Before Sunrise (1995)
- The incredible score for Before Sunrise was composed in just a few weeks after the original composer dropped out.
- The original script for Before Sunrise was written over a decade before production finally began in 1995.
- Eagle-eyed viewers have noticed a hidden easter egg referencing Richard Linklater's previous film in the background of the opening scene.
Before Sunrise is a 1995 American romantic drama directed by Richard Linklater. Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy star as Jesse, a young American, and Celine, a young Frenchwoman, who meet on a train in Europe and, on impulse, spend one night walking through Vienna together, talking about life, love, death, philosophy, and everything in between before they must part the next morning. Richard Linklater's dialogue-driven approach stripped romantic cinema to its purest essence β two intelligent, articulate people discovering each other through conversation, without a plot, without obstacles, without villains, and without any guarantee that they will ever see each other again.
The lack of a phone number or planned reunion gave the ending genuine emotional weight β the audience, like Jesse and Celine, was left hoping but uncertain. Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy's chemistry was so authentic that many viewers assumed the dialogue was improvised. Before Sunrise earned $22 million worldwide on a $2.5 million budget and launched a trilogy completed by Before Sunset (2004) and Before Midnight (2013).
