From 1995 to 2004. to 2013.
Two 9-year spans. What everyone witnessed is not just the love between the hero and heroine. And years. and life.
I think it's become a classic. More precisely because of such a 9-year appointment.
I would love to share with you the love story that this trilogy describes.
But I found out that there is no story in these three films. only love.
And this love. Nor is it a love affair. There is no earth-shattering cry of ghosts and gods.
It's just the tiniest of movements and details. And there are conversations from start to finish.
【Part I】
Before Sunrise. Love is before dawn.
1994. Vienna.
Jesse came to Europe from America. Just to get together with my girlfriend who is studying in Madrid.
Unexpectedly, the two were able to part ways. Jesse had to wander around Europe's major cities alone.
On the train from Budapest to Vienna. Jesse meets Celine, a French girl who is back in Paris.
The two chatted happily.
The train has arrived. Jesse mustered up the courage to invite Celine to get out of the car with him.
So they had a good night in Vienna.
The two agreed to meet again in half a year.
Actually the first time I watched Sunrise I only watched it for a few minutes.
Monotonous shooting style. Random topics. I can't even say a single point that appeals to the audience.
It's a poem from a movie. I like it very much.
Lodged in life
Like branches in the rivers
Flowing down stream
Caught in the current
I carry you
You'll carry me
That's how it could be
Don't you know me
Don't you know me by now
[Part II]
Before Sunset. Love is at sunset.
Year 2003. Paris.
Jesse came to Paris for the last book sale in Europe.
In the world's most famous Shakespeare bookstore.
He answered the reporter's last question. Look up.
That is the person who he has been thinking about and remembering for 9 years. She was standing in the corner of the bookstore.
smiling. as in memory.
They were still chatting as before.
she says. The day we promised 9 years ago. It happened to be her grandmother's funeral. Didn't go to the appointment.
He pretended to shake his head slyly. I did not go.
Actually he went.
He said. Why didn't you go 9 years ago. If you went we must be different now.
He said. I've been thinking about you. Even on the wedding day. I thought I saw you on Broadway. I feel like I'm crazy.
she says. I live near there.
He told her how unhappy his marriage was.
He said. Now if someone touches him. It will surely be wiped out.
So when he took her home downstairs.
She couldn't help but hug him. Say. I want to see if you're going to die.
I think this is the moment. I fell in love with this movie.
【Part III】
Before Midnight. Love comes before midnight.
2012. Greece.
Another 9 years. They finally came together.
Came to Greece on vacation with my twin daughters.
live together. Arguments and conflicts are inevitable.
This time. The problems they encountered even led the two to face a split ending.
love. Is it really time-consuming?
The reason why two people came together to live together in the first place. Is it something so easy to forget?
she says. I don't love you anymore. Then walk out of the hotel room.
He looked at the cup of tea she was making. The door she flung away from. Unfinished two glasses of red wine. There was also an empty room where he was the only one left.
After calming down, he went to the beach to find her.
He strikes up a conversation with her. She ignored it.
He said he traveled from the future. Bring her a letter. She was still bored.
she says. no kidding. I have made it very clear at the hotel.
He said. I love you unconditionally. I'm trying to make you laugh. If you want true love. That's it.
He said. This is real life. It's not perfect. But true.
Someone asked me. What is true love.
I guess that's what true love is.
They meet. in love. Experienced too much on and off or failed to come together for various reasons.
But in the end. They can find ways to embrace each other again.
They quarrel over things big and small.
But there is always someone willing to let go. Tolerate each other. Pay more.
Never give up.
These four words are the best explanation.
You are like a rock. Concubine as pampas reed.
The pampas reed is as tough as silk. The rock does not transfer.
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