By Writer. Although he is vague to reporters about the source material for the book, it is about his chance encounter nine years earlier on June , with a Parisienne named Celine, and the memorable and romantic day and evening they spent together in Vienna.
At the end of their encounter at the Vienna train station, which is also how the book ends, they, not providing contact information to the other, vowed to meet each other again in exactly six months at that very spot. As the media scrum at the bookstore nears its conclusion, Jesse spots Celine in the crowd, she who only found out about the book when she earlier saw his photograph promoting this public appearance.
Much like their previous encounter, Jesse and Celine, who is now an environmental activist, decide to spend time together until he is supposed to catch his flight back to New York, this t. Genre: Drama , Romance. Director s : Richard Linklater. Nominated for 1 Oscar. IMDB: 8. Next ». Do you consider the book to be autobiographical? Well, I mean I mean, we all see the world through our own tiny keyhole, right? I mean, I always think of Thomas Wolfe. Have you ever seen that little one-page "Note to Reader" Anyway, he says that we are the sum of all the moments of our lives So when I look at my own life, I have to admit, right, that I I've never been around a bunch of guns or violence, you know, not really.
No political intrigue or a helicopter crash, right? But my life, from my own point of view, has been full of drama, right? And so I thought, if I could write a book One of the most exciting things that's happened to me And if I could make that valuable, you know, to capture that I'll try to be more specific. Was there ever a French young woman on a train you met See, to me, that I mean All right, since I'm in France and this is the last stop of my book tour, yes. Thank you. Wallace, the book ends on an ambiguous note.
We don't know. Do you think they get back together in six months Like they promised? I think how you answer that, you know, is It's a good test, right, if you're a romantic or a cynic. I mean, you think they get back together, right? And you hope they do, but you're not sure. I mean, did you in real life? Did I in real? Look, in the words of my grandfather, okay: "To answer that would take the piss out of the whole thing.
What is your next book? I don't know, man. I don't know. I've been Well, I always kind of wanted to write a book Like three or four minutes long, the whole thing. The story, the idea, is that there's this guy, right His great dream was to be a lover, an adventurer, you know And instead he's sitting at a marble table eating lobster. He's got a good job and a beautiful wife, right, but that Everything that he needs. But that doesn't matter You know?
Happiness is in the doing, right? So he's sitting there, and just that second No, you know what? If you wrote a book about our night, that would be a good title! It no longer has that sad ending of us never seeing each other again. I have this memory from my childhood, that I realized recently, never happened. She would always warn me about dirty old men, giving me candies, and then showing me their peepees.
She was so obsessed with it, that later in life, you know, I had I had this image in my head that this really happened. To the point that I even associated sex with that walk home. I mean, sometimes, even now, when I'm I swear!
It's so weird, right? I was much more hopeful and naive, but the core, and the way I was feeling things, is exactly the same. It made me realize I haven't changed much at all. Jesse: Yeah, I don't think anybody does; people don't want to admit it, but it's like we just Jesse: I think so. I read this study where they followed people who had won the lottery, and people who had become paraplegics, right.
I mean you'd think that But the study shows that after about 6 months…. Jesse: Right Jesse: Well, yeah Like if they were basically an optimistic, jovial person, they're now an optimistic, jovial person, in a wheelchair. If they're a petty miserable asshole, OK, they're a petty miserable asshole with a new Cadillac, a house and a boat.
But, sometimes I worry that I'll get to the end of my life feeling I haven't done all I've all I wanted to do. I, um, I want to paint more, I wanna There're so many things I wanna do, and end up doing not much. Jesse: Laughs. Alright well, well let me ask you this: do you believe in, like That sounds…that sounds terrible. No, no, no. But, at the same time I don't wanna be one of those people that don't believe in any kind of magic, you know.
You're a Scorpio, I'm a Sag, so we get along. No, no…There's a…an Einstein quote I really, really like. Jesse: Yeah, I like that. I've always felt there was some kind of mystical core to the universe.
You know that…More recently, I started to think that I don't have any permanent place here. You know, in eternity, or whatever, you know. And the more I think that, I can't go through life saying that this is no big deal, you know. Punches his right fist into left hand for emphasis. I mean, this is it! This is actually happening. What do you You know, every day is our last. Do you have cancer? Are you going to commit suicide?
