Before Midnight

2013 · 1h49 · Film

Directed by Richard Linklater

Starring Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Jennifer Prior, Charlotte Prior, Walter Lassally, Ariane Labed, Athiná-Rachél Tsangári

Ideal when you feel… Romantic

It has been nine years since we last met Jesse and Celine, the French-American couple who once met on a train in Vienna. They now live in Paris with twin daughters but have spent a summer in Greece at the invitation of an author colleague of Jesse's. When the vacation is over and Jesse must send his teenage son off to the States, he begins to question his life decisions, and his relationship with Celine is at risk.

Original language

English

Screenplay

Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater

Music

Graham Reynolds

Cast

Jennifer Prior, Charlotte Prior, Walter Lassally, Ariane Labed, Athiná-Rachél Tsangári, Enrico Focardi

Updated July 22, 2026

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