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The Before Trilogy
The Before Trilogy
	Criterion Collection cover art
Directed by	Richard Linklater
Screenplay by	Richard Linklater; Kim Krizan (Sunrise); Ethan Hawke; (Sunset, Midnight); Julie Delpy; (Sunset, Midnight)
Story by	Richard Linklater (Sunset); Kim Krizan (Sunset)
Produced by	Anne Walker-McBay (Sunrise, Sunset); Richard Linklater; (Midnight); Christos V. Konstantakopoulos (Midnight); Sara Woodhatch; (Midnight)
Starring	Ethan Hawke; Julie Delpy;
Production; companies	Columbia Pictures (Sunrise); Warner Independent Pictures (Sunset); Sony Pictures Classics (Midnight); Castle Rock Entertainment; Venture Forth (Midnight); Detour Filmproduction (Midnight);
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing (Sunrise, Midnight); Warner Bros. Pictures (Sunset);
Release date	1995–2013
Running time	290 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$7.5 million
Box office	$61.5 million

The Before Trilogy consists of three American romance films directed by Richard Linklater, and starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy. Beginning with Before Sunrise (1995), and continuing with two sequels, Before Sunset (2004) and Before Midnight (2013). The films were all written by Linklater, along with Kim Krizan on the first film, and with Hawke and Delpy on the last two.^[a]

Set and filmed in nine year intervals, the films chronicle the romantic relationship between Jesse (Hawke) and Céline (Delpy) at three periods of their lives. The characters also make cameo appearances in Linklater's animated anthology film Waking Life (2001). The making of Before Midnight is chronicled in a 31-minute documentary titled After Before, which was filmed on set.

The films are considered minimal, consisting mostly of monologues and casual conversation with extended dialogue between the characters. Contrasting ideas and perspectives on life and love are detailed, with the series referencing time, self-discovery, age, loss, and parentage; it is considered an exploration of postmodern romance.

The Before trilogy received widespread critical acclaim, nominated for two Academy Awards, two Writers Guild of America Awards, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for Delpy for Before Midnight. The series is also a commercial success, grossing $61.5 million worldwide against a combined budget of $7.5 million. Although discussed by the filmmakers and widely rumored, a fourth film is not in development.

The films were distributed by Sony Pictures (under their Columbia and Classics labels for the first and third films) and Warner Bros. Pictures (under its Independent label for the second only), while all three were produced by Castle Rock Entertainment; Before Midnight was also produced by Venture Forth and Linklater's production company, Detour Filmproduction.

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