Before Sunrise

One of the best films about love and the development of relationships over time. Two people meet on a train. Giving in to a spontaneous impulse, the hero gets off in Vienna with the heroine to spend the whole night walking around the city, talking, and becoming more and more enchanted by each other's beauty.

The magic of the first meeting, the fascination and captivation by someone new who has just opened up to you, the miracle of a newborn connection—all of this was finally captured on film in 1995. Linklater managed not to falsify the delicate matter of electricity that suddenly appears between people—unpredictable and amazing, fleeting but capable of leaving a mark for a lifetime.

Nine years later, Linklater will make a sequel to the story with the same actors, now grown up, and ironically call it "Before Sunset". And nine years after that, another one: "Before Midnight". Those who watch all three films in the trilogy with us are truly amazing!

Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival.