Where They Went

Before Sunrise (1995)

Directed by Richard Linklater

An American student and a French student meet on a train, get off together in Vienna and spend a single night walking and talking across the city before he has to fly home in the morning.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Train from Budapest to Vienna
    00:01:00
    Inferred

    They meet in the dining car; as the train reaches Vienna Jesse persuades Céline to get off with him.

  2. 2Arrival
    Wien Westbahnhof
    00:11:00
    Inferred

    They leave the station to wander the city until his morning flight.

  3. 3Zollamtssteg bridge, Vienna
    00:12:30
    Inferred

    Two actors on a footbridge invite them to their play about a cow.

  4. 4Listening booth
    Record store, Vienna
    00:19:00
    Inferred

    In a record store listening booth they keep stealing glances at each other.

  5. 5Cemetery of the Nameless, Vienna
    00:26:00
    Stated on screen

    Céline takes him to a cemetery for drowned, unidentified people.

  6. 6First kiss
    Prater Ferris wheel (Riesenrad)
    00:31:00
    Inferred

    They kiss at the top of the Prater Ferris wheel at sunset.

  7. 7Phone call game
    Café Sperl, Vienna
    01:00:00
    Inferred
  8. 8Goodbye
    Wien Westbahnhof
    01:33:00
    Inferred

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
117 km
Places
7
Countries
1
Stops
8
  • Train: 81 km
  • Not shown: 24 km
  • On foot: 7.6 km
  • Tram: 3.8 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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