22 Bahnen (2025) Movie Script
1
Ida and I,
we're firmly connected,
two halves of a whole.
We are a complete organism.
We function together.
22 LENGTHS
Come on!
Chop-chop. Don't dawdle. Come on!
Mom?
Ida, go to your room, OK?
Oh, shit!
Please open the window, Tilda. Quick!
Completely burnt!
Mom!
- Hungry?
- What are you doing?
Hey, I... I'll clean it all up.
I need a quick break.
We're out of pepper too.
Ida, open your window and close your door.
I really burned my hand.
Cheers.
I'll do it, Tilda.
Tilda, I'll do it.
- Ms. Schmitt?
- Ms. Sommer?
- Hello?
- Everything's OK.
- Tilda?
- Yes, it's me. Sorry.
Tilda, can you bring me
some ice cubes, please?
Ice, please.
Tilda.
Tilda.
Ice.
Oat milk, cashews, frozen raspberries,
Kolin oats,
chia seeds, spelt pasta,
bananas,
an avocado.
An avocado?
Around 30, male,
frame less glasses, Levis shirt.
That'll be 25.89.
- Here you go.
- Thank you.
Sorry.
Nice of you to join us. Hello.
Sorry.
OK. Then let's estimate...
Do you have last week's assignment?
Nice. Thank you.
Are you doing your thesis
on stochastic Navier-Stokes equations?
Really?
Fuck.
I've known since 8th grade
that I wanted to study math.
Math creates order.
Math is a place where I feel at home.
Twenty-two.
Twenty-two lengths of quiet.
Twenty-two lengths that belong to me alone.
- Where's the little one?
- Lda only comes when it rains.
A little boy jumped on me earlier.
Just like that.
Point him out and I'll jump on him.
I'll do it myself.
Ivan.
That must be his big brother.
See you tomorrow.
- Bye.
- Bye.
What's he doing here?
- Hello.
- Hello.
Mom?
Hey, you.
- Everything all right?
- Yes.
Have you eaten anything, Ida?
Not yet.
Are you hungry?
Yes.
How was school?
I'll make us some Miracoli noodles.
"Miracoli or store brand?
"Miracoli," of course.
Look!
It's supposed to rain tomorrow.
We'll go to the pool?
OK.
Now you.
Your serve.
Why do you only ever read classics?
I just like them.
Have a look at this. It's good.
I bet Dostoyevsky is too dark for you.
First, the initial condition is missing
and this is also the wrong notation.
It's not a scalar product,
but a dual pair.
You need to redo the whole thing.
Please send me an updated list
of references by next class.
I really should have done
an apprenticeship instead.
Ms. Schmitt.
Can I have a word with you, please?
I thought we had a tacit agreement.
I'm absent pretty often,
but I don't make any mistakes
on the exercises or exams.
Coffee?
No, thanks.
What do I tell him?
Definitely not the truth:
"My mother is an alcoholic,
I don't like leaving
my sister alone with her,
and the bus ride here
takes more than an hour."
Ms. Schmitt.
I wanted to talk to you about your future.
Help.
As a matter of principle,
I don't talk about my future.
In principle,
I have nothing against this principle.
But I hope
you'll make an exception in this case.
It's about a PhD position in Berlin.
Research into probability theory.
That's your specialty.
The job starts in January
and the application deadline
is the end of September.
So you still have ten weeks.
I haven't even written
my master's thesis yet.
Well, you're writing it now.
I'd be happy to write
a letter of recommendation.
Ms. Schmitt,
you are exceptionally talented.
And this job
would really be
a great opportunity for you.
No, thank you.
Berlin.
Berlin would be cool.
I'd take the subway
to the office in the morning.
I'd do calculations,
read, and work as long as I wanted.
In the evening,
I'd go back to my apartment and call Ida.
It was my long-term goal
to move at some point,
but not as far as Berlin
and especially not
until Ida was far enough along.
Viktor.
Yes,
Viktor Volkov.
Come on.
OK. Warm enough?
Do you know him?
No.
Do you?
No!
Rosee wine, rose wine,
rose wine,
Werther's caramel candy,
Menthol Gold XL, spaghetti,
minced meat, Menthol Gold XL,
tomato paste... Marlene?
That'll be 26.30.
You'll never be employee of the month.
Isn't it your duty
to greet every customer?
I drove 6 hours non-stop to see you.
Bunny!
So, when do you get off?
Ready for tonight's rave?
- What rave?
- Dude, I told you.
- Everyone's coming, just like old times!
- Cool.
You're coming.
Bunny, I understand that studying math
was a big "no" to life,
but you love dancing.
You need it, I can see that.
You look completely empty, bloodless!
Really, really drained.
- Excuse me, will this take much longer?
- A little understanding, young man.
I haven't seen
my best friend since Christmas,
I can have
a little chat with her, can't 1?
Checkout two is also open.
OK, Marlene,
I'll be done in half an hour. Go on.
- Bye, Bunny!
- Bye.
- Hello.
- Hello.
Hello, Tilda.
Finally!
- Ciao, Petra.
- Take care.
- Well, are you ready?
- It's great that you're here.
- Leon's looking forward to seeing you.
- Marlene.
- He's always asking about you.
- Knock it off.
Hold on, I have something for you.
Ta-da!
- For me?
- I made it for you.
Really?
For my bunny.
I designed it. Do you like it?
It's really nice.
- Thank you.
- Sure.
Hey, I...
I saw Ivan's big brother at the pool.
He's probably selling the house, huh?
- It's been empty for ages.
- Yeah.
So, shall we go?
Yes.
Yeah? OK.
Get in.
Well?
- Gummy Anacondas, like back in the day?
- From back in the day. Probably rock hard.
Yeah.
Where are Markus and Lisa?
Playing tennis. But enough about me now.
So, your turn.
What's new?
I'm writing my master's thesis.
- And then?
- Then I'll look for a job.
Where?
Probably around here.
You said you'd move away after college.
I said I might move away.
Show me what you brought.
So...
What do you think... about this.
Glitter.
Suits you!
Hey, I'm so excited to see those jerks.
How long has it been
since we've spent time together?
Since Kilt's birthday, three years ago.
Drink. You and your
mammoth memory are way too sober.
I'll get you out of here one day.
You're not going to
get me out of here, Marlene.
If I go, I'll go myself.
Ida will manage.
You know,
people grow with their responsibilities.
That's such a dumb thing to say.
You stupid cow!
Hey, there are thousands of people here.
OK, around 50,
and 24 have micro bangs.
Hey, Rumpelstiltskin!
- Hey.
- Hello.
- Sis. Hello.
- Hello.
- Hi.
- Kili, beer.
-Yeah?
- Want a beer too?
- Yes.
How are you?
Fine. How are you?
Fine.
How's Ida?
Good.
Thanks.
And your mom?
At least she doesn't have
a boyfriend at the moment.
- Stop it.
- What?
Leon, don't give me that look.
You stop it.
Everything all right?
Hi, I'm Tilda.
- Gwen.
- Nice to meet you.
Well, have fun.
You too.
Hey, everything OK?
Come on.
Now.
Just me and the music.
No yesterday,
no tomorrow,
just now.
Everything's OK. And nothing matters.
And everything is actually quite simple.
And "actually, is actually a shitty word.
Are you crazy?
- What?
- An unlit road, at night?
