BEFORE SUNRISE will forever be one of my favourite romantic movies from the 1990s, and its sequel BEFORE SUNSET was pretty good too (in my mind). Now, a third movie has been in production, also with original helmer Richard Linklater directing, and both Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy starring. The action picks up this time in Greece as opposed to Vienna and Paris, the settings for the last two movies, where the to lead characters, Jesse and Celine, are at yet another testing stage in their now 18-year-old relationship.
Nine years after the conclusion of Before Sunset, Jesse and Celine live in Paris as a couple, parents to twin girls conceived when they got together. Jesse is also struggling to maintain his relationship with his teenage son, Hank, who lives in Chicago with Jesse’s (now) ex-wife and who, after spending the summer with Jesse and Celine on a Greek island, is being dropped off at the airport to fly home. Jesse has continued to find success as a novelist, while Celine is at a career crossroads, considering a job in government.
The film received wonderful acclaim after its Sundance debut earlier in January, and we expect a release later on in the year. There isn’t a set UK release as yet, but our US readers get the movie on 24th May. Sony Pictures Classics are handling the distribution.
I just hope Robert Redford brings this to Sundance London next month. Could this be the climax of yet another perfect trilogy?
Here’s the first trailer for this highly anticipated sequel.
Source: Yahoo!
