Before Midnight (2013)

Romance Drama Directed by Richard Linklater
← Inspired by 4 films

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.

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Films that influenced Before Midnight

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Influenced By

  1. Scenes from a Marriage (1974)
    "Linklater, Hawke and Delpy explicitly named Bergman's mini-series as the standard by which Before Midnight should be judged — long-form examination of a couple in deterioration." source
  2. The Green Ray (1986)
    "Eric Rohmer's talk-driven, landscape-saturated relationship cinema is the explicit comparison point critics and Linklater himself draw — gentle expansive talkfest format." source
  3. Before Sunset (2004)
    "Direct middle entry in the Before trilogy — Before Midnight resumes the Jesse/Celine story 9 years later." source
  4. Before Sunrise (1995)
    "First entry in the Linklater Before trilogy — Before Midnight is the third installment, 18 years on." source

Before Midnight (2013), directed by Richard Linklater, was inspired by 4 earlier films — including Scenes from a Marriage, The Green Ray, and Before Sunset. Check out the citations below.