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{{short description|2004 American romantic drama film directed by Richard Linklater}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Before Sunset
| image          = Before Sunset poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Richard Linklater]]
| screenplay     = {{ubl|Richard Linklater|[[Julie Delpy]]|[[Ethan Hawke]]}}
| story          = {{ubl|Richard Linklater|[[Kim Krizan]]}}
| based_on       = {{Based on|[[Before trilogy|Characters]]|Richard Linklater|Kim Krizan}}
| producer       = Anne Walker-McBay
| starring       = {{ubl|Ethan Hawke|Julie Delpy}}
| music          = 
| cinematography = [[Lee Daniel]]
| editing        = [[Sandra Adair]]
| studio         = [[Castle Rock Entertainment]]<br />Detour Filmproduction
| distributor    = [[Warner Independent Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|2004|02|10|[[54th Berlin International Film Festival|BIFF]]|2004|07|02|United States}}
| runtime        = 80 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 80:15--><ref name="BBFC">{{cite web|title=''BEFORE SUNSET'' (15)|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/sunset-0|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505003927/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/sunset-0|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 5, 2013|work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=May 27, 2004|access-date=January 23, 2020}}</ref>
| country        = France<br />United States
| language       = <!--Only MAIN language included-->English<ref name="BBFC"/>
| budget         = $2–2.7 million<ref name="numbers">{{cite web |title=Before Sunrise Franchise Box Office History - The Numbers |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Before-Sunrise#tab=summary |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]}}</ref><ref name="BOM" />
| gross          = $15.8 million<ref name="BOM" />
}}
'''''Before Sunset''''' is a 2004 American [[Romance film|romantic]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Richard Linklater]], who co-wrote the screenplay with [[Ethan Hawke]] and [[Julie Delpy]], from a story by Linklater and [[Kim Krizan]]. It is the first film by [[Warner Independent Pictures]]. The sequel to ''[[Before Sunrise]]'' (1995) and the second installment in the [[Before trilogy|''Before'' trilogy]], ''Before Sunset'' follows Jesse (Hawke) and Céline (Delpy) as they reunite nine years later in [[Paris]].

Linklater, Krizan, Hawke, and Delpy began developing a larger budget sequel in the 1990s,<ref name="youtube">{{cite web|author=Popcorn Talk|title=BEFORE SUNSET Writer Kim Krizan & The Life of Anaïs Nin – The Film Scene with Illeana Douglas|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvOSiSIQ4XM|date=October 10, 2019|access-date=October 4, 2021|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> but failed to secure funding to begin production. After writing the film independently, with portions inspired by Hawke's divorce from [[Uma Thurman]], the writers came together in 2003 and incorporated elements of their individual screenplays, as well as other scenes written during development of ''Before Sunrise'', to create the final screenplay. [[Principal photography]] took place entirely in Paris, and the film is considered to take place in [[Real time (media)|real time]]. Delpy also contributed original music to the film's soundtrack.

''Before Sunset'' premiered at the [[54th Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin International Film Festival]] on February 10, 2004; it was theatrically released in the United States on July 2, 2004. It grossed $15 million worldwide and received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for Linklater's direction, the performances and chemistry of its leads, and its screenplay. It received numerous accolades, being nominated for the [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]], and appeared on many publications' lists of the best films of the year, with some calling it one of the best of the decade. It was followed by a third film, ''[[Before Midnight]]'', in 2013.