Before Sunset
What if you had a second chance with the one that got away?
Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine.After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse has to again leave for a flight.
- Director
- Richard Linklater
- Worldwide
- $16M
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Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse has to again leave for a flight. They are both in relationships now, and Jesse has a son, but as their strong feelings for each other start to return, both confess a longing for more.
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Box Office & Release
Before Sunset returned 5.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $16M
- Release date
- Jun 16, 2004
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, French
- Country
- United States of America
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