Before Midnight

Before Midnight is a romantic drama film released in 2013, is the third part of the Before trilogy and a sequel to Before Sunrise (1995) and Before Sunset (2004). Directed by Richard Linklater, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, the movie follows Jesse (Hawke) and Céline (Delpy), who are now a couple, spending their summer vacation with their children in Greece.
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== Plot ==
This film picks up nine years after Jesse and Céline reunite in Paris. The couple is now together, with twin girls, and living in Greece. Jesse is a successful writer, while Céline is considering a job with the French government. The couple struggles with the issue of Jesse's teenage son Hank, who lives in Chicago with Jesse's ex-wife. While discussing their concerns over dinner with friends, they reflect on love and life. Later, their friends pay for a hotel room for the couple, where they begin to get intimate but are interrupted by a phone call from Hank. This leads to a fierce argument about their relationship, with Jesse wanting to move closer to Hank, and Céline worried about losing her career prospects. Céline eventually leaves the room and tells Jesse she no longer loves him. They reconcile after Jesse brings up a letter from Céline's future self, and they both joke about the imperfect reality of their relationship. The story is about the challenges of maintaining a long-term relationship and the imperfection of love.
== Cast ==
*Ethan Hawke as Jesse
*Julie Delpy as Céline
*Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick as Hank
*Jennifer Prior as Ella
*Charlotte Prior as Nina
*Xenia Kalogeropoulou as Natalia
*Walter Lassally as Patrick
*Ariane Labed as Anna
*Yiannis Papadopoulos as Achilleas
*Athina Rachel Tsangari as Ariadni
*Panos Koronis as Stefanos