Film 'Before Sunset' Revisits Characters in Europe

NPR | By Bob Mondello

Published July 4, 2004 at 10:00 PM MDT

A new sequel is in theaters, Before Sunset -- a follow-up to the 1995 movie Before Sunrise. The film from director Richard Linklater picks up nine years after his initial effort, finding the characters older, but not necessarily wiser. NPR's Bob Mondello has a review.

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