Romanticism and philosophy.

Rating: 7/10 (1 February 2006)

The perfect love story: two strangers, an American guy and a french girl, they both meet in a train and they decide to spend together one single night in Vienna (after that they'll have to split up forever). Walking around that monumental city, chats about anything, poetry, wine, sex under the light of the stars. Kind of a mix between "Brief Encounter" and Rohmer's "Tales of the four seasons". It is a simple movie, with such an existentialist touch, which leans on the naturalness of Delpi and Hawke, and the chemistry between them. "Before sunrise" is a good example of how to make a romantic movie without being sickly sweet.
*My rate: 7/10