Laughs and looks at Jesse. So, uh…So what about us? The camera is behind them when he appears. We have unconfirmed reports that he stopped to tie his shoe. But, what if I mean, would we talk about your book, the environment or Jesse: No, I'll do it, I'll do it.
I definitely I have to admit I would probably drop the environment. But, I would still I'd just wanna do it from a Well, why waste time with an hotel room? Why not do it right there… motioning on a bench? Jesse: Grabs her by the left wrist and drags her to the bench, sitting down while he puts her on his lap.
Come here, come here What I My point was, you know, to truly communicate with people is very hard to do. And it totally freaked him out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, maybe it's because, you know But it wouldn't be just Just like: "What specific word would you like to hear? Jesse: I know, I know. Well, at least now we don't have to pretend that each new sexual experience is like a life-altering event.
Jesse: What can you do? Both look away for a moment. I didn't know you did that. Like some are about, you know, people, um, relationships. One's about my cat. Jesse: If not now, when?
You want to meet here in six months, with a guitar? You know, I'll fly all they way over here, you may or may not make the metro We've got to get going back to the bookstore! Come on, let's go!
Takes him by the left hand, and pulls him up off the bench. A jogger runs past them. So, you're flying back to New York? They reach some stairs and start to walk down.
And, your wife, what does she do? With the windows up, it was 6 months ago. No, I'm kidding. They start climbing down again. No, but um Jesse climbs onto the railing, and begins sliding down with his feet first.
I want to have kids someday, I'm just not ready, yet. He does, uh, war coverage. He's away a lot, which in a way is good for me, because I'm so busy. They reach the bottom of the stairs and continue walking. The scene has jumped from the 12th arrondissement to the 5th, not far from the bookstore. In reality, you would need to walk min. Behind them, Pont de la Tournelle is visible.
In reality, their ride would only cover 1 stop on the normal boat route, and take about 5 minutes. In the film, they stay on the boat much longer.
We know the boatride on film does not exist by counting the number of bridges that they pass through — 7. In reality, riding the boat between those two stops, you would only pass under 2 bridges. The Quai de la Tournelle is only 5 min. Jesse: Yeah, but isn't it dangerous? I mean, aren't a lot of those guys getting killed these days? They veer right from the sidewalk to walk close toward the river. But I often worry.
He goes in this trance when he starts to photograph some things. He went, like, really close to his face, fixing his collar, to make it look better. He was like totally detached from the person.
I'm not judging him for it, you know? What he does is essential and incredible. All I'm saying is I could never do it. Jesse: It's just about to take off. Look, I've got I've got Jesse: Alright, look, I got that To the boat attendant. Is it OK for us to get on? They board the boat. Deux tickets, s'il vous plait! Two tickets please. C'est ou qu'il s'arrete…le prochain arrete? Whene does it stop…the next stop? What's wrong with you? No, do you want me to Henri quatre. Walks slowly to the bow of the boat as it pulls away from the dock while Jesse speaks on the phone.
Jesse: On telephone. Yes, is this Philippe? Yeah, Philippe, this is Jesse Wallace Listen, I'm I'm ah, on one of those boats, right? Um and we're gonna arrive at Henry Four Alright, gre And you have my bags, right? Yeah, so will be there in I don't know it's the next stop. Au revoir. Jesse: Looks up at Notre Dame Cathedral behind the boat. Oh, wow! Notre Dame Jesse: I heard this story once, about when the But they had to You know, he just sat there, knocked out by how beautiful the place was.
And then, when the Allied troops came in, they found all the explosives just lying there Sacre Coeur Eiffel Tower But you have to think that Notre Dame will be gone one day. There used to be another church or cathedral at the same Jesse: Well, you're welcome. You know, I think that book that I wrote, in a way, was like building something. So that I wouldn't forget the details of the time that we spent together.
You know like, just as a reminder that This happened. I mean, I always feel like a freak because I'm never able to move on like snaps her fingers this! People just have an affair or even They move on like they would have changed brand of cereals! I feel I was never able to forget anyone I've been with. Because each person have You can never replace anyone. What is lost is lost. Each relationship when it ends really damages me; I never fully recover. That's why I'm very careful with getting involved because Even getting laid - I actually don't do that.
