Before Sunrise Page #3

- Yeah, the media.

It's very subtle, but it's

a new form of fascism, really.

I hate...

I hate when I'm in a foreign country,

especially in America...

...each time I wear black or lose my

temper or say anything about anything...

...they always go,

"Oh, it's so French. It's so cute. "

I hate that.

I can't stand that. Really.

Is that all?

Well, there's a lot of things, but...

- So it's my turn.

- Okay.

- You're gonna answer.

- Yes, I'll answer.

What's a problem for you?

You, probably.

What?

I had a thought the other day

that kind of...

...qualifies as a problem.

What is it?

It was a thought I had

on the train, so...

Okay. All right.

Do you believe in reincarnation?

Yeah. Yeah, it's interesting.

A lot of people talk about past

lives and things like that, you know?

And even if they don't believe in it

in some specific way...

...people have a notion

of an eternal soul.

- Yeah.

- Okay.

This is my thought:

...there's not even a million people.

Ten thousand years ago,

there's, like, two million people.

Now there's between five and six

billion people on the planet.

If we all have our own...

...individual, unique...

...soul...

...where did they all come from?

Are modern souls only

a fraction of the original souls?

If they are, that represents

a 5000 to 1 split of each soul...

...in the last 50,000 years, which is

a blip in the Earth's time.

So at best, we're these

tiny fractions...

...of people walking...

Is that why we're so scattered?

Is that why we're so specialized?

Wait a minute, I'm not sure...

Yeah, I know, I know.

It's a totally scattered thought.

Which is kind of why it makes sense.

I agree with you.

Let's get off this damn train.

This place is pretty neat.

Yeah.

There's even a listening booth.

Have you heard of this singer?

I think she's American.

A friend told me about her.

Do you want to go see if that

listening booth still works?

Yeah, okay.

There's a wind that

Blows in from the north

And it says that loving

Takes this course

Come here

Come here

No, I'm not impossible to touch

I have never wanted you so much

Come here

Come here

Have I never laid down by your side

Baby, let's forget about this pride

Come here

Come here

Look at this. This is beautiful.

Quick. It's leaving.

Look, there's a rabbit.

Yeah.

Hey there, rabbit.

It's so cute.

I visited this as a young teenager.

It left a bigger impression on me

at that time than the museums.

Yeah? It's tiny.

I know.

A little old man talked to us.

He was the groundskeeper.

He explained that most

of the people buried here...

...had washed up on the bank

of the Danube.

How old are these?

Around the beginning of the century.

It's called No Name Cemetery...

...because they often didn't know

who those people were.

Maybe a first name, that's all.

Why were all the bodies washing up?

I think some were from accidents

on boats and things like that.

But most of them were suicides

that jumped in the river.

I always liked the idea of all those

unknown people lost in the world.

When I was a little girl,

I thought...

...if none of your family or friends

knew you were dead...

...then it's like

not really being dead.

People can invent the best

and the worst for you.

Here she is, I think.

Yeah, this is the one

I remember the most.

She was only 13 when she died.

That meant something to me.

I was that age when I first saw this.

Now I'm 10 years older,

and she's still 13, I guess.

That's funny.

That's the Danube over there.

That's a river, right?

Yeah.

This is...

...gorgeous.

Yeah, this is beautiful.

I mean, we got...

We got a sunset here.

- Yeah.

- We got the Ferris wheel.

It seems like...

...this would be a...

What?

You know...

Are you trying to say

you want to kiss me?

But you know what?

It doesn't matter what

generation you're born into.

Look at my parents.

They were angry, young May '68 people

revolting against everything.

The government, their conservative

Catholic backgrounds...

Then I was born, and my father

became a successful architect.

We traveled around the world

while he built bridges...

...and, you know, towers and stuff.

I mean, I really can't

complain about anything.

They love me more than anything...

...and I've been raised with all

the freedom they fought for.

And yet, for me now,

it's another type of fight.

We have to deal with the same sh*t,

but we can't really know...

...who or, you know, what the enemy is.

I don't know if

there really is an enemy.

Everybody's parents f***ed them up.

Rich kids' parents gave them too much.

Poor kids', not enough.

Too much attention,

not enough attention.

They either left or

taught them the wrong things.

My parents are just two people

who didn't like each other much...

...who got married and had a kid.

And they tried their best

to be nice to me.

- Did your parents divorce?

- Yeah, finally.

They should have done it sooner.

They stuck together...

...for the well-being of my sister

and I. Thank you very much.

I remember my mother told me

right in front of my father...

...that he didn't really

want to have me.

That he was pissed off when

he found out she was pregnant.

That I was a big mistake.

That really shaped the way I think.

I always saw the world as this place

where I really wasn't meant to be.

That's so sad.

Well, I mean, I eventually

kind of took pride in it.

You know, like my life

was my own doing.

You know, like I was

crashing the big party.

That's the way to see it.

My parents are still married

and I guess they're happy.

But I think it's healthy to rebel

against everything that came before.

You know, I've been wondering lately...

...do you know anyone

who's in a happy relationship?

Yeah, sure. You know,

I know happy couples.

But I think they lie to each other.

Yeah.

People can live their

whole life as a lie.

My grandmother was married...

...and I thought she had an

uncomplicated love life.

But she just confessed to me

that she spent her whole life...

...dreaming about another man

she was in love with.

She just accepted her fate.

It's so sad.

In the same time, I love that

she had these emotions...

...and feelings I never

thought she had.

I guarantee you

it was better that way.

If she'd known him, he'd have

disappointed her eventually.

- How do you know?

- I know. I know.

People put romantic projections

on everything.

It's not based in any kind of reality.

Romantic projections?

Oh, Mr. Romantic up in the Ferris wheel?

"Oh, kiss me. The sunset.

Oh, it's so beautiful. "

Tell me about your grandmother.

What were you saying about her?

Check these guys out.

"Hans, I have a confession. I'm not

wearing underwear underneath this. "

"Oh, really? Does that frighten you?"

Can I tell you a secret?

Yeah.

Come here.

- What?

- Come here.

Look at this palm reader.

She's interesting looking.

Yeah.

- Uh-oh. Uh-oh.

- What?

- I made eye contact.

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