Subject, verb, object?
Get in.
I haven't gotten my 10,000 steps in yet.
It's a 4 KM walk.
Where do you live?
FrohlichstraBe 37.
What?
Nothing.
You always drive randomly
through the countryside at night?
Driving calms me down.
You can try to get 10,000 steps next time.
Up here on the corner.
Stop the car! Please stop.
Why aren't you asleep yet?
What happened?
Come on, sit down.
What's going on? What happened?
Mom wanted to cook lasagne with me.
I said I wasn't hungry
and would rather draw.
Yes.
Then she flipped out
and put my picture in her mouth.
Mom?
Mom!
Come on.
OK.
One, two, and...
- OK.
- Oh, I don't know...
OK.
- One more. One, two, three.
- Oh, no.
Up.
OK.
I got you. Now let's go to the bathroom.
Can we make it? Come on.
I don't know...
OK.
Mom, Mom, Mom.
Mom, if you scare Ida like that again,
I'll call the police.
Do you understand?
Do you understand?
No.
- Mom, stop it.
- No.
I'm your mom.
Yes, mother of the year. Here, take this!
Tilda!
I'm glad she didn't eat your pink piggy.
That's my favorite drawing.
Tilda, why is the swimmer
in front of our house?
What?
Good morning.
Radish flowers?
She usually fries eggs
when she's made a mess.
She used to make "Toast Hawaii" a lot,
but we usually
didn't have the ingredients,
and crispbread with a melted cheese slice
or toast topped with a slice of pineapple
just doesn't taste that good.
Hungry?
Is "no" part of a possible set of results?
Come on.
Yesterday was shitty.
I'm sorry.
Ida, what happened yesterday was not OK.
I promise, I won't do this anymore.
You've said that 17 times, Mom.
- This time I mean it.
- You've said that 13 times.
Tilda,
you're driving me crazy with your numbers.
You're driving me crazy
with your drinking.
I'm really sorry.
I can do this.
Marlene, please stop.
Marlene, please stop.
It's time to call the police, Tilda.
I provoked Mom.
And that... that was stupid of me.
What about Ida?
I'm here for her.
Her mother should be there for her.
That's her job.
Child protective services can help you.
How do you know?
Maybe they'll separate me from Ida.
Fuck.
Tilda, a little sip? No?
OK.
Good morning.
Not at school yet?
- Not until third period.
- Nice.
Can't take it anymore?
No, before we kill each other...
Thank you.
Come visit me sometime, Tilda. OK?
I'll call you soon, OK?
We never talk on the phone.
But Marlene always says
she'll call me soon.
I'm starin' at a broken door
-There's nothin' left here anymore
-Tilda!
-My room is cold, it's makin' me insane
- Knock it off.
I've been waitin' here so long
-But now, the moment seems to have come
- have come
I see the dark clouds comin' up again
Runnin' through the monsoon
Beyond the world, to the end of time
Where the rain won't hurt
Fightin' the storm, into the blue
And when I lose myself, I think of you
Together, we'll be runnin" somewhere new
Through the monsoon
Just me and you
- Hello, Ida.
- Hey.
A new friend?
- See you later.
- See you later.
Ida doesn't have any friends,
only classmates.
That's what she says, when I ask her
who she spends her breaks with.
Imagine a crowd of people is standing
on a sloping meadow,
for example at a concert,
and then they make their way home...
Ms. Schmitt?
How can I guarantee that the flow
will still behave the same way
with a smaller-scale model?
The Reynolds number must remain the same.
If you adjust the characteristic length,
then the characteristic velocity
or the kinematic viscosity
must be changed accordingly.
Correct.
Ms. Schmitt,
please remember the deadline for Berlin.
Huh? Why Berlin?
So, what else do we have to consider?
For example,
regarding the upstream flow...
Berlin.
January.
That would be five months.
Five months to get Ida ready.
She'd have to become a fighter.
I can only go if Ida is armed.
Bye, Ida.
Well?
If I were you,
I'd come with me to the pool today.
The sun is shining.
It's not supposed to rain for a while.
Summer vacation is coming up.
You can't sit at home the whole time.
How about trying swimming lessons again?
- No.
- We can go a bit later.
Just before closing.
Most people will be gone by then.
Nope.
OK.
"It doesn't matter what happens.
Whatever you see on the screen.
You have to promise
me you'll fight through it!"
"My voice has risen to a shout.
In it is all the anger,
all the fear I felt at her abandonment
Sorry.
Tilda, you're like Katniss.
Yeah, sure.
It's true.
No one would be surprised
if they saw you walking down the street
with a bow and arrow.
- And you'd volunteer for me, too.
- It's just a book, Ida.
If Tilda volunteers,
I'll still be there for you. Huh, Ida?
But I won't volunteer
because it's just a story
and speculative talk
won't get us anywhere, Mom.
I'll be there for you more often.
Even more?
I'm such a bad mom.
Yes, you are.
Ida, you're a Katniss too.
Yes?
Yes!
Runnin' through the monsoon,
Beyond the world, to the end of time
Where the rain won't hurt
Fightin' the storm, into the blue
And when I lose myself, I think of you...
You usually only stay
in that tube when the sun isn't out.
You have a good eye.
What's your name anyway?
Tilda.
And yours?
Viktor.
- Viktor with a "C" or a "K"?
- With a "K."
Something going on there?
- What?
- With the Russian.
- Who?
- Oh, Tilda, that pretty boy.
You know exactly who I mean.
No.
Why?
You watch his laps every evening,
like a rally between Nadal and Federer.
That's a very nice comparison,
but I don't.
- What do you know about him?
- He's an overachiever, a computer nerd.
He lives in Hamburg now.
Bought his family a house and a car...
and then...
that tragic accident.
His whole family...
His siblings were still so small.
I can't do this. I can't do this.
You can do it.
- I can't do it.
- We'll do it together.
I'm sorry.
If were him, I'd have disappeared too.
How long has it been?
4 years, 11 months, 21 days.
It'll be five years on August 9th.
Didn't you used to be friends
with his little brother?
I often saw you together,
you, your Marlene, and the Russian boy.
You used to have picnics in the field.
Picnics.
Yeah, you could say that.
Thank you.
Why are you still dealing, Ivan?
I thought your brother made
a lot of money on the darknet.
Why don't you just fuck off
with Daddy's BMW to Daddy's loft?
How sweet,
the minorities stick together, yeah?
I thought alcoholics' kids didn't drink
for fear of becoming alcoholics themselves.
Daddy explained something wrong.
The kids of alcoholics
usually become even worse alcoholics.
And when they drink, they hit pretty hard.
- So watch out, Justus.
- Don't let the snob annoy you.
Like mother, like daughter, eh?
Hey!
If you ask me,
I don't think the boy was driving.
But you can't do anything
about stories like that.
They have a life of their own.
How's your mother?
- Fine. Very well, yes.
- Yeah?
And Leon, how is it in Berlin?
How's the art going?
Not so easy to earn money with it.
But I'll give it a bit more time.
And if it doesn't work out,
then I'll just get a job.
I understand.
I also went to the job center.
I want to work again.
Like at Clara's bookstore.
Sounds great.
Yeah, I mean, I was always working
while I studied in Cologne.
I've never known it any other way.
- You studied in Cologne?
- Yes, German philology.
