Before Midnight (2013) (original) (raw)

Eighteen years have passed since American Jesse and Frenchwoman C�line met on a trans-European train and fell in love while wandering the streets of Vienna. Now the pair are living in Paris, proud parents to two young girls. However, their lives are far from perfect. Frustrated at her inability to match Jesse's professional success, C�line is considering a change in career. Jesse, meanwhile, is struggling to connect with his teenage son Hank, who is visiting from Chicago for the summer.

Eighteen years have passed since American Jesse and Frenchwoman C�line met on a trans-European train and fell in love while wandering the streets of Vienna. Now the pair are living in Paris, proud parents to two young girls. However, their lives are far from perfect. Frustrated at her inability to match Jesse's professional success, C�line is considering a change in career. Jesse, meanwhile, is struggling to connect with his teenage son Hank, who is visiting from Chicago for the summer. (less)

Director: Richard Linklater
Writers: Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Kim Krizan
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Jennifer Prior, Charlotte Prior, Xenia Kalogeropoulou
Producer: Richard Linklater

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Review by Brian Orndorf, June 6, 2013

7 / 10

�Before Midnight� represents the next stage of development for the Richard Linklater-directed series, which wasn�t truly intended to be a string of movies in the first place. With 1995�s �Before Sunrise� and 2004�s �Before Sunset,� Linklater, along with star Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, crafted loquacious inspections of the human heart, studying the development of a tentative relationship as it grew from flirtation to promises, from loss to love. Now the topic is marriage and all its pitfalls and challenges, returning to the once springy lovers nearly two decades after they first met on a Euro ...read more...

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