**Spoilers Two people who fall in love in Venice in less than 24 hours.

Rating: 10/10 (17 September 2015)

Before Sunrise written and directed by Richard Linklater follows two differing people Celine, played by Julie Delpy, and Jesse, played by Ethan Hawke. This is a tragic love story about 2 people who meet on the Eurrail in 1995 and spend one memorable night in Venice. We spend the better part of 101 minutes getting to know two characters who inevitably by sunrise must part ways. Celine, who lives in Paris is traveling back from Budapest from visiting her grandmother. Jesse, whom we find has come to Europe to see his now ex-girlfriend and after breaking up with her after 2 days in Madrid has traveled the Eurrail for almost 3 weeks. While on the train Jesse strikes up a conversation with Celine about a German couple arguing on their train. When they reach Jesse's destination of Venice, in which he has a flight out at 930am, he persuades Celine to get off the train and spend the evening with him in Venice.
We feel the emotions of these two characters throughout this movie. Two people from two completely different backgrounds and parts of the world find each other and fall in love in the matter of a few hours. Mr. Linklater incorporates great dialogue shots throughout which we show the face of the person who is talking then exchanging camera shots to the person's response. You get a sense they are answering you. Much like his work in "Dazed and Confused."
He also incorporates other ways of expressing the scene. While in one scene starting with an up-close shot of a record to showing Jesse flipping through said records. We continuously follow Jesse as he walks to Celine perusing separately. The two have a discussion on a record she finds and we watch them walk away and into a sound booth. Continuing this scene with a low-angle shot staring up at the two characters listening to a record. We sense the awkwardness while the couple exchange glances in the very tight setting. In my opinion though, the best scene is the end of the movie when we revisit almost every place this couple has been the night before. Getting a feeling of emptiness of a location that once held a sense of love and life.
The soundtrack for this movie, while subtle holds a lot of character. Again in the scene of the listening booth the song playing has words that are those of a couple falling in love. We have them going into a club, with the low-key music playing overhead. We pay more attention though to the two playing pinball and the noises the machine makes while listening to their conversation on Celine and her former relationship and Jesse's conversation of his. We feel as though we ourselves are there at the bar with them waiting to play our round on the machine.
While this movie is not conventionally popular, it does have a cult following. The movie is based off of a simple concept of two people simply walking around and visiting the beautiful city of Venus all the while falling in love. We follow in their footsteps and experience the same beauty and feelings Celine and Jesse do. Knowing that as in life all good things must come to an end.