Before Sunrise
Before Sunrise film poster
Directed by	Richard Linklater
Produced by	Anne Walker-McBay
Written by	Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan
Starring	Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	January 27, 1995
Running time	105 minutes
Language	English
Budget	~ US$2,500,000
Followed by	Before Sunset
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The movie follows Jesse, a young American on his way to Vienna to catch a flight back home after a traumatic break-up, and Celine, a young French woman traveling back to Paris to attend school at La Sorbonne after having visited her grandmother in Budapest. They meet on a train and after talking for a while, Jesse convinces Celine to get off the train with him at Vienna so they can spend more time together. For other uses, see Vienna (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital of France. ... ... For other uses, see Budapest (disambiguation). ...

The plot is minimalist, since aside from walking and talking, not much happens. The two characters' ideas, perspectives on life, love, reincarnation, etc. are detailed and thought out. Jesse is a romantic disguised as a cynic, and Celine seemingly a romantic though with some doubts. Taking place over the course of one night, their limited time together is always on their minds, and leads to their revealing more about themselves than they normally would, since both believe they will never see one another again. Of note these characters appear again in another film by the same director, Waking Life. This article is about the theological concept. ... This article is about the ancient Greek school of philosophy. ... Waking Life is a digitally rotoscoped and animated film, directed by Richard Linklater and made in 2001. ...

In 2004, a sequel titled Before Sunset was released from the same director and cast, and reprising the original concept. Before Sunset (2004), is the sequel to Before Sunrise (1995). ...

Synopsis

The movie starts with Jesse meeting Celine on a train to Paris. They strike up a conversation in the train. Jesse is going to Vienna, whereas Celine is on her way to Paris after visiting her grandmother.

When they reach Vienna, Jesse asks Celine to accompany him in Vienna. Jesse convinces Celine by saying that after 10 or 20 years down the road, she might not be happy with her marriage and might wonder how it would have been if she had picked another guy, and this is a chance to realize that he himself is not that different from the rest. In his words, he is "the same boring, unmotivated guy." Jesse has to catch a flight early in the morning and doesn't have enough money to rent a room for the night, so they decide to roam around in Vienna, where they exchange observations on life and love in general.

Gradually during the many conversations throughout the night they click romantically, ending in the implication of sexual intercourse between them. At that point, Jesse explains that if given the choice, he'd marry her instead of never seeing her again. The movie ends the next day at the train station, where the two hastily agree to meet together at the same place in six months as the train is about to leave.

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Background

The plot of the movie was conceived by the director Richard Linklater, who shared a similar experience with a woman named Amy when they spent a whole night talking as they roamed the streets of Philadelphia. Richard Rick Linklater (born July 30, 1961, in Houston, Texas) is an Academy Award nominated American film director and writer. ... For other uses, see Philadelphia (disambiguation) and Philly. ...

Themes

The books read by Celine and Jesse may have given them a sense of the other's inner workings.

Celine is reading a George Bataille anthology: Madame Edwarda, Le Mort (The Dead Man), and Histoire de L’Oeil (The Story of the Eye). Jesse has actor Klaus Kinski's autobiography, All I Need Is Love. Georges Bataille (pronounced ) (September 10, 1897 – July 9, 1962) was a French writer. ... Klaus Kinski. ...

Bataille promotes intense experiences and heightened awareness of them (both pleasure and pain); he emphasises the sensations of "life" over rational thought and social order. Kinski's autobiography is lighter (less intellectual, more populist), but he was famous for conveying intensity on screen and living with passion. Bataille writes about deliberately seeking a life of emotional intensity; so Celine is reading about the principle of a passionate life. Kinski lived passionately; so Jesse is reading about the practice of a passionate life.

Celine is earnest about cultivating relationships, so presumably she is on the look out for someone who matches her outlook. Jesse tends towards dealing with whatever life brings, but he does have a lively attitude to life (it's a big party that you have to crash). Their books may be a symbol that they both have a passionate personality.

Cast

Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6, 1970) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, writer and film director. ... Julie Delpy (born December 21, 1969) is a French/American actress, singer and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter. ... Dominik Castell is a film actor. ...

Critical Reception

Before Sunrise received high critical praise at the time of its release. The film has received a rare perfect 100% rating of positive reviews on Rottentomatoes.com [1]. Influential e-critic James Berardinelli has cited the film as "the best romance of all time" [2]. Alternately, critic Anthony Lane remarked that this film could be alternately titled Schlacker. Rotten Tomatoes (http://www. ... James Berardinelli (born September 1967, New Brunswick, New Jersey) is an online film critic. ... Anthony Lane (born 1962) has been a film reviewer on The New Yorker magazine since 1993. ...

The sequel, Before Sunset, was released to equally positive reviews, with Rottentomatoes.com logging a 94% "Fresh" rating [3]. Before Sunset (2004), is the sequel to Before Sunrise (1995). ...

External links

• Before Sunrise at the Internet Movie Database
• Before Sunrise at Rottentomatoes.com
• Sunriseandsunset Yahoo Group

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