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Actors: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Before Sunset
BEFORE SUNSET is a film co-written (with Hawke and Delpy) and directed by Richard Linklater in 2003.

Nine years after they first met in Vienna, Austria, an event described in "Before Sunrise", Jesse and Celine meet again in Paris where Jesse is presenting his first novel to the press. Jesse has only one hour before he must leave to take his flight home. During these 60 minutes, they will roaming through Paris, talking about their personal lives and remembering their first encounter. At first a little embarrassed, both Jesse and Celine will finally admit that they are not happy with their present life and that they have regretted during these nine years not to be able to contact each other.

--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar


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Plot
Time/era of movie: - present (2000-2010)
Romance/Love/Hugging Yes
Kind of romance: - rekindling lost love/marriage

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric: Yes - emotionally unstable
Hair color? - blonde
Hair type - (woman) long straight
Body type - (woman) average
Events of movie makes character more... - sad
Ethnicity/Nationality - French
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - (man) average build
How much in movie? - 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - general circumstances

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - France
City? Yes
City: - Paris

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Movie makes you feel... - thoughtful
Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Modern rock/pop
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