when Richard Linklater’s quiet, convincing romantic masterpiece first came out. Two young strangers, Jesse and Celine, meet on a and we have the uncommon luxury of checking in with the pair, in new phases of their lives and in new landscapes. Here they are, a decade later, reuniting in Paris, the city itself a glowing hand gently nudging them together again. Another nine years pass and we find them along the sun-drenched Peloponnese coast, married with children and facing the more sobering realities of a midlife, long-term relationship. Still, when surroundings are lush, and the talk is good, the tenderness of mutual discovery, of shared possibility, remains.
