Before Sunrise Page #3

Synopsis: American tourist Jesse and French student Celine meet by chance on the train from Budapest to Vienna. Sensing that they are developing a connection, Jesse asks Celine to spend the day with him in Vienna, and she agrees. So they pass the time before his scheduled flight the next morning together. How do two perfect strangers connect so intimately over the course of a single day? What is that special thing that bonds two people so strongly? As their bond turns to love, what will happen to them the next morning when Jesse flies away?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Richard Linklater
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  1 win & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.1
Metacritic:
77
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
R
Year:
1995
101 min
13,898 Views


Jump ahead 10, 20 years, okay?

And you're married.

Only your marriage doesn't have

that same energy it used to have.

You start to blame your husband.

You think about all those guys

you've met in your life...

...and what might've happened

if you'd picked up with one of them.

I'm one of those guys.

That's me.

So think of this as time travel...

...from then to now to find out

what you're missing out on.

What this could be is

a gigantic favor...

...to you and your husband to find out

you're not missing anything.

I'm just as big a loser as he is.

Unmotivated. Boring.

You made the right choice.

You're happy.

Let me get my bag.

We should get a locker for all this.

What's your name?

My name?

Jesse. James, actually,

but everybody calls me Jesse.

You mean, Jesse James, no?

No. No, just Jesse.

I'm Celine.

This is a nice bridge.

Yeah.

This is kind of weird.

Isn't it? I mean,

I feel a little awkward.

- But it's all right. Right?

- Yeah, this is great.

- Let's go to some places.

- Yeah, let's go to some places.

- Let's ask these guys.

- Okay.

Excuse me. Excuse me?

Sprechen sie English?

- Ja. Of course.

- Do you speak German for a change?

- What?

- No, it was a joke.

We just got into Vienna today, and

we're looking for something fun to do.

Like museums, exhibitions...

But museums are not that

funny anymore these days.

They are closing right now.

How long are you going to be here?

Just for tonight.

Why did you come to Vienna?

What could you be expecting?

We're on honeymoon.

Yeah, she got pregnant,

we had to get married...

I don't believe you.

You're a bad liar.

This is a play we're both in.

We would like to invite you.

You're actors?

Not professional.

Part-time for fun.

It's a play about a cow and

Indians searching for it.

There are also

politicians, Mexicans...

Russians, communists...

- You have a real cow on stage?

- No, an actor in a cow costume.

- He's the cow.

- Yes, I am the cow.

- And the cow's a bit weird.

- The cow has a disease.

She's acting a bit strange.

Like a dog.

If someone throws a stick,

she fetches it.

And she can smoke with hoofs

and everything.

- Great.

- As you see, there is the address.

It's in the second district.

Near the Prater. You know it?

The big Ferris wheel?

We should go. We should.

Perhaps you can go to the Prater

before the play.

It starts at 2130.

- 2130?

- It's at 9:
30.

- 9:
30.

- Oh, right.

What's the name of this play?

It translates as "Bring Me the Horns

of Wilmington's Cow. "

I'm Wilmington's cow.

- All right.

- Great.

- You'll be there?

- We'll try.

I'm the cow.

Goodbye.

I got an idea. Are you ready?

It's Q and A time.

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