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Before Sunset

Nine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other again on the French leg of Jesse's book tour.

Director

Richard Linklater

Year

Genre

Box Office

$5,820,649

Production

Warner Independent Pictures,Castle Rock Entertainment,Detour Filmproduction

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 9 wins & 32 nominations total

Homepage

https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/sunset

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Jesse

Celine

Bookstore Manager

Vernon Dobtcheff

Journalist #1

Louise Lemoine TorrÃ¨s

Journalist #2

Waitress

Mariane Plasteig

Philippe

Boat Attendant

Man at Grill

Woman in Courtyard

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Celine Jesse Journalist #1

Do you consider the book to be autobiographical - Before Sunset

Do you consider the book to be autobiographical

Thank you all. - Before Sunset

- Hi. - Hello. - How are you? - Good, and you? I'm good, yeah, I'm great. I'm... - Before Sunset

- Hi. - Hello. - How are you? - Good, and you? I'm...

I realize that there are a lot of serious problems in the worldOkay Thank you I mean I don't even haveone publisher in the Asian market Okay All right - Before Sunset

I realize that there are a lot of serious problems in the...

An imperialist country can use that kind of thinkingto justify their economic greedIs there any particular imperialist country you have in mind there FrenchieNo not really No - Before Sunset

An imperialist country can use that kind of thinkingto...

- So you wanna sit over there? - Before Sunset

- So you wanna sit over there?

Oh wow Maybe what I'm saying isthe world might be evolving the way a person evolvesLike I mean me for example Am I getting worseAm I improving I don't know When I was younger I was healthierbut I was wracked with insecurity you knowNow I'm older and my - Before Sunset

Oh wow Maybe what I'm saying isthe world might be...

So how long have you been in Paris? - Before Sunset

So how long have you been in Paris?

One night I heard some noise on my fire escapeso I called 9 and the cops came eventuallyLike three hours later Yeah after I had been raped and killed - Before Sunset

One night I heard some noise on my fire escapeso I called 9...

Do I look any differentI doI'd have to see you naked - Before Sunset

Do I look any differentI doI'd have to see you naked

Skinnier I think A little thinnerDid you think I was fat beforeNo Yeah you thought I was a fattyNo you thought I was a fatty You wrote a book about a fat French girlNo listen Oh noSeriously all right You look beautiful - Before Sunset

Skinnier I think A little thinnerDid you think I was fat...

I was having this awful nightmare that I was 32And then I woke up and I was 23 So relievedAnd then I woke up for real and I was 32 - Before Sunset

I was having this awful nightmare that I was 32And then I...

They enjoy the goal but not the processRight But the reality of it isthe true work of improving things is in the little achievements - Before Sunset

They enjoy the goal but not the processRight But the reality...

I see the people that do the real work and what's really sad is thatthe people that are the most giving hardworkingand capable of making this world betterusually don't have the ego and ambition to be a leader - Before Sunset

I see the people that do the real work and what's...

Designed to be slightly dissatisfied with everything you know - Before Sunset

Designed to be slightly dissatisfied with everything you...

It's supposed to be - Before Sunset

It's supposed to be

Life's hard It's supposed to beIf we didn't suffer we wouldn't learn a thing you know - Before Sunset

Life's hard It's supposed to beIf we didn't...

You realize that most of the people that you meetare trying to get somewhere betterThey're trying to make more cash get a little more respecthave more people admire them It's exhausting - Before Sunset

You realize that most of the people that you meetare trying...

Memory is a wonderful thing if you don't have to deal with the past - Before Sunset

Memory is a wonderful thing if you don't have to deal...

There's so many things I want to do and I end up doing not much - Before Sunset

There's so many things I want to do and I end up doing...

All right well let me ask you this Do you believe in ghosts or spiritsNoNo NoOkay what about reincarnation Not at allGod NoAll right That sounds terrible No no noBut I don't want to be one of those people that don't believe in any magicSo then astrology - Before Sunset

All right well let me ask you this Do you believe in ghosts...

That I don't have any permanent place here you knowIn eternity or whatever you knowAnd the more I think that I can't go through life saying this is no big dealThis is it This is actually happening What do you think is interestingWhat do you think is funny - Before Sunset

That I don't have any permanent place here you knowIn...

