Before Sunset (2004)

Before Sunset rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8.1/10· 309K votes

Rotten Tomatoes94%

Metacritic91%

TMDb7.809/10· 4K votes

With 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8.1/10 on IMDb and 91/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Before Sunset

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.

Cast of Before Sunset

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  Ethan Hawke

  as Jesse

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  Julie Delpy

  as Céline

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  Vernon Dobtcheff

  as Bookstore Manager

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  Louise Lemoine Torrès

  as Journalist #1

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  Rodolphe Pauly

  as Journalist #2

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  Mariane Plasteig

  as Waitress

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  Diabolo

  as Philippe

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  Denis Evrard

  as Boat Attendant

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  Albert Delpy

  as Man at Grill

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  Marie Pillet

  as Woman in Courtyard

Before Sunset facts

Budget

$2.7M

Box office

$16M

Collection

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Our take on Before Sunset

Richard Linklater's 2004 sequel reunites Jesse and Céline nine years after their one perfect night, for a single conversation through the streets of Paris before his flight. Real-time, talky and quietly profound about time and roads not taken, it's romance for grown-ups. If its intimate, conversation-driven magic moved you, seek out dialogue-rich romances and walk-and-talk dramas where everything happens in what's said.