THE ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

Wow, thank you so much Empire Magazine readers. It's the first time in my life I ever win anything! I swear to God. I've been nominated… mostly not. And it's so wonderful because it's actually people who actually go to see movies and enjoy movies and not people who watch a DVD half way through and… go to dinner. So you know, I made up a joke a few years ago that agents… like, the different between a pimp and an agent is like the pimp.. there's no difference, the pimp… but, er, no what is it? Fuck! Alright, forget it! So yeah, as you can notice I didn't prepare a speech but thank you so much. LISTEN TO SPEECH [mp3 format]

WHAT EMPIRE SAID

All credit to Hawke and Delpy, who hardly seem to be acting; they just are these characters. Meeting up by (almost) chance in Paris with mere hours until Jesse has to leave, the shell-shocked pair walk the streets of Le Marais and the Latin Quarter, stumbling from awkwardly polite niceties to heartfelt confessions and anxieties touching the very core of their ‘grown-up’ lives — the poignancy of regret, the loneliness of failing relationships, the agonising conflict between desire and duty… universal subjects that extend beyond the parameters of Jesse and Celine’s story and will strike a chord even with those unfamiliar with the first film.

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