And then I got pregnant with Tilda.
It's nice that you're back, Leon.
It's nice to be back.
Tilda, do you remember
when Leon fought for you?
That boy with the curly hair.
Yes, because he claimed
that Dad had found a new family
because I was so smelly.
Tilda, Leon,
and that boy were sitting there.
Leon had his hand bandaged,
the boy had a nosebleed
and a black eye,
and his whole T-shirt was full of blood,
like a massacre.
What was his name?
Kai.
- Lenning, yes.
- Ah yeah, that's right.
Kai, yes.
That was the time Mom couldn't manage
to wash my clothes or get me to shower.
He left you alone then, I think.
Ida, Leon would love to see your drawings.
Can we have a look?
Yeah.
Thank you, Ida.
Maybe he'll buy one.
So?
I like her drawings.
She's talented and imaginative.
Your turn.
What do you mean?
I won't always make the first move.
You watch too many soap operas.
I always thought it was because
you didn't know what you wanted.
But now I think you know
exactly what you want.
And what you don't want.
Kinder chocolate, cola candies,
Cini Minis, whole milk,
fish sticks, bread, Nutella,
nectarines,
vanilla pudding, caramel pudding,
stracciatella pudding...
Mid-thirties, mother, a little trashy.
That'll be 31.43.
Are you organizing
a children's birthday party?
By card.
- Bye.
- Bye.
Hello.
Ida?
Mom?
Mom, wake up.
Hi? Hello?
Get up. Get up.
Look at me. Hi.
Hey.
Where's Ida?
Yeah.
She didn't want to bake a cake with me.
Where'd she go?
- She only ever wants to draw.
- Mom! Pull yourself together.
Where did she go?
- Where is she?
- Don't yell at me like that.
- Did she go out? How long's she been gone?
- How do I know?
Everyone here only cares
about themselves anyway!
Where did she go?
How should I know?
Why?
Hello?
Ida?
- Have you seen Ida? Is she in there?
- No. What's up?
She ran away. She's never run away.
I don't know where she is.
- Is she with a friend?
- She doesn't have any friends.
With relatives?
No.
Ah, fuck.
Where could she be?
Here.
We often go to the field.
Further up there.
Ida!
Ida, what are you doing?
What happened?
What happened?
I knew you'd come.
Come up here.
It's all right, OK?
I'm here, I'm here.
Thank you.
You can sleep at my place if you want.
It's all right.
Shit.
Is the sofa OK to sleep on,
or would you prefer a mattress?
The sofa is great.
I'll get you bedding and clothes.
The bathroom's down here.
There are towels
in the shelves under the sink.
Thanks.
Thanks.
These should fit Ida.
OK, I have to do some work.
There's food in the fridge.
- Good night.
- Good night. Thanks
Nope. I'm going to Russia tomorrow.
With my family, for a week.
The last time I went on vacation
with my parents, I was 15.
Cool.
I was seven.
With my dad and my mom.
In the south of France.
One day I'll go on vacation with Ida.
- I'll show her the sea.
- We could take my family's car.
We can drive through Slovenia to Croatia.
From Ljubljana to Piran, to the sea.
Pula, Medulin, Rijeka...
Promise me you'll take Ida, Tilda,
and me to Slovenia and Croatia
in your family's car.
I promise.
- Hey! No flirting with other girls.
- I'm not.
No!
- Stop! Guys!
- What?
Party at Kilt's!
- We're leaving at six.
- Come on!
Come on! Don't be a spoilsport!
Come on!
Morning.
Morning.
Coffee?
Yes, please.
- Milk? Sugar?
- Black.
What do you do for a living?
I'm a programmer.
Self-employed.
And what do you do?
I'm studying math.
I'm writing my master's thesis.
And then?
We'll see.
Hey.
- Morning.
- Morning
Are you hungry?
Cini Minis or Frosties?
Cini Minis.
There's a bowl in there
and there are spoons over there.
Or may I also mix Cini Minis and Frosties?
Sure.
Enough?
Thank you.
Everything OK?
Yeah.
I can't take it.
You here.
Ida in those pajamas.
No problem.
Ida? Come on, let's go.
Will you get your shoes?
Thank you.
Really.
Gladly.
Your last name suits you.
Bye.
Bye.
What does his last name mean?
Wolf.
So, Ida...
What happened yesterday?
Mom wanted me to go buy vodka.
Do we have big garbage bags?
Why?
I want to clean up my room.
Do you want me to help you?
No.
No?
No.
You monster.
Go swimming.
Ida...
I think I'll stay at home today.
Why don't you go swimming?
The likelihood of her melting down
two days in a row is close to zero.
You said it yourself.
Close to zero is not equal to zero.
Go.
Wow! Finished already?
There's nothing to see today.
Yeah, not everyone
gets stuck in this dump.
Everything OK?
Yes.
Hey, how's the master's thesis going?
It's going well.
What was your topic again?
A priori bounds for
the stochastic Navier-Stokes equations.
Thank you.
Yeah!
- Hello.
- Hello.
Come in.
- Hello.
- Hello.
- For you.
- A cell phone?
How cool!
I just want you to be able
to reach me if something comes up.
Thank you!
You're welcome.
You're welcome.
- I love you.
- I love you too.
"I'm pregnant.
Five months.
Too late for an abortion.
Mom spoke those words one evening,
just like that, quite emotionlessly.
"Whose is it?" I asked. "Some asshole's.
I'll explain it to you.
I did the math and had an idea
which man was the asshole,
but it didn't matter anyway.
Hello, Ida!
Hello, Tilda!
2,3..
- Hello!
- Hello!
Yes! Very good!
My shoe is about to fly off.
Do you think Mom will get better someday?
No, I don't think so.
You don't have to be afraid!
You're clever and strong!
Just say what you think,
to Mom, but also out there!
Just let it out!
Talk to the classmates
you think are cool at your new school.
Shout at them,
hit them for all I care if they annoy you,
and when you buy ice cream,
ask if you can get three scoops
for the price of two!
And go to your swimming lessons tomorrow!
Ida, Professor Klein wants
to recommend me for a PhD position.
In Berlin.
And I'd like to apply for it.
The job would start in January.
But I'm not going to apply,
if it's not OK with you.
PhD means
you'll be a doctor?
Yes.
I always knew you were smart.
I like math.
I don't.
Berlin is so far away.
But you could visit me.
We'll see.
Maybe I'll go
to swimming lessons tomorrow after all.
Yes?
Come here.
Ida and I,
we're firmly connected,
two halves of a whole.
Two sisters.
And we function together.
Hello!
Yoo-hoo.
Hello.
Well, my little mice?
How are you?
Are you my computer mouse?
And Ida?
Ida! Where is Ida?
Is she still at school?
Mom, Ida's been
on summer vacation for three weeks.
Yeah.
Of course she has!
And what's she doing
on her summer vacation?
Yeah. Ida's been doing
what children do on summer vacation.
Going on vacation,
visiting grandparents, going to the pool,
meeting friends... going on nice trips
to the countryside with her mother.
You should be glad I'm here at all.
You can be glad that you have me.
Stupid cow.
You don't know what I've been through,
and yet I'm always here
for you fucking kids.
Always.
Oh, yeah.
Now you're off again, huh?
Sure, get lost!
Get lost! Sure!
Sure, just leave!
Why do I even come home?
