Before Midnight (English, 2013)

The film is a sequel to Before Sunrise & Before Sunset, two of the best conversation-based romantic films of the last few years and the fact that the essence is maintained here too, shows the talent of its maker Richard Linklater.

Linklater’s simple & straight screenplay and the charming lead pair, provide the perfect foil to the layered dialogues that the conversations in the film carry, making it fit for a pretty interesting watch.

Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy should arguably be the most realistic on-screen pairing. The striking chemistry the pair shares makes us feel we are watching a real event unfold rather than a film! The entire sequence in the car after sending Jesse’s son off seems to have been made in one take and the amount of dialogues in the conversation are too difficult to pull off in a take. They do it with ease.

Dialogues are a major strong point of the film & for sample, the conversations among friends at the dinner table & the pair-talk during strolls are high points. The candid style of cinematography suits the mood and intensity of the film.