What if you had a second chance with the one that got away?
Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse has to again leave for a flight. They are both in relationships now, and Jesse has a son, but as their strong feelings for each other start to return, both confess a longing for more.
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Intimate, contemplative, character-led and prestige.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Jul 20267/10
It's been almost a decade since "Jesse" (Ethan Hawke) met "Celine" (Julie Delpy) on that Austrian train and now he is a successful author on a book tour and visiting Paris. Guess who walks into the store seeking a signed copy? Did he turn up in Vienna six months after their last meeting like they agreed? Did she? That's the basis for their rekindling of the rapport that started back then, but after their initially enthusiastic welcoming of the other is that spark still going to be there? Like last time, he has a plane to catch so they only have a little time and decide to explore this city for a few hours whilst reminiscing about that night that inspired the substance of his successful novel and filling the other in on what's happened during their eventful lives. Perhaps because both are older and have acquired baggage in the intervening years, but this film didn't work so well for me. The joy and innocence has been replaced, quite naturally, by something closer to soap and the fine line between the observational humour and potency and that of melodrama is crossed once or twice, especially as she is in the taxi. It still has moments of intimacy that both generate well - without bei
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Cast
- Ethan HawkeJesse
- Julie DelpyCéline
- Vernon DobtcheffBookstore Manager
- Louise Lemoine TorrèsJournalist #1
- Rodolphe PaulyJournalist #2
- Mariane PlasteigWaitress
- DiaboloPhilippe
- Denis EvrardBoat Attendant
- Albert DelpyMan at Grill
- Marie PilletWoman in Courtyard
Crew
- Richard LinklaterDirector
- Richard LinklaterScreenplay
- Julie DelpyScreenplay
- Ethan HawkeScreenplay
- Lee DanielDirector of Photography
- Sandra AdairEditor
- Anne Walker-McBayProducer
- Richard LinklaterProducer
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