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Richard Linklater’s “Before Trilogy” Illustrates The Damage Hookups And Feminism Wreak On A Woman’s Heart
How do men and women really fall in love, and once they do, what’s the key to staying together?
By Jillian Schroeder6 min read
This question is at the heart of the thoughtful, decades-long romance depicted in Richard Linklater’s “Before Trilogy” – a series of three romance films with the same characters filmed across two decades. The story follows American Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and French student Céline (Julie Delpy), whose tumultuous love affair begins on a train in Vienna.