Before Sunset...

It was in 1994, when Jesse and Celine met each other and spent a night together in Vienna. They felt a connection and promised each other to meet again at the same spot in six months.

It is now 2004, Jesse and Celine met again in Paris, after Jesse had written a book about his encounter in Vienna and became a bestseller. However, this time they only had 80 minutes to decide if they want to be with each other. Jesse has to be on the plane to New Year...

This time around with renewed sense of closeness, they discussed Desire, Society, Death and of course, Love. This time around, they are older and more depressed. Jesse is married with kids, but not terribly happy, and Celine thinks she is "dying inside because she feels numb".

First question I had, was that did they actually meet like they promised? It turns out that Celine did not make it, but Jesse was alone at Vienna for a few days. They have crossed paths without even knowing they were living in the same city...

This is another great movie, both characters have grown and it feels like we can see that transformation too.

Again, there are a few great scenes. The walk and talk in back alleys, sitting on the bench asking each other tough questions.

There was a scene when Celine said to Jesse, "People just have an affair or even entire relationships, they break up and then they move on like they would have changed brand of cereals, I could not do that...", then, Jesse confessed to her, "You know why I wrote that book? So you might come to a reading in Paris, and I could walk up to you and ask 'where the fuck were you?'... I wrote it in way to find you"

When Jesse walked up to Celine's apartment, there was an awkward quietness, reminds me of the moment in the record listening booth in 1994. However, this time, they did not avert their eyes, they looked at each other and smiled. As if they knew each other, and there is nothing else they should be afraid of.

My favourite moment was when Celine sings to Jesse while playing a guitar,

Let me sing you a waltz

"Let me sing you a waltz
Out of nowhere, out of my thoughts
Let me sing you a waltz
About this one-night stand
You were, for me, that night
Everything I always dreamt of in life
But now you're gone
You are far-gone
All the way to your island of rain
It was, for you, just a one-night thing
But you were much more to me
Just so you know

I don't care what they say
I know what you meant for me that day
I just want another try
I just want another night

Even it it doesn't seem quite right
You meant, for me, much more
Than anyone I've met before
One single night with you, little Jesse
Is worth a thousand with anybody

I have no bitterness, my sweet
I'll never forget this one-night thing
Even tomorrow, in other arms,
My heart will stay yours until I die

Let me sing you a waltz
Out of nowhere, out of my blues
Let me sing you a waltz
About this lovely one-night stand"

I even feel my emotion flowing thru during that simple song...

Finally, Jesse put on a record, Nina Simons, Celine starts dancing solo while Jesse watched, then she said "baby you are going to miss that plane", he said, "I know"...