I will miss of the person the most mundane things. Like I'm obsessed with little things. Maybe I'm crazy, but One day she followed me to see why. I was looking at chestnuts falling from the trees rolling on the sidewalk or I think it's the same with people. I see in them little details so specific to each of them that move me and that I miss, and You can never replace anyone, because everyone is made of such beautiful specific details.
Smiling directly at Jesse. Like I remember the way your beard has a little bit of red in it. And how the sun was making it glow that I remember that and I missed it! I'm really crazy, right? Jesse: So that you might come to a reading in Paris, and I could walk up to you and ask, "Where the fuck were you?
If we're not real anyway, right? We're just She's on her death bed fantasizing about her youth Jesse: Oh, God! Sighs loudly as he walks to the side of the boat, and looks back at her. Why weren't you there in Vienna? Jesse: Well, I know why, I just pounds his fist into his hand twice I wish you would've been! Our lives might have been so much different! You know, maybe we're Later in life you realize it only happens a few times. Well, the past is the past. It was meant to be that way.
Two part hydrogen, one part oxygen, you'll get water every time. Jesse: No, no Or passed away a week earlier, days even, you know. Things might have been different, I believe that! Jesse: I mean I know you shouldn't on most things, but You know, I mean I mean, even on my way there.
I'm in the car, and a buddy of mine is driving me downtown, and I'm staring out the window, and I think I see you - not far from the church, right — folding up an umbrella and walking into a deli on the corner of And I thought I was going crazy, you know? But now I think it probably was you.
You haven't talked much about that. Jesse: I haven't? How weird?! I don't know, we met Jesse: She's a great teacher, a good mom. Ahh, she's smart I remember thinking at the time, that so many of the men that I admired most, you know, that their lives were Jesse: No, no, it And I wanted to pursue that You know what I'm saying?
I mean, it's funny like I mean that…that nobody is gonna be everything to you I mean what is love, right, if it's not respect, trust, admiration…and I I felt all those things!
So cut to the present tense, and I feel like I'm running a small nursery with somebody I I mean, I'm like a monk, you know. I mean, I've had sex less than What, what? Are you laughing at me?
Jesse: OK, I'm doing better than most monks, alright? But I do, I feel like if somebody were to touch me, you know, I would waves his hands for emphasis dissolve into molecules. Looking back, and nudging Jesse in the elbow. We've gotta go. Come on. Well, this friend of mine, she's a shrink, and uh We would end up doing nothing at all with our lives. Do you think you would you would have finished your book, if You know, couples are so confused, uh lately.
I think it must be that Because it's been imprinted in their heads for so many years that they had to be the provider I don't need a man to feed me but I still need a man to love me and that I could love, you know. They approach the car. So, uh Well, I guess this is goodbye, and Jesse: No, no, no. My flight it's not until 10, right? This way we can keep talking. No, no no… Speaking to Philippe. Ca vous arrive me deposer au passage 18 rue des Petites Ecuries? Can you drop me off at 18 rue des Petites Ecuries?
Ca ira tres bien. You can drop me off at the metro That would be great. The camera cuts ahead of the car, leading it as it pulls onto the main road. The conversation continues.
I was suffering so much all the time. I still have lots of dreams, but they're not in regard to my love life. Cut to interior of the car. It doesn't make me sad, it's just the way it is. Yeah, we have, you know, this exciting time together and then he leaves, and I miss him, but at least I'm not dying inside. When someone is always around me, I'm like suffocating! It's a disaster I mean I'm really happy only when I'm on my own.
Even being alone It's not so easy for me to be all romantic. You start off that way and after you've been screwed over a few times That's not even true I haven't been They weren't mean, they cared for me, but At least not from my side. You know I was I was fine, until I read your fucking book! It stirred shit up, you know? It reminded me how genuinely romantic I was, how I had so much hope in things, and now it's like I don't believe in anything that relates to love.
I don't feel things for people anymore. In a way I put all my romanticism into that one night, and I was never able to feel all this again. I expressed them to you, and you took them with you! It made me feel cold, like if love wasn't for me! Reality and love are almost contradictory for me. It's funny Men go out with me, we break up, and then they get married! And later they call me to thank me for teaching them what love is, and….
Why didn't they ask ME to marry them? I would have said "No", but at least they could have asked!! But it's my fault, I know it's my fault, because I never felt it was the right man.
But what does it mean the right man? The love of your life? The concept is absurd; the idea that we can only be complete with another person is You know, I guess I've been heartbroken too many times.
And then I recovered. Jesse: You can't do that. You can't do that, you can't live your life trying to avoid pain, at the expense of en OK, you know what? Those are words! I've gotta I've gotta get away from you.
To Philippe. Stop the car, I want to get out! Slaps his hand. You know, I wanna get on a cab Non, non, c'est bon, au feu la! Juste au feu, au coin, il y a un metro meme! Je veux prendre le metro.
Sir, please stop! I want to take the metro. Jesse: To Philippe No, no, no, keep going To Philippe Thank you, just keep going Look, I am just so happy, alright You come here to Paris, all romantic, and married, OK?
Screw you! Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to get you or anything. I mean, all I need is married man! There's been so much water under the bridge, it's That I remember the wine in the park and Jesse: Alright, you know what? I'm just I still like you! I still enjoy being around you! I'm sorry, I don't know what happened. I had to let it all out.
I'm dying inside. I'm dying because I'm so numb. I don't feel pain, or excitement. I'm not even bitter, I'm just Jesse: No, no, no I mean, the only happiness I get is when I'm out with my son. I've been to marriage counseling, I've done things I never thought I would have to do. I lit candles, bought self-help books, lingerie Jesse: HELL. I don't even see a future for us. But then I look at You know, I don't wanna miss out on one.
You know, and I don't want him growing up in that! That's terrible. My parents have been together for 35 years and even when they have a bad fight they end up laughing like crazy. Jesse: I just I don't wanna be one of those people who are You know, I want a great life. I want her to have a great life.
She deserves that! But we're just living in a pretense of a marriage, responsibility and all these Then I I have these dreams Jesse: Looks away distantly, eyes starting to water.
And then I have this other dream, oh I touch you anyway, right on your ankle and your skin is so soft and I wake up in sobs, alright? Inhales deeply. And my wife is sitting there looking at me, and I feel like I'm a million miles from her, and I know that there's something You know, that I ca But then I think that I might have given up That I I might have put it to bed that You know, I think I might have done that.
I mean when I read the article I thought A wife, a kid, a published author. Your personal life is more of a mess than mine! Both laugh. Oh, monsieur, c'est la! Rentrez dans la passe la. Sir, this is it. Pull into the alley right there. Antoine, which borders the 11th and 12th arrondissements directly east of Place de la Bastille.
You can see this name above the driveway during the opening montage of street scenes. They walk around a vehicle barricade then proceed down a cobblestone walkway lined with trees and vines. It's not because I'm incapable of having a good relationship or a family that I wish everyone to be doomed like me. OK…say "Stop"! They cheer together.
I want to see if you stay together or if you dissolve into molecules. Jesse: Good, I like being here. Is this your apartment? Motions behind her.
Jesse: To Philippe who is waiting in the car. Um, monsieur I'm gonna walk her to her door. Here is my kitty! Oh, so cute!
Look at him. You know what I love about this cat? It's that Every corner, every tree, every plant. He smells everything with his little cute nose. Oh, I love my kitty! I love my kitty! They approach her apartment building, veering to their left as they get closer to the doorway. In the courtyard, hanging paper lanterns, tables, and chairs have been set up for a cookout. A man stands at a barbecue grill, cooking, while other people mill about preparing for the party.
Qu'est-ce que vous avez fait de bon pour ce soir? What good thing are you making for tonight? Je vais descendre en cinq minutes! They approach the stairs. Woman: Smiling directly at Jesse, who smiles back. C'est qui celui-la? Il est mignon! Il mange avec nous? Is he going to eat with us? Woman: Tant pis. Il goutera pas mes pates au pois chiches. Too bad. Man at the grill: Looking down at his shorts. Mais qu'est-ce qu'il y a mon short?
