2 Movies - The Sequel

A friend of mine recommended a movie. But then, it was not just A movie -- there was a movie before it. So really, it was 2 movies I ended up borrowing from the library.

As luck would have it - I got to borrow the sequel first. Anyway, it would be too trite to start with the first movie as it was made. The movie : Before Sunset.

The film picks up the story in Before Sunrise where Jesse a young American man (Hawke) and Celine a young French woman (Delpy) meet on a train and spend one night in Vienna. Nine years later in Before Sunset, their paths intersect again. It plays out in real time as they spend one afternoon together in Paris. ( From wikipedia)

It is a minimalist kind of film in a way that there are only 2 main characters. Both Hawke and Delphy do all the talking and walking. No action, no conflicts, all words. Interesting to note that both Hawke and Delphy also share the credits for the dialogue.

The film appeared on 28 critics' top 10 lists of the best films of 2004, and took the 27th spot on Metacritic's list of The Best-Reviewed Movies of the Decade (2000–09). In the UK, the film was ranked the 110th greatest movie of all time by a 2008 Empire poll. In 2010, the critics at The Guardian named Before Sunrise/Before Sunset No 3 best romantic film of all time, and called the ending of Before Sunset "one of the most tantalizing and ingenious endings in all cinema."

Before Sunset received broad acclaim, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.