Richard Linklater · 1995 · overland
Richard Linklater's 1995 romance. A young American and a young Frenchwoman meet on a train across Europe and impulsively get off together in Vienna, spending one long night walking and talking through the city, falling in love against the certainty that they will part at dawn.
- 1Vienna
Jesse talks Celine off the train, and the two strangers set out to spend a single night together in Vienna.
- 2The Prater
On the great Ferris wheel, high above the city, they share a first kiss.
- 3The Old Town
Record shops, cafes, a cemetery, a palm reader, a poet, the whole night unspooling in talk.
- 4The Danube Canal
Dawn comes too soon, and they part at the station, promising to meet again in six months.