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Before Sunrise
Directed by
Richard Linklater
R
1995
1h 41m
Drama
,
Romance
,
and more
8.1
100%
93%
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A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together.
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Cast of Before Sunrise
Ethan Hawke
Jesse
Julie Delpy
Céline
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
Harold Waiglein
Guitarist in Club
Bilge Jeschim
Belly Dancer
Kurti
Percussionist
Hans Weingartner
Cafe Patron
Liese Lyon
Cafe Patron
Peter Ily Huemer
Cafe Patron
Otto Reiter
Cafe Patron
Hubert Fabian Kulterer
Cafe Patron
Branko Andrić 'Andrla'
Cafe Patron
Constanze Schweiger
Cafe Patron
John Sloss
Cafe Patron
Alexandra Seibel
Cafe Patron
Georg Schöllhammer
Cafe Patron
Christian Ankowitsch
Cafe Patron
Wilbirg Reiter
Cafe Patron
Barbara Klebel
Musician on Boat
Wolfgang Staribacher
Musician on Boat
Wolfgang Glüxam
Harpsichord Player
Adam Goldberg
Man Sleeping on Train (uncredited)
Richard Linklater
Man in Shonen Knife T-Shirt Playing Foosball (uncredited) / Director / Writer
Paul Poet
Guy in Bar (uncredited)
Kim Krizan
Writer
Anne Walker-McBay
Producer
Before Sunrise Ratings & Reviews
Kevin Ward
July 3, 2025
I watched this the next morning after watching Before Sunrise. As I mentioned in that review, I wish I had let it settle a but before taking on the next two installments. When this film starts, I thought for sure that I was being set up for a dramatic final reveal as to who showed up at their original scheduled rendezvous and who didn’t. That notion is wiped away almost immediately though and instead with we follow Jesse and Céline processing their regret and pondering their own what if’s. How real are our memories of our past loves and lovers? What if their memories don’t line up with our own. Though I was at first disappointed in the way Before Sunrise somewhat undercuts the open-ended ending of the first film, I think it makes perfect sense in this exploration of romanticism vs pragmatism. Hawke and Delpy effortlessly reprise their roles; and again the uninterrupted long takes and naturalistic dialogue just completely invests you from start to finish. I’m not as big a fan of the ending here. While technically open ended again, I think Linklater is much more clear with his intentions on what happens next.
The New Yorker
Anthony Lane
The charm-the midsummer enchantment-never feels forced; it steals up and wins you. A true romance.
IONCINEMA.com
Nicholas Bell
Capturing an effervescent mixture of the mid-90s, it's a striking, authentic observation of two people experiencing a romantically charged connection which would come to erode and inform the shape of their future.
Spectrum Culture
David Harris
There are so many perfect moments in this film; it is hard to list them without excluding others.
The New York Review of Books
Dan Chiasson
The films have always been about the marvels and limitations of impersonation, since behind Jesse and Céline we see Hawke and Delpy, celebrities whose stars were bright already in the first film and have intensified, owing partly to this series...
The Young Folks
Allyson Johnson
There's a vulnerable undercurrent beneath this film, one that beats and throbs with the stolen looks, brief touches and romantic under-the-stars kisses.
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
Undoubtedly one of the most romantic movies of all time...
LarsenOnFilm
Josh Larsen
...a bittersweet celebration of romantic frisson - the notion that our most precious moments of connection are often the fleeting ones.
Common Sense Media
Elliot Panek
Two strangers quickly fall in love, discuss big ideas.
Looking Closer
Jeffrey Overstreet
Linklater captures romance at the sunset of gadget-free existence ... holy moments when no gadget or lens comes between us and our immediate company and surroundings.
Antagony & Ecstasy
Tim Brayton
The combination of optimism, tragedy, and the fuzzy warmth of new love is absolutely flawless.
Cinemania
Dan Jardine
the film asks us to consider the very nature and purpose of our existence in a fragmentary, superficial and transient universe.
Film and Felt
Gabe Leibowitz
Linklater hasn't just crafted a detached portrait of a unique couple: he's painting a masterful examination of human nature, of that relationship we all want, but too often sadly see slip away.
Cinema Crazed
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A thought-provoking, likable, entertaining, beautiful, and well-acted piece of romance...
Old School Reviews
John A. Nesbit
Acting tour de force that feels exceptionally real
Lessons of Darkness
Nick Schager
Agreeably alluring.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Before Sunrise is so much like real life -- like a documentary with an invisible camera -- that I found myself remembering real conversations I had experienced with more or less the same words.
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