You didn't go
to your swimming lessons, did you?
No.
And what's up with you?
Everything's fine.
Everything will be fine.
Ms. Schmitt!
Have you thought
about the PhD position again?
I'm still thinking about it.
The deadline is in two weeks.
Is there any way I can convince you?
Thank you. Everything's fine.
Many people in Berlin
are working on your topic.
Don't miss out on this, Ms. Schmitt.
I'm afraid I have to go. Sorry.
- High five?
- What?
Oh... the bar, later. Are you coming?
- Yes... yeah. Yes.
- Yeah? Solid.
And this roommate... I thought,
yeah, OK, it's really cool living alone,
but he's gotten
a bit weird now, I don't know.
He's been into this fitness cooking thing,
really healthy and all that,
and now he makes himself
20 green smoothies a day
with really disgusting stuff.
I didn't even know
there were so many green vegetables:
zucchinis, celery...
I don't know... green peppers.
Definitely crazy. Well, in any case,
it's gotten weird now,
he's really in a kind of frenzy,
and also grows herbs, fat-burning ones...
Looks like a Jacqueline.
Probably studying
business administration or law.
If Jacqueline knew
about the iceberg she was headed for.
Hey!
Hey!
Should I call you a cab?
No.
Are you going
to walk home like that or what?
Yes.
Tilda, you can't walk home drunk
in the middle of the night
in a short dress on an unlit road,
where hardly anyone is out and about.
I didn't know you could use
such hypotactic sentence structures!
Your cheeky mouth
won't protect you from sick guys.
You're the only sick guy
lying in wait for me at night.
And besides,
I know karate.
- Ivan, did you bring anything?
- Nope. Nothing.
Can you find us something?
- Come on!
- Come on, Ivan!
- I might have to drive tomorrow.
- It's our last night!
Please, I can't really
feel the music otherwise!
- Oh yeah?
- Please!
Yeah, I think I know someone.
I thought they were pills.
Well, they're mushrooms
because they're mushrooms, genius!
- How do you take them?
- Chew them, I think?
But just a little bit at first.
I don't know how strong they are.
Come here.
Closed.
Great.
- What do we do now?
- I have no idea.
- I think we have to break in.
- No!
Yes, we do.
- Tilda, we're not allowed!
- Come on.
Yes.
Up, up. Up you go.
- Pizza?
- Yeah.
-Huh?
We just broke into the pool,
you can order a family pizza.
Ask them if they have
a quarter Hawaiian for me,
a quarter mushroom for you,
and a half salami for all of us.
Who ordered pizza?
A quarter Hawaiian for you,
a quarter four-seasons for Mom,
and half mushroom for me!
You've become cheeky!
Hello, Mom?
Ida, could you hold this for a minute?
Mom?
Now.
Now!
Remove pill residue from the mouth.
Check consciousness.
Speak aloud to the patient.
Mom?
Mom?
Ida, call the ambulance.
Benzos and vodka.
Check breathing.
Stable lateral position.
Make sure the patient is breathing evenly.
Ida Schmitt, FrohlichstraBe 37...
My mom is unconscious.
Overdose, vodka, benzos...
- Is she breathing?
- Yes.
Breathing present.
OK.
Yes.
It's OK. Come here!
They're on their way.
They're on their way.
Mom.
It's OK. I'm here.
Ich bin da.
What's wrong?
Tell me!
- Tilda, come on.
- So much poison in me.
Tilda come on, let's go inside.
It's raining, come on!
You're burning up, Tilda.
Marlene, the bass!
It's coming from me, not the speakers!
- What?
- The bass! It's coming from me!
From me!
Here.
Ida!
If my heart stops,
then you have to take care of Ida!
Take her to kindergarten. And pick her up.
And you have to...
Man, that's not funny, OK?
How do I know?
- Everyone here only cares...
- Tilda! Hey.
- Promise you'll take her to the seal!
- Yes, I promise!
I'm here now.
- What's her temperature?
- 40.2.
Fuck.
- I promise.
- If I'm not there, what'll happen to Ida?
- Ida!
- I promise.
What'll happen to Ida?
If my heart stops,
then you have to take care of Ida.
- You have to take care of Ida!
- Tilda, wake up!
- I promise.
- I promise.
- Tilda!
- Wake up!
Ida.
Back again?
Where is... where is Ida?
At school.
It started again?
And Mom?
She's OK.
- Hello!
- Hello!
Here.
- Ida. How was school?
- Fine, thanks!
- Well, my little mice?
- Hi, Mom.
How are you?
Good.
Very good.
I feel so cleansed from the inside out.
And I'm looking forward to going home.
And to you.
Mom.
Mom, you tried to kill yourself.
No.
No?
Benzos?
Yeah, I mean, I had a shitty day.
I wanted to sleep.
Look, I'll make that schnitzel
when we get home!
OK?
-Hello.
Hello.
-Hello.
Hello.
Yes, Ms. Schmitt.
Your detox is now over,
and now you can decide
if you want to go
to a clinic to undergo therapy.
- Yeah.
- Or not.
Thank you.
I think I can manage.
Thank you.
I would like to recommend
you go to a clinic.
Oh, yeah?
We could recommend a few good clinics.
Yeah. You should discuss that
with your daughters.
Gladly. Thank you very much.
Thank you for everything!
Mom?
Yes?
You have to decide for yourself
whether you go to the clinic or not.
We know you can't do it without help.
And we know that we can do it
with you or without you.
I want to go home.
To you.
OK. Then let's go.
OK.
Oh my God.
I really couldn't have stood
another day in here with this gray bread.
And when are you
going to start drinking again?
I won't drink at all for now, I'm fine.
I can do it without therapy.
Why are you looking at me like that?
You're acting like I'm an alcoholic.
Yeah. I'll get my papers.
Well done.
You? Here?
I wanted to say thank you.
Thank you.
Want to go for a ride?
Come on!
- You want to go to the high-rise?
- Yes.
When Ivan was ten and I was fourteen,
our father showed us the roof.
He said:
"If they only knew
that we of all people have the best view."
- When did you move here?
- When I was nine.
Not so shitty from up here, is it?
I'm cleaning out the house.
That's cool.
Well... not cool, but...
That's good. That's right.
Yes.
I wasn't expecting this.
What?
You.
Red Bull, Red Bull, ketchup Pom Bears.
Two students, eighth grade, boys.
3.89.
It's OK.
- Tilda, this is Samara.
- Hello, Samara.
- Hello, Tilda.
- Hi.
You're not allowed
to leave school, are you?
No.
Well, don't get caught!
Can I go to Samara's after school?
My mom already said yes.
Of course you can.
- Bye!
- Thank you.
- Bye!
- Bye!
Bye!
Hello!
Mom?
May I ask you something?
I'd like to apply for a job in Berlin.
Would that be OK with you?
Mom?
Yes.
Go to Berlin, you're all grown up.
Can you handle things here on your own?
Yes, I've handled things
all these years on my own.
No.
Tilda handled things on her own.
Yes, run off to Berlin.
What about Ida?
What about Ida, Ida is ten!
- Ten-year-olds used to raise children.
- Ten-year-olds never raised children.
And there's a difference
between caring for a child
and caring for your mother.
I would choose the former.
Well... life's no picnic.
And I can tell you from my own experience
that it really sucks to raise children.
You never raised them, you just had them!
At least she's woken up
from her stupor now.
She needs pills again, doesn't she?
Should I call Dr. Meier?
Yes.
- They taste like shit.
- Yes.
APPLICATION
Promise you'll show her the sea!
I promise.
I promise.
Are you feeling better?
Come to Russia with me.
Then you'll get out of here.
We can fit four in the back seat.
Nika and Sasha together
are narrower than an adult.
Hi.
Hi.
I... wanted to help.
You don't have to help.
But I want to.
Or would you rather 1 go?
I don't know.
Then we'll find out.
DISCUSS WITH TILDA
When I spoke to my mother on the phone,
she always said he was hanging out
with his two new girlfriends.
Viktor.
We were with Ivan that last night.
We talked him into it. He didn't want to.
The drugs too.
Was it a good night?
Was alright.
He asked me
if I wanted to come with him to Russia.
Ivan was always braver than me.
Viktor.
Was Ivan driving?
No.
No?
No.
OK.
OK.
Oh God.
Tilda?
Yes?
Why did you ask Mom
if you could go to Berlin?
What do you mean?
We never ask Mom if we can do something.
Should I ask you if I can go to Berlin?
You can.
(Ida cheers)
(loose rock guitar music)
(Through the Monsoon by Tokio Hotel)
The window no longer opens
It's full of you and empty in here
And the last candle
goes out in front of me
I've been waiting forever
Finally the time has come
The black clouds
are gathering out there
(emotive chorus) I have
to go through the monsoon
Behind the world
To the end of time
Until no more rain falls
Against the
storm Along the abyss
And when I can't do it
anymore, I'll remember that
At some point we'll run together
Through the monsoon
Then everything will be fine
Half a moon sinks in front of me
Was he still with you just now?
And does he really
keep what he promises me?
I know I can find you
Hear your name in the hurricane
I think I can't
believe it any more
I have to go through the monsoon
Behind the world
To the end of time
Until no more rain falls
Against the
storm Along the abyss
And when I can't do it
anymore, I'll remember that
At some point we'll run together
Because nothing
can hold us anymore
Through the monsoon
Hey!
(emotional rock instrumental part)
Hey!
Then everything will be fine
Then everything will be fine
Everything will be fine
All good
(soft, sparkling music)
(Music gets darker)
(loose music with intense bass)
(casual electronic beat starts)
Ida and I,
we're firmly connected,
two halves of a whole.
We are a complete organism.
We function together.
22 LENGTHS
Come on!
Chop-chop. Don't dawdle. Come on!
Mom?
Ida, go to your room, OK?
Oh, shit!
Please open the window, Tilda. Quick!
Completely burnt!
Mom!
- Hungry?
- What are you doing?
Hey, I... I'll clean it all up.
I need a quick break.
We're out of pepper too.
Ida, open your window and close your door.
I really burned my hand.
Cheers.
I'll do it, Tilda.
Tilda, I'll do it.
- Ms. Schmitt?
- Ms. Sommer?
- Hello?
- Everything's OK.
- Tilda?
- Yes, it's me. Sorry.
Tilda, can you bring me
some ice cubes, please?
Ice, please.
Tilda.
Tilda.
Ice.
Oat milk, cashews, frozen raspberries,
Kolin oats,
chia seeds, spelt pasta,
bananas,
an avocado.
An avocado?
Around 30, male,
frame less glasses, Levis shirt.
That'll be 25.89.
- Here you go.
- Thank you.
Sorry.
Nice of you to join us. Hello.
Sorry.
OK. Then let's estimate...
Do you have last week's assignment?
Nice. Thank you.
Are you doing your thesis
on stochastic Navier-Stokes equations?
Really?
Fuck.
I've known since 8th grade
that I wanted to study math.
Math creates order.
Math is a place where I feel at home.
Twenty-two.
Twenty-two lengths of quiet.
Twenty-two lengths that belong to me alone.
- Where's the little one?
- Lda only comes when it rains.
A little boy jumped on me earlier.
Just like that.
Point him out and I'll jump on him.
I'll do it myself.
Ivan.
That must be his big brother.
See you tomorrow.
- Bye.
- Bye.
What's he doing here?
- Hello.
- Hello.
Mom?
Hey, you.
- Everything all right?
- Yes.
Have you eaten anything, Ida?
Not yet.
Are you hungry?
Yes.
How was school?
I'll make us some Miracoli noodles.
"Miracoli or store brand?
"Miracoli," of course.
Look!
It's supposed to rain tomorrow.
We'll go to the pool?
OK.
Now you.
Your serve.
Why do you only ever read classics?
I just like them.
Have a look at this. It's good.
I bet Dostoyevsky is too dark for you.
First, the initial condition is missing
and this is also the wrong notation.
It's not a scalar product,
but a dual pair.
You need to redo the whole thing.
Please send me an updated list
of references by next class.
I really should have done
an apprenticeship instead.
Ms. Schmitt.
Can I have a word with you, please?
I thought we had a tacit agreement.
I'm absent pretty often,
but I don't make any mistakes
on the exercises or exams.
Coffee?
No, thanks.
What do I tell him?
Definitely not the truth:
"My mother is an alcoholic,
I don't like leaving
my sister alone with her,
and the bus ride here
takes more than an hour."
Ms. Schmitt.
I wanted to talk to you about your future.
Help.
As a matter of principle,
I don't talk about my future.
In principle,
I have nothing against this principle.
But I hope
you'll make an exception in this case.
It's about a PhD position in Berlin.
Research into probability theory.
That's your specialty.
The job starts in January
and the application deadline
is the end of September.
So you still have ten weeks.
I haven't even written
my master's thesis yet.
Well, you're writing it now.
I'd be happy to write
a letter of recommendation.
Ms. Schmitt,
you are exceptionally talented.
And this job
would really be
a great opportunity for you.
No, thank you.
Berlin.
Berlin would be cool.
I'd take the subway
to the office in the morning.
I'd do calculations,
read, and work as long as I wanted.
In the evening,
I'd go back to my apartment and call Ida.
It was my long-term goal
to move at some point,
but not as far as Berlin
and especially not
until Ida was far enough along.
Viktor.
Yes,
Viktor Volkov.
Come on.
OK. Warm enough?
Do you know him?
No.
Do you?
No!
Rosee wine, rose wine,
rose wine,
Werther's caramel candy,
Menthol Gold XL, spaghetti,
minced meat, Menthol Gold XL,
tomato paste... Marlene?
That'll be 26.30.
You'll never be employee of the month.
Isn't it your duty
to greet every customer?
I drove 6 hours non-stop to see you.
Bunny!
So, when do you get off?
Ready for tonight's rave?
- What rave?
- Dude, I told you.
- Everyone's coming, just like old times!
- Cool.
You're coming.
Bunny, I understand that studying math
was a big "no" to life,
but you love dancing.
You need it, I can see that.
You look completely empty, bloodless!
Really, really drained.
- Excuse me, will this take much longer?
- A little understanding, young man.
I haven't seen
my best friend since Christmas,
I can have
a little chat with her, can't 1?
Checkout two is also open.
OK, Marlene,
I'll be done in half an hour. Go on.
- Bye, Bunny!
- Bye.
- Hello.
- Hello.
Hello, Tilda.
Finally!
- Ciao, Petra.
- Take care.
