Weeding Night

An unexpected meeting on a train leads two travelers to spend an evening wandering through Vienna. As the night unfolds, they share stories and conversations about life and love, exploring new ideas while a quiet intimacy grows between them, knowing it may be their only night together.

• 1995Berlin International Film Festival · Competitionselected
• 1995Berlin International Film Festival · CompetitionSilver Bear for Best Director — Richard Linklater
• 1995Berlin International Film Festival · CompetitionGolden Bear · nominated
• 1995MTV Movie AwardsBest Kiss — Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke · nominated
• 1995Sundance Film Festival · Opening Night · world premiereselected

Set in Vienna, 1994 · Wien Westbahnhof / train from Budapest to Vienna, 1994

• Filmed at Vienna — Principal photography / general filming location; story locations are in and around Vienna.
• Wien Westbahnhof, Vienna — Train station where Celine disembarks with Jesse and where the final station scene occurs; listed by a Vienna location guide as a Before Sunrise location.
• Wiener Riesenrad / Prater, Vienna — Ferris wheel / Prater scenes, including the first-kiss cabin scene; listed by a Vienna location guide and by the Wiener Riesenrad article as filmed around the Prater and on the wheel.
• Café Sperl, Vienna — Cafe scene with staged phone conversations; the cafe's official site gives the address as Gumpendorferstrasse 11, A-1060 Wien, and a Vienna location guide identifies it as a Before Sunrise location.
• Donaukanal, Vienna — Canal-bank walking/poet scenes; a Vienna location guide places the scene opposite Ringturm and near Schottenring, and German Wikipedia notes original-location shooting on/near the ship Johann Strauß in the Wiener Donaukanal.