at the box office Before Sunset it quite strong. The film only cost $2.7 million to make and grossed almost $16 million.
Not only that. Before Sunset is the sequel to Before Sunrise from 1995. The original was also well received. It even came from a third part, called Before Midnight. This came out exactly 10 years ago and was also a hit.
Tragic fact
Linklater made the trilogy thanks to an encounter in his life with a special lady, Amy, with whom he walked the streets of Philadelphia all night in 1989. They were supposed to keep in touch, but lost contact.
With each film, Linklater hoped that Amy would attend the premiere or contact him. It wasn’t until he Before Midnight released that a friend of Amy’s contacted the filmmaker to tell him that Amy had died in a motorcycle accident at the age of 24.
Interesse in Before Sunset? This can be seen on Pathé Thuis.
2023-12-03 12:53:39
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