- Well, are you ready?
- It's great that you're here.
- Leon's looking forward to seeing you.
- Marlene.
- He's always asking about you.
- Knock it off.
Hold on, I have something for you.
Ta-da!
- For me?
- I made it for you.
Really?
For my bunny.
I designed it. Do you like it?
It's really nice.
- Thank you.
- Sure.
Hey, I...
I saw Ivan's big brother at the pool.
He's probably selling the house, huh?
- It's been empty for ages.
- Yeah.
So, shall we go?
Yes.
Yeah? OK.
Get in.
Well?
- Gummy Anacondas, like back in the day?
- From back in the day. Probably rock hard.
Yeah.
Where are Markus and Lisa?
Playing tennis. But enough about me now.
So, your turn.
What's new?
I'm writing my master's thesis.
- And then?
- Then I'll look for a job.
Where?
Probably around here.
You said you'd move away after college.
I said I might move away.
Show me what you brought.
So...
What do you think... about this.
Glitter.
Suits you!
Hey, I'm so excited to see those jerks.
How long has it been
since we've spent time together?
Since Kilt's birthday, three years ago.
Drink. You and your
mammoth memory are way too sober.
I'll get you out of here one day.
You're not going to
get me out of here, Marlene.
If I go, I'll go myself.
Ida will manage.
You know,
people grow with their responsibilities.
That's such a dumb thing to say.
You stupid cow!
Hey, there are thousands of people here.
OK, around 50,
and 24 have micro bangs.
Hey, Rumpelstiltskin!
- Hey.
- Hello.
- Sis. Hello.
- Hello.
- Hi.
- Kili, beer.
-Yeah?
- Want a beer too?
- Yes.
How are you?
Fine. How are you?
Fine.
How's Ida?
Good.
Thanks.
And your mom?
At least she doesn't have
a boyfriend at the moment.
- Stop it.
- What?
Leon, don't give me that look.
You stop it.
Everything all right?
Hi, I'm Tilda.
- Gwen.
- Nice to meet you.
Well, have fun.
You too.
Hey, everything OK?
Come on.
Now.
Just me and the music.
No yesterday,
no tomorrow,
just now.
Everything's OK. And nothing matters.
And everything is actually quite simple.
And "actually, is actually a shitty word.
Are you crazy?
- What?
- An unlit road, at night?
Subject, verb, object?
Get in.
I haven't gotten my 10,000 steps in yet.
It's a 4 KM walk.
Where do you live?
FrohlichstraBe 37.
What?
Nothing.
You always drive randomly
through the countryside at night?
Driving calms me down.
You can try to get 10,000 steps next time.
Up here on the corner.
Stop the car! Please stop.
Why aren't you asleep yet?
What happened?
Come on, sit down.
What's going on? What happened?
Mom wanted to cook lasagne with me.
I said I wasn't hungry
and would rather draw.
Yes.
Then she flipped out
and put my picture in her mouth.
Mom?
Mom!
Come on.
OK.
One, two, and...
- OK.
- Oh, I don't know...
OK.
- One more. One, two, three.
- Oh, no.
Up.
OK.
I got you. Now let's go to the bathroom.
Can we make it? Come on.
I don't know...
OK.
Mom, Mom, Mom.
Mom, if you scare Ida like that again,
I'll call the police.
Do you understand?
Do you understand?
No.
- Mom, stop it.
- No.
I'm your mom.
Yes, mother of the year. Here, take this!
Tilda!
I'm glad she didn't eat your pink piggy.
That's my favorite drawing.
Tilda, why is the swimmer
in front of our house?
What?
Good morning.
Radish flowers?
She usually fries eggs
when she's made a mess.
She used to make "Toast Hawaii" a lot,
but we usually
didn't have the ingredients,
and crispbread with a melted cheese slice
or toast topped with a slice of pineapple
just doesn't taste that good.
Hungry?
Is "no" part of a possible set of results?
Come on.
Yesterday was shitty.
I'm sorry.
Ida, what happened yesterday was not OK.
I promise, I won't do this anymore.
You've said that 17 times, Mom.
- This time I mean it.
- You've said that 13 times.
Tilda,
you're driving me crazy with your numbers.
You're driving me crazy
with your drinking.
I'm really sorry.
I can do this.
Marlene, please stop.
Marlene, please stop.
It's time to call the police, Tilda.
I provoked Mom.
And that... that was stupid of me.
What about Ida?
I'm here for her.
Her mother should be there for her.
That's her job.
Child protective services can help you.
How do you know?
Maybe they'll separate me from Ida.
Fuck.
Tilda, a little sip? No?
OK.
Good morning.
Not at school yet?
- Not until third period.
- Nice.
Can't take it anymore?
No, before we kill each other...
Thank you.
Come visit me sometime, Tilda. OK?
I'll call you soon, OK?
We never talk on the phone.
But Marlene always says
she'll call me soon.
I'm starin' at a broken door
-There's nothin' left here anymore
-Tilda!
-My room is cold, it's makin' me insane
- Knock it off.
I've been waitin' here so long
-But now, the moment seems to have come
- have come
I see the dark clouds comin' up again
Runnin' through the monsoon
Beyond the world, to the end of time
Where the rain won't hurt
Fightin' the storm, into the blue
And when I lose myself, I think of you
Together, we'll be runnin" somewhere new
Through the monsoon
Just me and you
- Hello, Ida.
- Hey.
A new friend?
- See you later.
- See you later.
Ida doesn't have any friends,
only classmates.
That's what she says, when I ask her
who she spends her breaks with.
Imagine a crowd of people is standing
on a sloping meadow,
for example at a concert,
and then they make their way home...
Ms. Schmitt?
How can I guarantee that the flow
will still behave the same way
with a smaller-scale model?
The Reynolds number must remain the same.
If you adjust the characteristic length,
then the characteristic velocity
or the kinematic viscosity
must be changed accordingly.
Correct.
Ms. Schmitt,
please remember the deadline for Berlin.
Huh? Why Berlin?
So, what else do we have to consider?
For example,
regarding the upstream flow...
Berlin.
January.
That would be five months.
Five months to get Ida ready.
She'd have to become a fighter.
I can only go if Ida is armed.
Bye, Ida.
Well?
If I were you,
I'd come with me to the pool today.
The sun is shining.
It's not supposed to rain for a while.
Summer vacation is coming up.
You can't sit at home the whole time.
How about trying swimming lessons again?
- No.
- We can go a bit later.
Just before closing.
Most people will be gone by then.
Nope.
OK.
"It doesn't matter what happens.
Whatever you see on the screen.
You have to promise
me you'll fight through it!"
"My voice has risen to a shout.
In it is all the anger,
all the fear I felt at her abandonment
Sorry.
Tilda, you're like Katniss.
Yeah, sure.
It's true.
No one would be surprised
if they saw you walking down the street
with a bow and arrow.
- And you'd volunteer for me, too.
- It's just a book, Ida.
If Tilda volunteers,
I'll still be there for you. Huh, Ida?
But I won't volunteer
because it's just a story
and speculative talk
won't get us anywhere, Mom.
I'll be there for you more often.
Even more?
I'm such a bad mom.
Yes, you are.
Ida, you're a Katniss too.
Yes?
Yes!
Runnin' through the monsoon,
Beyond the world, to the end of time
Where the rain won't hurt
Fightin' the storm, into the blue
And when I lose myself, I think of you...
