Rent Before Sunrise (1995)
3.7 of 5 from 372 ratings
1h 37min
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- Synopsis:
- Yesterday strangers, today inseparable soulmates. But separate they must in just a few hours. Jesse and Celine are making every moment count, pouring as much living as they can into the time 'Before Sunrise'. From Richard Linklater comes another smartly observed tale of young people at a crossroads. Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy play twenty-somethings who meet on a train in Europe, sense a connection and explore after-hours Vienna together. The people, places and allure of the city become their sudden itineraries. Love is their destination. On the way there's the mutual sharing of hopes, jokes, dreams, worry and wonder. It's a day to linger in their memories. And a valentine to young love forever.
- Actors:
- Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Andrea Eckert, Hanno Pöschl, Karl Bruckschwaiger, Tex Rubinowitz, Erni Mangold, Dominik Castell, Haymon Maria Buttinger, Harald Waiglein, Bilge Jeschim, Kurti, Hans Weingartner, Liese Lyon, Peter Ily Huemer, Otto Reiter, Hubert Fabian Kulterer, Branko Andric, Constanze Schweiger, John Sloss
- Directors:
- Richard Linklater
- Producers:
- Anne Walker-McBay
- Writers:
- Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Drama, Romance
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- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 28/10/2019
- Run Time:
- 101 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- 'The Space In Between', a new piece in which Linklater and actor-cowriters Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke discuss the trilogy, moderated by critic Kent Jones
- 3x2, a new conversation between scholars Dave Johnson and Rob Stone about Linklater's work
- Behind-the-scenes footage from the film's production
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Reviews (3) of Before Sunrise
Beautiful - Before Sunrise review by MA
If you expect a film to have car crashes, murder, deceit etc etc in order for something to 'happen' you will be disappointed by this film. It is about something much more special and everyday - falling in love....and what to do about it. As such it will ring a bell for anyone who has ever taken part in and produced this sort of magic. It is difficult to portray this on film without trivialising it, but Richard Linklater manages it.
3 out of 4 members found this review helpful.
Torture - Before Sunrise review by AF
Started ok, then they mentioned about spendng the night walking the streets of Vienna, I thought that can't possibly be all that's going to happen in this film ....... But it was!
2 out of 10 members found this review helpful.
Talk Now, Kiss Later - Before Sunrise review by griggs
Two strangers meet on a train and decide to spend a single night walking through Vienna. That’s the whole plot, and somehow it’s utterly captivating. The magic isn’t in what happens—it’s in what’s said. The conversations spiral and stretch, touching on love, death, time, memory... and whether you’d still be friends with your 13-year-old self.
Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy don’t perform so much as exist on screen, capturing that fizzy tension between connection and caution. There’s no forced chemistry—they just talk, the way people do when they’re young, a little lonely, and unsure whether they’re in a moment or just passing through one.
It’s romantic, but not sentimental. Idealistic, but not naive. A film about potential more than resolution, full of “what ifs” and “maybe thens.” It doesn’t promise eternity—just a night. And that turns out to be enough. Sometimes the most honest love stories don’t need a third act.
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.