great movie!

Rating: 9/10 (17 February 2004)

I've seen "Before sunset" (german title) on the "Berlinale" and was really overwhelmed because I didn't expect so much from that sequel. I've seen the first part in 1995 and I liked it. But I loved the sequel because the makers successfully satisfied the expectations of the audience and - in my case - did even better.
In the beginning there is a distance between Hawke and Delphy. Both are older now. They seem more reasonable, more secure. But after a while they approach each other step by step. And the more they talk, the more they reveal of their inner constitution, the more the audience is drawn into the films atmosphere.
In a way it turns 1995 again, but its not the same, its different because of the experiences they made since that time. The dialogues are intensive, realistic an very funny too, everything sounds natural and it could go on for hours. So the end turns out as a surprise, I would say a brilliant one.
9 of 10!