You usually only stay
in that tube when the sun isn't out.
You have a good eye.
What's your name anyway?
Tilda.
And yours?
Viktor.
- Viktor with a "C" or a "K"?
- With a "K."
Something going on there?
- What?
- With the Russian.
- Who?
- Oh, Tilda, that pretty boy.
You know exactly who I mean.
No.
Why?
You watch his laps every evening,
like a rally between Nadal and Federer.
That's a very nice comparison,
but I don't.
- What do you know about him?
- He's an overachiever, a computer nerd.
He lives in Hamburg now.
Bought his family a house and a car...
and then...
that tragic accident.
His whole family...
His siblings were still so small.
I can't do this. I can't do this.
You can do it.
- I can't do it.
- We'll do it together.
I'm sorry.
If were him, I'd have disappeared too.
How long has it been?
4 years, 11 months, 21 days.
It'll be five years on August 9th.
Didn't you used to be friends
with his little brother?
I often saw you together,
you, your Marlene, and the Russian boy.
You used to have picnics in the field.
Picnics.
Yeah, you could say that.
Thank you.
Why are you still dealing, Ivan?
I thought your brother made
a lot of money on the darknet.
Why don't you just fuck off
with Daddy's BMW to Daddy's loft?
How sweet,
the minorities stick together, yeah?
I thought alcoholics' kids didn't drink
for fear of becoming alcoholics themselves.
Daddy explained something wrong.
The kids of alcoholics
usually become even worse alcoholics.
And when they drink, they hit pretty hard.
- So watch out, Justus.
- Don't let the snob annoy you.
Like mother, like daughter, eh?
Hey!
If you ask me,
I don't think the boy was driving.
But you can't do anything
about stories like that.
They have a life of their own.
How's your mother?
- Fine. Very well, yes.
- Yeah?
And Leon, how is it in Berlin?
How's the art going?
Not so easy to earn money with it.
But I'll give it a bit more time.
And if it doesn't work out,
then I'll just get a job.
I understand.
I also went to the job center.
I want to work again.
Like at Clara's bookstore.
Sounds great.
Yeah, I mean, I was always working
while I studied in Cologne.
I've never known it any other way.
- You studied in Cologne?
- Yes, German philology.
And then I got pregnant with Tilda.
It's nice that you're back, Leon.
It's nice to be back.
Tilda, do you remember
when Leon fought for you?
That boy with the curly hair.
Yes, because he claimed
that Dad had found a new family
because I was so smelly.
Tilda, Leon,
and that boy were sitting there.
Leon had his hand bandaged,
the boy had a nosebleed
and a black eye,
and his whole T-shirt was full of blood,
like a massacre.
What was his name?
Kai.
- Lenning, yes.
- Ah yeah, that's right.
Kai, yes.
That was the time Mom couldn't manage
to wash my clothes or get me to shower.
He left you alone then, I think.
Ida, Leon would love to see your drawings.
Can we have a look?
Yeah.
Thank you, Ida.
Maybe he'll buy one.
So?
I like her drawings.
She's talented and imaginative.
Your turn.
What do you mean?
I won't always make the first move.
You watch too many soap operas.
I always thought it was because
you didn't know what you wanted.
But now I think you know
exactly what you want.
And what you don't want.
Kinder chocolate, cola candies,
Cini Minis, whole milk,
fish sticks, bread, Nutella,
nectarines,
vanilla pudding, caramel pudding,
stracciatella pudding...
Mid-thirties, mother, a little trashy.
That'll be 31.43.
Are you organizing
a children's birthday party?
By card.
- Bye.
- Bye.
Hello.
Ida?
Mom?
Mom, wake up.
Hi? Hello?
Get up. Get up.
Look at me. Hi.
Hey.
Where's Ida?
Yeah.
She didn't want to bake a cake with me.
Where'd she go?
- She only ever wants to draw.
- Mom! Pull yourself together.
Where did she go?
- Where is she?
- Don't yell at me like that.
- Did she go out? How long's she been gone?
- How do I know?
Everyone here only cares
about themselves anyway!
Where did she go?
How should I know?
Why?
Hello?
Ida?
- Have you seen Ida? Is she in there?
- No. What's up?
She ran away. She's never run away.
I don't know where she is.
- Is she with a friend?
- She doesn't have any friends.
With relatives?
No.
Ah, fuck.
Where could she be?
Here.
We often go to the field.
Further up there.
Ida!
Ida, what are you doing?
What happened?
What happened?
I knew you'd come.
Come up here.
It's all right, OK?
I'm here, I'm here.
Thank you.
You can sleep at my place if you want.
It's all right.
Shit.
Is the sofa OK to sleep on,
or would you prefer a mattress?
The sofa is great.
I'll get you bedding and clothes.
The bathroom's down here.
There are towels
in the shelves under the sink.
Thanks.
Thanks.
These should fit Ida.
OK, I have to do some work.
There's food in the fridge.
- Good night.
- Good night. Thanks
Nope. I'm going to Russia tomorrow.
With my family, for a week.
The last time I went on vacation
with my parents, I was 15.
Cool.
I was seven.
With my dad and my mom.
In the south of France.
One day I'll go on vacation with Ida.
- I'll show her the sea.
- We could take my family's car.
We can drive through Slovenia to Croatia.
From Ljubljana to Piran, to the sea.
Pula, Medulin, Rijeka...
Promise me you'll take Ida, Tilda,
and me to Slovenia and Croatia
in your family's car.
I promise.
- Hey! No flirting with other girls.
- I'm not.
No!
- Stop! Guys!
- What?
Party at Kilt's!
- We're leaving at six.
- Come on!
Come on! Don't be a spoilsport!
Come on!
Morning.
Morning.
Coffee?
Yes, please.
- Milk? Sugar?
- Black.
What do you do for a living?
I'm a programmer.
Self-employed.
And what do you do?
I'm studying math.
I'm writing my master's thesis.
And then?
We'll see.
Hey.
- Morning.
- Morning
Are you hungry?
Cini Minis or Frosties?
Cini Minis.
There's a bowl in there
and there are spoons over there.
Or may I also mix Cini Minis and Frosties?
Sure.
Enough?
Thank you.
Everything OK?
Yeah.
I can't take it.
You here.
Ida in those pajamas.
No problem.
Ida? Come on, let's go.
Will you get your shoes?
Thank you.
Really.
Gladly.
Your last name suits you.
Bye.
Bye.
What does his last name mean?
Wolf.
So, Ida...
What happened yesterday?
Mom wanted me to go buy vodka.
Do we have big garbage bags?
Why?
I want to clean up my room.
Do you want me to help you?
No.
No?
No.
You monster.
Go swimming.
Ida...
I think I'll stay at home today.
Why don't you go swimming?
The likelihood of her melting down
two days in a row is close to zero.
You said it yourself.
Close to zero is not equal to zero.
Go.
Wow! Finished already?
There's nothing to see today.
Yeah, not everyone
gets stuck in this dump.
Everything OK?
Yes.
Hey, how's the master's thesis going?
It's going well.
What was your topic again?
A priori bounds for
the stochastic Navier-Stokes equations.
Thank you.
Yeah!
- Hello.
- Hello.
Come in.
- Hello.
- Hello.
- For you.
