Before sunset - 2004

The sequel of Before sunrise, finally telling us how things went. They had promised each other to meet in a few months, but here he is, Jesse, nine years later, presenting his book around the world, a book about that night they spent together.
Now Jesse is in France, and Celine goes to the bookshop where he is to meet him.
We now find out that she didn't make it, her grandmother she loved so much had died, so she could not go that time, while Jesse was there, waiting for her, feeling hurt and disappointed to not meeting her.
Back then they were young, Celine was only 23, and they had decided to leave it all to Fate, without exchanging any personal data, so obviously they had no way of contacting each other.
Because of this they had not seen or heard about the other in these nine years, and this is exactly what prompted Jesse to write this book, so he could have a chance to find her and ask her where the f.. was she!
The two of them have a coffee together, but they don't want to say goodbye just yet, so they agree to stay together until sunset, when again he'll have to catch a plane home, to America.
Celine is now in a relationship with a man that is almost never present, and all her past relationships were real disasters; Jesse married a nice girl just because she was pregnant, but he knows they're not really in love. Jesse loves his kid very much, but feels no real love for his wife because in his dreams he always meets Celine. Now, nine years later, we see him looking at her talking, with big eyes, and just like in the first film they walk and talk about everything (by the way, they also confirmed to me that they actually had sex that night in the park), really everything goes through their minds, and Jesse feels so well around her that he finds every possible excuse to postpone the goodbye and spend more time with her, he even insists to go see her house and hear her singing one of her own songs: an imbarassing one, let me tell you, that is practically a love confession : "you were everything I dreamt of in life. It was for you just a one night thing but you were much more to me, I just want another try, I just want another night one single night with you, little Jesse, is worth a thousand with anybody. I'll never forget this one night thing, even tomorrow in other arms, my heart will stay yours until I die." Come on, she chose the song herself, and totally confessed her love to him, she declared there and then, it was almost embarassing... well, more than almost actually.
Up until now it was more or less like the first film, nothing more, only it lacked the surprice-factor of the other. Then, right at the end, while she's going on talking, sort-of dancing in her house, with him staring at her from the couch, right here it happens, the miracle, what I always say it's so important in every story, and it's a good ending. A right one.
I found that here, and it made me like this movie much more than the first one. While she's sort-of-dancing, making some kind of impression of an artist I've never heard of, she says to him "baby, you are gonna miss that plane", and he instantly replies: "I know", smiles and keeps looking at her with those eyes as in adoration of her.
Ending titles. Big smile on my face, emotions loose.
Splendid, beautiful, perfect ending. That "I know" said in that way, practically to himself, because this time he's not gonna leave, he won't lose her again, and even if he had always known how much he liked her, now the time has come for him to make a final decision, surrender and be honest with himself. He understands he doesn't want to lose her again, ever again. "I know" and that loving look in his eyes, it was perfect, just perfect. Congrats.