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Before Sunrise (1995)

★ 8.0 · 4,656 ratings on TMDB

Can the greatest romance of your life last only one night?

Before Sunrise poster★ 8.0

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.

DirectorRichard Linklater
CastAndrea Eckert, Dominik Castell, Erni Mangold, Ethan Hawke, Hanno Pöschl, Harold Waiglein
GenresDrama, Romance
The emergence reading

Before Sunrise keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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