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.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.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.
- Awards
- 1 win & 7 nominations
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe idea for the movie came from the backgrounds of both Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan. Linklater spent a night walking around Philadelphia with Amy, a woman he randomly met. Krizan rode around Europe on trains meeting people and on one trip met a Norwegian man on the way to Paris, and ended up walking around the city all night much like Before Sunrise (1995). Krizan has never revealed whether or not they had a romance that night and they lost contact.
Linklater and Amy stayed in touch for a while, until contact was lost and he never heard from her again. It was not until 2010 that Linklater found out that Amy had died in a traffic accident before the release of Before Sunrise (1995), the first film in the trilogy. Krizan has never re-connected with the Norwegian man that was her inspiration for the famous night of walking around a European city.
- GoofsJesse and Celine walk towards the back of the train heading for the dining car. As they enter the dining car, the train is now traveling in the opposite direction, backwards.
- SoundtracksDido And Aeneas
Overture
Composed by Henry Purcell
Performed by Academy of the Begynhof, Amsterdam
Courtesy of Globe-Klass Posthuma Productions
By Arrangement with Qualiton Imports and Source/Q
Featured review
Ignore the negative reviews
It's 26 years since this movie was made and at the time of writing there have been 542 user reviews. They are very polarising. Most score it 9 or 10, a minority give it 1-4.
I have seen this movie at least 10 times, even after seeing its sequels. It still moves me to tears - and I'm a male. It is a brilliant piece of filmmaking, for reasons eloquently outlined in all the reviews giving it top marks. It avoids all the fakery of most romance movies, it is so eminently relatable, and the script and acting are exceptional, particularly Julie Delpy.
To all those who said it was boring, tedious, contrived, and that the characters lacked connection with no chemistry between the leads - well I truly feel sorry for you as you cannot possibly have lived and loved and been moved by such emotion
Go find this film in the archives and watch it. It's a rare gem.
I have seen this movie at least 10 times, even after seeing its sequels. It still moves me to tears - and I'm a male. It is a brilliant piece of filmmaking, for reasons eloquently outlined in all the reviews giving it top marks. It avoids all the fakery of most romance movies, it is so eminently relatable, and the script and acting are exceptional, particularly Julie Delpy.
To all those who said it was boring, tedious, contrived, and that the characters lacked connection with no chemistry between the leads - well I truly feel sorry for you as you cannot possibly have lived and loved and been moved by such emotion
Go find this film in the archives and watch it. It's a rare gem.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Antes del amanecer
- Filming locations
- Café Sperl, Gumpendorfer Strasse 11, Vienna, Austria(telephone role-play scene)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $2,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,535,405
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,423,537
- Jan 29, 1995
- Gross worldwide
- $5,993,086
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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