Anyway this friend she was telling menext time she dates a man she's gonna make a little questionnaireabout what they like and dislike What written down or out loudYeah mostly written downBut it wouldn't be just yes or no It would be a bit more complex - Before Sunset

Anyway this friend she was telling menext time she dates a...

It's amazing what perverts we've become in the past nine years - Before Sunset

It's amazing what perverts we've become in the...

At least now we don't have to pretend each new sexual experienceis like a life altering eventI know By now you've stuck it in so many places it's about to fall offAnd I can't realistically expect you've become anything but a total hoYeah thank you No I'm - Before Sunset

At least now we don't have to pretend each new sexual...

So what kind of songs do you write I didn't know you did thatWhat kind Yeah sureI don't know just songs LikeLike some are about you know peopleRelationships One's about my catSing one No I can't I don't have a guitarCome on A cappella No no noI'm not - Before Sunset

So what kind of songs do you write I didn't know you...

Do you have kids Yes two ShitWhat I left them in the carWith the windows up six months ago Think they're okay - Before Sunset

Do you have kids Yes two ShitWhat I left them in the carWith...

No, I'll get it, I'll get it. - Before Sunset

No, I'll get it, I'll get it.

Thank you. - Before Sunset

So do you have that cell phone? - Before Sunset

So do you have that cell phone?

Tell him to pick you up at Quai Henri QuatreOh shit QuaiHenri Quatre Quai Henri QuatreHenri QuatreWhat's wrong with you No do you want me to Henri QuatreHenry Four YesCome on why didn't you say so I'm sorry Okay - Before Sunset

Tell him to pick you up at Quai Henri QuatreOh shit...

I heard this story once about when the Germans were occupying Parisand they had to retreat backThey wired Notre Dame to blowbut they had to leave one guy in charge of hitting the switchAnd the guy the soldier he couldn't do itHe just sat there knocked out - Before Sunset

I heard this story once about when the Germans were...

I think that book that I wrote was like building somethingso that I wouldn't forget the details of the time that we spent togetherYou know like just as a reminder that once we really did meetYou know that this was real this happenedI'm happy you're saying - Before Sunset

I think that book that I wrote was like building somethingso...

You can never replace anyonebecause everyone is made of such beautiful specific details - Before Sunset

You can never replace anyonebecause everyone is made of such...

Now I know for sure You wanna know why I wrote that stupid bookWhy So you'd come to a reading in Parisand I could walk up to you and ask Where the fuck were youNo You think I'd be here todayI'm serious I think I wrote it in a way to try to find youOkay - Before Sunset

Now I know for sure You wanna know why I wrote that stupid...

What were the chances of us ever meeting againAfter that December I'd say almost zeroBut we're not real anyway rightWe're just characters in that old lady's dreamShe's on her deathbed fantasizing about her youthSo of course we had to meet again - Before Sunset

What were the chances of us ever meeting againAfter that...

Were you there in Vienna - Before Sunset

Were you there in Vienna

Oh God Why weren't you there in ViennaI told you why I know why I justI wish you would have beenOur lives might have been so much differentYou think soI actually doMaybe not Maybe we would have hated each other eventuallyWhat like we hate each other - Before Sunset

Oh God Why weren't you there in ViennaI told you why I...

Oh God Why didn't we exchange phone numbers and stuffWhy didn't we do thatBecause we were young and stupidDo you think we still areI guess when you're young you just believethere'll be many people you'll connect withLater in life you realize it only - Before Sunset

Oh God Why didn't we exchange phone numbers and...

The past is the past It was meant to be that wayYou really believe that That everything's fatedWell you know the world might be less free than we thinkYeahWhen given these exact circumstances that's what will happen every timeTwo part hydrogen one part - Before Sunset

The past is the past It was meant to be that wayYou really...

In the months leading up to my wedding I was thinking about you all the timeEven on my way there I'm in the car a buddy of mine is driving me downtownand I'm staring out the window and I think I see younot far from the church rightfolding up an umbrella - Before Sunset

In the months leading up to my wedding I was thinking about...

