Before Midnight

2013
15
1h 49m

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7.9/10

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We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.

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7.9/10

178K

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 20 wins & 64 nominations total

Achilleas
(as Yannis Papadopoulos)

Athina Rachel Tsangari

Ariadni
(as Athiná-Rachél Tsangári)

Panos Koronis

Stefanos

Enrico Focardi

Child

Manolis Goussias

Child

Anouk Servera

Child

Yota Argyropoulou

Hotel Clerk
(as Giota Argyropoulou)

Serafeim Radis

Hotel Clerk

Tety Kalafati

Air Stewardess
(uncredited)

John Sloss

Airport Traveller in Opening Scene
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Ethan Hawke described Before Sunrise (1995) as a film about what might be, Before Sunset (2004) as a film about what could or should be, and Before Midnight (2013) as a film about what is.

Goofs
During dinner Ariadni is taking photos of Celine and Jesse and we can hear two snaps of the shutter in a row but the camera is a Leica M6, which has to be wound on after each shot.

Quotes
Jesse: If you want love, then this is it. This is real life. It's not perfect but it's real.

Connections
Featured in ReelzChannel Specials: Richard Roeper's Red Hot Summer (2013)

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Gia ena tango
Written by Haris Alexiou (as Charis Alexiou)
Performed by Haris Alexiou (as Charis Alexiou)
Courtesy of Chamano Publishing

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Featured review

10/10

Everything's better with maturity

I just saw Richard Linklater's Before Midnight his newest and third film about Jesse and Celine the couple who meet as young adults in Before Sunrise and re-meet as adults in Before Sunset (one of my five favorite films).

This is simply brilliant film making: funny, raw, emotionally honest and complicated. The couple (Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy who both co-wrote with Linklater) are now in their 40s and face some very real challenges to their menage. I started laughing and crying within about 3 minutes and both emotions kept up until the very end. Everyone sat through the credits so they could wipe their faces clean. Brilliant acting . . .

This film gives one hope for the state of American film making and reminds you that Linklater is one of our most underrated auteurs. I sincerely hope he continues and I live long enough to see the couple well into their senior years.

Even if you have never seen the first two movies, do not miss this one.