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Before Sunrise (1995) -- A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one romantic evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together.
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User Rating:
8.0/10   35,420 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Richard Linklater (written by) &
Kim Krizan (written by)
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Release Date:
27 January 1995 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Jump on and live a Eurorail journey you will never forget! more
Plot:
A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one romantic evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
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one of my favorite movies more (275 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ethan Hawke ... Jesse

Julie Delpy ... Celine
Andrea Eckert ... Wife on Train
Hanno Pöschl ... Husband on Train
Karl Bruckschwaiger ... Guy on Bridge
Tex Rubinowitz ... Guy on Bridge
Erni Mangold ... Palm Reader
Dominik Castell ... Street Poet
Haymon Maria Buttinger ... Bartender
Harald Waiglein ... Guitarist in Club
Bilge Jeschim ... Belly Dancer
Kurti ... Percussionist
Hans Weingartner ... Cafe Patron
Liese Lyon ... Cafe Patron
Peter Ily Huemer ... Cafe Patron
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Antes de amanecer (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Antes do Amanhecer (Brazil) (Portugal) [pt]
Abans de l'alba (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Avant l'aube tout est possible (Canada: French title) (TV title) [fr]
Bara en natt (Sweden) [sv]
Before Sunrise (France) [fr]
Before Sunrise - Zwischenstopp in Wien (Germany) [de]
Gün dogmadan (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Mielött felkel a nap ... (Hungary) [hu]
Pred zoro (Slovenia) [sl]
Prima dell'alba (Italy) [it]
Prin to ximeroma (Greece) [el]
Przed wschodem slonca (Poland) [pl]
Rakkautta ennen aamua (Finland) [fi]
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MPAA:
Rated R for some strong language.
Runtime:
105 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Jesse and Celine met on June 16th, which is the same day featured in James Joyce's Ulysses. That book describes three characters who roam throughout Dublin on June 16th, 1904. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: Jesse and Celine are said to come from Budapest to Vienna, but in the train scene, there are forest and hills to be seen outside the window all the time. But there is no such landscape along the railway between Budapest and Vienna. In fact, the landscape looks more like the railway line west of Vienna, in the direction of Salzburg. This suggests that the movie was rather filmed there. more
Quotes:
Jesse: Alright, I have an admittedly insane idea, but if I don't ask you this it's just, uh, you know, it's gonna haunt me the rest of my life
Celine: What?
Jesse: Um... I want to keep talking to you, y'know. I have no idea what your situation is, but, uh, but I feel like we have some kind of, uh, connection. Right?
Celine: Yeah, me too.
Jesse: Yeah, right, well, great. So listen, so here's the deal. This is what we should do. You should get off the train with me here in Vienna, and come check out the capital.
Celine: What?
Jesse: Come on. It'll be fun. Come on.
Celine: What would we do?
Jesse: Umm, I don't know. All I know is I have to catch an Austrian Airlines flight tomorrow morning at 9:30 and I don't really have enough money for a hotel, so I was just going to walk around, and it would be a lot more fun if you came with me. And if I turn out to be some kind of psycho, you know, you just get on the next train.
Jesse: Alright, alright. Think of it like this: jump ahead, ten, twenty years, okay, and you're married. Only your marriage doesn't have that same energy that it used to have, y'know. You start to blame your husband. You start to think about all those guys you've met in your life and what might have happened if you'd picked up with one of them...
[...]
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Who's on First: The Movie (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Concerto In B-Flat Major For Violin And Oboe With Ripieno Strings, RV 358 more

FAQ

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84 out of 100 people found the following review useful.
one of my favorite movies, 17 February 2005
10/10
Author: olafra from France

I want Céline and Jessie go further in their relationship, I want to tell them that they were made for each other, that in a lot of moment in the film we want they to die for each other. Their story is what we ever wanted and probably most of us never reached. This is about love but not stupid things like in "notting hills" or those kind of movie. This is life and i did believe in them, i did believe they were falling... This was so clever and touching. I have just finished to view it a minute ago and i m still there... I want to go to Vienna. I want to see them as soon as possible again.

I have to say i was now becoming misanthropist and felt like if love was just a fake, a concept, but with this movie i realized that maybe somewhere, somehow and some when, something could really happen.

I'm french and didn't know very well July Delpy despite Kieslowski "three colors : white"... Now i have to see her other works because she looks like an angel and got a perfect acting.

i saw "before sunset" (the sequel in Paris) a few days before i saw "before sunrise" and their is no matter. They are both masterpieces. proof that you don't need to impress the eyes with technology to get pure feelings. I'm sorry for my English which i m trying to best.

Franck in France

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