The same director, the same actor, nine years and nine years, with eighteen years to give us a complete interpretation of the love trilogy. In 1995, vienna first met, "Love at dawn and dawn"; in 2004, Paris saw each other again, "Love at sunset and dusk"; 2013, Greek life, "Love before midnight".
Jesse, an American young man, happens to meet Selina, a French schoolgirl, on a train heading west from Budapest. At Jesse's invitation, Selina and Jesse spent the night chatting in Vienna, where they agreed to meet six months later.
Nine years later, Jesse wrote a novel based on a romantic night in Vienna that he and she shared, and he took the book to Paris to sign for sale, and they met again unexpectedly.
Eighteen years later, Jesse and Selena, who already had two daughters, bid farewell to their ex-wife's son at the airport and drove all the way to a Small Town in Greece to begin their summer trip.
The film is still a long shot after a long shot, the background soundtrack is simple but just right, the style is not hurried, the rhythm is comfortable, and the conversation leads to the discussion of life again and again.
The conversation in the open Greek manor is memorable:
The little girl said of her grandmother's story: "Don't consume too much on romantic love, friendship and work can bring more happiness." "Emphasize that a person cannot lose himself, and both sides must have an independent space."
A young couple confessed that "no matter what, we will eventually get married, and we will still divorce at the end of marriage" reminds me of what a beautiful colleague said: "Eighty percent of people have thought about divorce after marriage", hurrying over the years, only want to say "wise", but also want to say "sad".
An old woman calmly recounted: "When I think of my husband, I miss very much, the feeling of him lying next to me at night, sometimes he will put his arm across my chest, I can't move, I even have to hold my breath, but I feel, at ease, complete. I also miss the way he walked down the street and whistled, every time I did something I would think about what he did, it was cold, I had to put on a scarf... But after that, I gradually forgot the details, the memories kept fading, and I began to forget him, it was like, I lost him again. So sometimes, I try to recall that every part of his face, the color of his eyes, the look of his lips and teeth, the touch of his skin and hair, all these memories have flowed away with time, but sometimes, only occasionally, I can see him very clearly, as if to pull out the clouds, and he is there, and I can almost touch him. Suddenly, the truth came back to the present, he disappeared again, once upon a time, every morning, at dawn, I would see him, but somehow he would disappear again in the sun, he would appear and disappear, like sunrise and sunset, everything was so short, just like our lives, we appeared and disappeared, we were important to some people, but we just passed by. ”
I think that's probably how it is to miss a person, but time will make everything pass, whether it is good or sad, appear and disappear, just like sunrise and sunset, just like our lives. I have expected, I have been confused, I have been happy, I have been miserable, I have loved, I have lived...
At the end of the film, Jesse and Selena sit on the beach after a big fight, in the twilight, watching the sun slowly disappear little by little, and life is still the same.