Claim: Ethan Hawke starred in a movie.

Before Sunrise is a 1995 American romantic drama film directed by Richard Linklater and written by Linklater and Kim Krizan . The film follows Jesse -LRB- Ethan Hawke -RRB- , a young American man , and Céline -LRB- Julie Delpy -RRB- , a young French woman , who meet on a train and disembark in Vienna , where they spend the night walking around the city and getting to know each other .   The plot is considered minimalistic , as not much happens aside from walking and talking . The two characters ' ideas and perspectives on life and love are detailed . Jesse is a romantic disguised as a cynic , and Céline is seemingly a romantic , albeit with some doubts . Taking place over the course of one night , their limited time together is always on their minds , and leads to their revealing more about themselves than they normally would , since both believe they will never see one another again .   Before Sunrise opened to a strongly positive reception from critics . Jesse and Céline later make an appearance in Linklater 's 2001 film Waking Life . A 2004 sequel , Before Sunset , picks up the story nine years after the events of the first film , and a 2013 sequel , Before Midnight , picks up the story eighteen years on .