Cast of
Before the End

About Before the End

Before the End responds to the ethos and fanbase of the Before series while considering the impact of the pandemic on filmmaking, films, fans and characters too. Primarily, the work is an experiment with updating the Kuleshov effect for social media, that is, showing how the juxtaposition of images will be read by a cinema audience as narrative, even though the projection of emotional connections between the images is, as here, entirely the construct of the audience. For study purposes. This simulation of a fourth ‘Before’ film for the pandemic sees Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy) on a video call during lockdown in 2020, separated, and unwittingly recreating the scene in the record booth from Before Sunrise. The video incorporates footage from the Q&As that Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy did with Cameron Bailey for TIFF Originals on 30 April and 12 May 2020 respectively.

Full Cast of Before the End

Julie Delpy
plays Herself / Céline

Julie Delpy as Herself /  Céline

Julie Delpy is a French-American actress, director, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter. She studied filmmaking at Ne...

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Ethan Hawke
plays Himself / Jesse

Ethan Hawke as Himself / Jesse

Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6, 1970) is an American actor, writer and director. He made his feature film debut i...

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Crew of Before the End

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