Why Before Midnight is the one film you should watch this week - video

# Before Midnight

# Comedy films

# Drama films

Richard Linklater's third stroll around the block with long-term lovers Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy) sees the now-married couple on holiday in Greece with their kids. Xan Brooks explains how the couple's story mirrors our own, and why - like its predecessors Before Sunrise and Before Sunset - Before Midnight is not to be missed. Before Midnight is available on DVD now

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