So what is it like to be married You haven't talked much about thatI haven't How weird - Before Sunset

So what is it like to be married You haven't talked...

No no It's more like I had this This idea of my best self you knowAnd I wanted to pursue thateven if it might have been overriding my honest self - Before Sunset

No no It's more like I had this This idea of my best...

In the moment I remember thinking it didn't much matter the who of it allI mean that nobody is gonna be everything to youand that it's just the action of committing yourselfyou know meeting your responsibilities that matters - Before Sunset

In the moment I remember thinking it didn't much matter...

I mean what is love right if it's not respect trust admirationAnd I I felt all those thingsCut to the present and I feel like I'm running a nurserywith somebody I used to date you know - Before Sunset

I mean what is love right if it's not respect trust...

But I do I feel like if somebody were to touch meI would dissolve into molecules - Before Sunset

But I do I feel like if somebody were to touch meI would...

This friend of mine she's a shrink How's she doingShe's a mess but - Before Sunset

This friend of mine she's a shrink How's she...

Would you have finished your book if you were fucking every five minutesI might have welcomed the challenge I mean - Before Sunset

Would you have finished your book if you were fucking every...

You told him where you are and all that? - Before Sunset

You told him where you are and all that?

Even being alone it's better than sitting next to a lover and feeling lonely - Before Sunset

Even being alone it's better than sitting next to a...

Men go out with me we break up and then they get marriedAnd later they call me to thank me for teaching them what love isand that I taught them to care and respect womenI think I'm one of those I want to kill themWhy didn't they ask me I would have said - Before Sunset

Men go out with me we break up and then they get marriedAnd...

The concept is absurd We can only be complete with another personIt's evil right Can I talk - Before Sunset

The concept is absurd We can only be complete with another...

But we're just living in the pretense of a marriage responsibilityyou know all these ideas of how people are supposed to live - Before Sunset

But we're just living in the pretense of a marriage...

That there's gotta be more to love than commitment - Before Sunset

That there's gotta be more to love than commitment

- So I want to try something. - Before Sunset

- So I want to try something.

Is this your apartment? - Before Sunset

Is this your apartment?

Oh I love my kitty I love my kittyWhat's his name CheCheWhat CommieNo che in Argentina means hey - Before Sunset

Oh I love my kitty I love my kittyWhat's his name...

I love my kitty - Before Sunset

I love my kitty

We're having a little party. - Before Sunset

We're having a little party.

You know what? - Before Sunset

God, I love these old staircases. - Before Sunset

God, I love these old staircases.

- Hold this. - Before Sunset

Okay. All right, the waltz. - Before Sunset

Okay. All right, the waltz.

Let me sing you a waltzOut of nowhere out of my thoughtsLet me sing you a waltzAbout this one night standYou were for me that nightEverything I always dreamt of in lifeBut now you're goneYou are far goneAll the way to your island of rainIt was for you - Before Sunset

Let me sing you a waltzOut of nowhere out of my thoughtsLet...

Let me sing you a waltz Out of nowhere, out of my blues Let me sing you a waltz About this lovely one-night stand - Before Sunset

Let me sing you a waltz Out of nowhere, out of my blues Let...

- No, one more! - Before Sunset

- No, one more!

- All right, let me ask you one question. - Before Sunset

- All right, let me ask you one question.

Is this you? - Before Sunset

Did you ever see Nina Simone in concert? - Before Sunset

Did you ever see Nina Simone in concert?

She was so great. - Before Sunset

She was so great.

And she'd start talking to someone in the audience. - Before Sunset

And she'd start talking to someone in the audience.

Baby, you are gonna miss that plane. - Before Sunset

Baby, you are gonna miss that plane.

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Nine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other again on the French leg of Jesse's book tour.

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Director: Richard Linklater

Writer: Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke

Production: Warner Independent Pictures,Castle Rock Entertainment,Detour Filmproduction

Genre: drama, romance

Year: 2004

MetaScore: 90/100

ImdbRating: 8.1

BoxOffice: $5,820,649

Released: 30 Jul 2004

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 9 wins & 32 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/sunset

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