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The film is notable for essentially taking place in real time, i.e. the time elapsed in the story is the run time of the film. In the fast-changing temperate Paris climate, this created challenges for the cinematographer Lee Daniel to match the color and intensity of the skies and ambient light from scene to scene. The scenes were mostly shot in sequence, as they were still developing the screenplay. Producer Anne Walker-McBay worked with less time and less money than she had on "Before Sunrise", but still brought the film in on time and on budget. The sequel was released nine years after "Before Sunrise", the same amount of time that has lapsed in the plot since the events of the first film.