Synopsis
Before Midnight follows Jesse and Celine nine years after Before Sunset, now a committed couple with twin daughters vacationing in Greece. The film explores the raw, unfiltered tensions of long-term love, as romantic idealism collides with domestic reality and personal sacrifice. Director Richard Linklater delivers an emotionally honest portrait of a relationship tested by time, guilt, and the weight of life's compromises.
Did You Know?
- Third film in Richard Linklater's beloved Before trilogy with Hawke and Delpy.
- Much of the dialogue was co-written by the two lead actors.
- Filmed entirely on location in the Peloponnese region of Greece.
- The hotel room argument scene was shot in one long take.
- Hawke and Delpy received Oscar nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Iconic Quotes
- If you want true love, then this is it. This is real life. It's not perfect, but it's real.
- You know, I've been thinking. I don't really believe in the future anymore.
- We are passing through. We are here, and then we are gone.
- Just let yourself be happy.
- Like sunlight, like the wind, I move through your hair.
