Before Sunrise
The American romance drama features two individuals who meets by fate in Vienna and end up spending a night together but they soon realize another is not promised to them.
25 January 1927, Groß-Weikersdorf, Lower Austria, Austria
1953
1956, Detroit, Michigan, USA
17 September 1958, Baden, Lower Austria, Austria
19 December 1938, Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria
21 December 1969, Paris, France
5 December 1961, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany
2 November 1970, Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Austria
August 16, 2009
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.
February 09, 2007
Acting tour de force that feels exceptionally real
May 28, 2013
...a bittersweet celebration of romantic frisson - the notion that our most precious moments of connection are often the fleeting ones.
April 29, 2006
Inspired by Godard's lyrical film-essays, Linklater revisits his unreleased debut (also set on a train), while paying tribute to Rohmer's cerebral moral fables. Though narrower in scope, this film is more mature and generous than previous efforts.
April 08, 2013
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.
July 22, 2013
Undoubtedly one of the most romantic movies of all time...
September 10, 2012
The combination of optimism, tragedy, and the fuzzy warmth of new love is absolutely flawless.
May 28, 2013
Two strangers quickly fall in love, discuss big ideas.
April 29, 2009
A thought-provoking, likable, entertaining, beautiful, and well-acted piece of romance...
April 20, 2015
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.
June 16, 2006
Hawke and Delpy keep the tone not only afloat but mesmerizing. So natural are their performances that it seems impossible not to believe they truly are soulmates who are locked in a doomed, all-too-short affair.

