spider

Rating: 9/10 (7 October 2005)

He must catch a flight and she must get on the train in the morning. They have 14 hours together in Vienna. That is the entirety of the plot.
They get into arguments, they kiss, they listen to music and get coffee and acquire a bottle of wine and get their fortune read and have a poem written on their behalf. They simply exist in Vienna as a couple (first friends, then romantically) even though when they woke up that morning they hadn't met.
Hawke plays his part as a typical American. He doesn't know any other languages which is something that is alluded to on occasion. He doesn't let fantasy enter his life. He's cynical because of past relationships. Delpy is flighty and tough-acting, but just as vulnerable as any other 23-year-old who doesn't know where she's going. She swears and gets angry. She is exactly what we think a young French woman is like (or maybe what we hope one is like).
Both actors are on screen the entire time. It's basically a moving two-perso