Before Sunrise
Can the greatest romance of your life last only one night?
Rating: 8.0 out of 10TMDB(4.9K votes)
Overview
An unexpected meeting on a train leads two travelers to spend an evening wandering through Vienna. As the night unfolds, they share stories and conversations about life and love, exploring new ideas while a quiet intimacy grows between them, knowing it may be their only night together.
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Box office
Grossed $5.99M worldwide, about 2.4 times its $2.5M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in Vienna
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Setting
Set in Vienna
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Sequels
Followed by Before Sunset
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Collection
Part of Before... Collection
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Music
Music by Fred Frith
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Lee Daniel
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Richard LinklaterWriter
- Kim KrizanWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 27, 1995
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $2.5M
- Revenue
- $6M
- Countries
- Austria, United States of America
- Collection
- Before... Collection
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Cast
Ethan HawkeJesse
Julie DelpyCéline
Andrea EckertWife on Train
Hanno PöschlHusband on Train
Karl BruckschwaigerGuy on Bridge
Tex RubinowitzGuy on Bridge
Erni MangoldPalm Reader
Dominik CastellStreet Poet
Haymon Maria ButtingerBartender- Harold WaigleinGuitarist in Club
- Bilge JeschimBelly Dancer
- KurtiPercussionist
- Hans WeingartnerCafe Patron
- Liese LyonCafe Patron
- Peter Ily HuemerCafe Patron
- Otto ReiterCafe Patron
- Hubert Fabian KultererCafe Patron
- Branko Andrić 'Andrla'Cafe Patron
- Constanze SchweigerCafe Patron
John SlossCafe Patron
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