Jesse: I won't, I won't! Wishing you played me one of your songs. They enter the building and walk up the stairs. The paint on the walls is chipped and seasoned. They slowly ascend the stairs to the 2nd floor, walking side-by-side as the camera watches them catching glances at each other. We hear only their footsteps and the stairs creaking underneath them as they climb for almost 40 seconds. Jesse: Whoa! No way, no way! I came all the way up here, you cannot crap out on me now.
One song plops down on the couch , anything will be great. What do you want to hear? I have a I have 3 songs in English. One's about my cat, one's about Picks up her guitar, which is leaning against the bed. Jesse nods enthusiastically, with a big grin. Alright, the waltz. OK… sings. Let me sing you, a waltz. Out of nowhere, out of my thoughts. About this one night stand. You were for me that night, Everything I always dreamt of in life.
One single night with you, little Is worth a thousand with any-body. I have no bitterness, my sweet. I'll never forget this one night thing.
Even tomorrow in other arms. My heart will stay yours until I die. Let me sing you a waltz Out of nowhere, out of my blues. Let me sing you a waltz. About this lovely one night stand. Jesse: Stands up and approaches the bookcase. Alright, let me Let me ask you one question. Do you just plug that name in for every guy that comes up here? What do you think, that I wrote this song about you? Are you nuts?
Oh, is this you? Walks back to the kitchen. I saw her twice, in concert. She was so great! Motions to the CD player. That's one of my favorite songs of hers. Singing along with the CD. I know where I'm going No more doubt or fear Found my way She was so funny in concert! She, she would Like, really slowly Mimics Nina Simone, pouting her lips, shifting her hips as she walks.
And she'd start talking to someone in the audience Still mimicking Nina, with pouted lips, Jesse is watching from the couch, laughing. Oh, yeah, baby Oh, yeah Ooh… I love you too And then she'd walk back, took her time, no hurry, you know.
She had that She would move Moves her hips side to side as she dances away from Jesse. And then she would, uh And then she would, uh… I don't know, just Pretends to talk to someone in the audience. Ohh, you're cute! Oh, yeah! Pouts and continues to dance, then turns and points at Jesse. Jesse: Holds his left hand up and briefly twirls his wedding ring with his left thumb.
I know Just in time you've found me just in time Before you came my time was running low I was lost the losing dice were tossed My bridges all were crossed nowhere to go Now you hear now I know just where I'm going No more doubt of fear I've found my way For love came just in time you've found me just in time And changed my lonely nights that lucky day.
Tu me suis tu me souris dans la nuit tu me seduis You follow me You follow me in the night you seduce me. Je sais que tu sais que je ne sais plus qui je suis I know that you know that I no longer know who I am. Toujours soumise tu me meprises tu me rejettes tu me maltraites Always subjected, you take a hold of me, you reject me. Douleur et desir sont synonymes de mon plaisir You treat me badly, pain and pleasure are synonym of my pleasure.
Je m'abandonne aux hommes sans souci ni tourment I abandon myself to men without worry or torment. Tu me cherches tu me guettes tu me tiens et je me sens bien You look for me, you watch me, you hold me and I feel good. Je serai ce qui te plait la lumiere sur ta peau I will be whatever pleases you, the light on your skin.
Et celle qui peu importe je serai ce que tu veux The one who Depuis que tu t'adonnes a nos petits jeux hors de la norme Since you gave yourself to our little show out of the norm.
La nuit nous tuons l'ennui l'amour toujours nous suit At night we kill boredom, love always follows us. Toujours l'amour nous fuit l'amour toujours nous detruit Love always escapes us, love always destroys us.
Comme la pluie et l'oubli comme des cris dans la nuit Like the rain and forgetting, like the cries in the night. Before Sunrise, Before Sunset Explore.
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Scene I begins immediately. Female reporter: Do you consider the book to be autobiographical? See, to me, that Female reporter: So that's a "yes".
Female reporter: And I mean, did you, in real life? Female reporter: Disappointed. Oh, no Bookstore owner: We just have the time for one last question. Male reporter: What is, uh, your next book? Jesse: OK. He smiles. Jesse: Hi. Laughing, they exchange two French bisous — light kisses on the left and right cheeks.
Jesse: How are you?
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