Before Sunrise

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«A long day's journey into dawn: An American and a French woman meet on a train from Budapest to Vienna and have 24 hours for each other. What they experience is an affair with a set expiration date. Linklater has become the portraitist of Generation X with Slacker and Dazed and Confused, those people for whom the world is more imagination than will. In Before Sunrise, he is more interested in things that connect this generation with earlier ones than in what distinguishes them. The film is not coincidentally dedicated to his grandparents. Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke give this story a body, but life is only given to it by the city of Vienna. Linklater is less interested in the distinctive face of this city than in the interchangeable topography of the metropolis. He succeeds, and here he is very American, in capturing the familiar while still offering his own perspective. Thus, Vienna becomes an enchanted place, a funhouse mirror, a labyrinth, a wonderland.» (Michael Althen, Austrian Film Museum, Jun 2007) Contributors and additional information:
Director: Richard Linklater Screenplay: Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan Cinematography: Lee Daniel Editing: Sandra Adair Cast: Ethan Hawke (Jesse), Julie Delpy (Céline), Andrea Eckert (Woman on Train), Hanno Pöschl (Man on Train), Karl Bruckschwaiger, Tex Rubinowitz (Men on Bridge), Erni Mangold (Fortune Teller), Dominik Castell (Street Poet)