One night. One city. One endless conversation. We’re continuing our annual June 16th tradition with another screening of Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise!

On a train bound for Vienna, two strangers, Jesse (Ethan Hawke), a restless American backpacker, and Céline (Julie Delpy), a thoughtful French student, strike up a casual conversation that quickly deepens into something electric. Jesse, impulsive and charming, persuades Céline to get off the train with him and wander the city until his flight leaves the next morning. Over the course of one night, they talk, laugh, debate, and flirt as they walk the cobblestone streets, share glances by the Danube, and explore the edges of intimacy. With no promise of a future, they make the present feel infinite.

What makes Before Sunrise the type of film we can play to sold out crowds year after year? Probably how immediate and fresh it feels, even thirty years later. Linklater strips romance down to its simplest form: two people connecting at exactly the right moment in their lives. Let the yearning begin!