A man in a suit jacket and white shirt sits beside a women in a black dress on a green bench. They are looking into each others eyes and the mans arm is around the women resting on the bench.

Before Sunset

  • Cinema
  • Playhouse
  • Run time: 80 minutes Subject to change
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United States | 2004 | English | Romance/Indie | M

In Richard Linklater’s sublime sequel to Before Sunrise, Celine (Julie Delpy) tracks down Jesse (Ethan Hawke), now an author, at the end of his book tour in Paris, with only a few hours left before he is to board a flight back home to America.

Meeting almost a decade after their short-lived romance in Vienna, the pair find their chemistry rekindled by increasingly candid exchanges about professional setbacks, marital disappointments and the compromises of adulthood.

With an Academy Award nominated script by Linklater and his two leads, Before Sunset retains the urgency of its predecessor - it's constantly aware that time is running out, making its portrait of rediscovered love so quietly devastating.

Presented by Sydney Opera House

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A film that in its joy, optimism and aesthetic achievement keeps faith with American cinema at its finest.

Los Angeles Times

...I was perfectly content to let Jesse and Celine live on forever in my imagination. The possibility of that affair to remember future meet-up was satisfying enough. Or so I thought.

Filmspotting

Cast and credits

Director Richard Linklater
Writer Richard Linklater
Writer Julie Delpy
Writer Ethan Hawke
Jesse Ethan Hawke
Celine Julie Delpy

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Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

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Playhouse

The Playhouse is located in the north-western corner of Sydney Opera House, best accessed through the Western Foyers.

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