- A cell phone?
How cool!
I just want you to be able
to reach me if something comes up.
Thank you!
You're welcome.
You're welcome.
- I love you.
- I love you too.
"I'm pregnant.
Five months.
Too late for an abortion.
Mom spoke those words one evening,
just like that, quite emotionlessly.
"Whose is it?" I asked. "Some asshole's.
I'll explain it to you.
I did the math and had an idea
which man was the asshole,
but it didn't matter anyway.
Hello, Ida!
Hello, Tilda!
2,3..
- Hello!
- Hello!
Yes! Very good!
My shoe is about to fly off.
Do you think Mom will get better someday?
No, I don't think so.
You don't have to be afraid!
You're clever and strong!
Just say what you think,
to Mom, but also out there!
Just let it out!
Talk to the classmates
you think are cool at your new school.
Shout at them,
hit them for all I care if they annoy you,
and when you buy ice cream,
ask if you can get three scoops
for the price of two!
And go to your swimming lessons tomorrow!
Ida, Professor Klein wants
to recommend me for a PhD position.
In Berlin.
And I'd like to apply for it.
The job would start in January.
But I'm not going to apply,
if it's not OK with you.
PhD means
you'll be a doctor?
Yes.
I always knew you were smart.
I like math.
I don't.
Berlin is so far away.
But you could visit me.
We'll see.
Maybe I'll go
to swimming lessons tomorrow after all.
Yes?
Come here.
Ida and I,
we're firmly connected,
two halves of a whole.
Two sisters.
And we function together.
Hello!
Yoo-hoo.
Hello.
Well, my little mice?
How are you?
Are you my computer mouse?
And Ida?
Ida! Where is Ida?
Is she still at school?
Mom, Ida's been
on summer vacation for three weeks.
Yeah.
Of course she has!
And what's she doing
on her summer vacation?
Yeah. Ida's been doing
what children do on summer vacation.
Going on vacation,
visiting grandparents, going to the pool,
meeting friends... going on nice trips
to the countryside with her mother.
You should be glad I'm here at all.
You can be glad that you have me.
Stupid cow.
You don't know what I've been through,
and yet I'm always here
for you fucking kids.
Always.
Oh, yeah.
Now you're off again, huh?
Sure, get lost!
Get lost! Sure!
Sure, just leave!
Why do I even come home?
You didn't go
to your swimming lessons, did you?
No.
And what's up with you?
Everything's fine.
Everything will be fine.
Ms. Schmitt!
Have you thought
about the PhD position again?
I'm still thinking about it.
The deadline is in two weeks.
Is there any way I can convince you?
Thank you. Everything's fine.
Many people in Berlin
are working on your topic.
Don't miss out on this, Ms. Schmitt.
I'm afraid I have to go. Sorry.
- High five?
- What?
Oh... the bar, later. Are you coming?
- Yes... yeah. Yes.
- Yeah? Solid.
And this roommate... I thought,
yeah, OK, it's really cool living alone,
but he's gotten
a bit weird now, I don't know.
He's been into this fitness cooking thing,
really healthy and all that,
and now he makes himself
20 green smoothies a day
with really disgusting stuff.
I didn't even know
there were so many green vegetables:
zucchinis, celery...
I don't know... green peppers.
Definitely crazy. Well, in any case,
it's gotten weird now,
he's really in a kind of frenzy,
and also grows herbs, fat-burning ones...
Looks like a Jacqueline.
Probably studying
business administration or law.
If Jacqueline knew
about the iceberg she was headed for.
Hey!
Hey!
Should I call you a cab?
No.
Are you going
to walk home like that or what?
Yes.
Tilda, you can't walk home drunk
in the middle of the night
in a short dress on an unlit road,
where hardly anyone is out and about.
I didn't know you could use
such hypotactic sentence structures!
Your cheeky mouth
won't protect you from sick guys.
You're the only sick guy
lying in wait for me at night.
And besides,
I know karate.
- Ivan, did you bring anything?
- Nope. Nothing.
Can you find us something?
- Come on!
- Come on, Ivan!
- I might have to drive tomorrow.
- It's our last night!
Please, I can't really
feel the music otherwise!
- Oh yeah?
- Please!
Yeah, I think I know someone.
I thought they were pills.
Well, they're mushrooms
because they're mushrooms, genius!
- How do you take them?
- Chew them, I think?
But just a little bit at first.
I don't know how strong they are.
Come here.
Closed.
Great.
- What do we do now?
- I have no idea.
- I think we have to break in.
- No!
Yes, we do.
- Tilda, we're not allowed!
- Come on.
Yes.
Up, up. Up you go.
- Pizza?
- Yeah.
-Huh?
We just broke into the pool,
you can order a family pizza.
Ask them if they have
a quarter Hawaiian for me,
a quarter mushroom for you,
and a half salami for all of us.
Who ordered pizza?
A quarter Hawaiian for you,
a quarter four-seasons for Mom,
and half mushroom for me!
You've become cheeky!
Hello, Mom?
Ida, could you hold this for a minute?
Mom?
Now.
Now!
Remove pill residue from the mouth.
Check consciousness.
Speak aloud to the patient.
Mom?
Mom?
Ida, call the ambulance.
Benzos and vodka.
Check breathing.
Stable lateral position.
Make sure the patient is breathing evenly.
Ida Schmitt, FrohlichstraBe 37...
My mom is unconscious.
Overdose, vodka, benzos...
- Is she breathing?
- Yes.
Breathing present.
OK.
Yes.
It's OK. Come here!
They're on their way.
They're on their way.
Mom.
It's OK. I'm here.
Ich bin da.
What's wrong?
Tell me!
- Tilda, come on.
- So much poison in me.
Tilda come on, let's go inside.
It's raining, come on!
You're burning up, Tilda.
Marlene, the bass!
It's coming from me, not the speakers!
- What?
- The bass! It's coming from me!
From me!
Here.
Ida!
If my heart stops,
then you have to take care of Ida!
Take her to kindergarten. And pick her up.
And you have to...
Man, that's not funny, OK?
How do I know?
- Everyone here only cares...
- Tilda! Hey.
- Promise you'll take her to the seal!
- Yes, I promise!
I'm here now.
- What's her temperature?
- 40.2.
Fuck.
- I promise.
- If I'm not there, what'll happen to Ida?
- Ida!
- I promise.
What'll happen to Ida?
If my heart stops,
then you have to take care of Ida.
- You have to take care of Ida!
- Tilda, wake up!
- I promise.
- I promise.
- Tilda!
- Wake up!
Ida.
Back again?
Where is... where is Ida?
At school.
It started again?
And Mom?
She's OK.
- Hello!
- Hello!
Here.
- Ida. How was school?
- Fine, thanks!
- Well, my little mice?
- Hi, Mom.
How are you?
Good.
Very good.
I feel so cleansed from the inside out.
And I'm looking forward to going home.
And to you.
Mom.
Mom, you tried to kill yourself.
No.
No?
Benzos?
Yeah, I mean, I had a shitty day.
I wanted to sleep.
Look, I'll make that schnitzel
when we get home!
OK?
-Hello.
Hello.
-Hello.
Hello.
Yes, Ms. Schmitt.
Your detox is now over,
and now you can decide
if you want to go
to a clinic to undergo therapy.
- Yeah.
- Or not.
Thank you.
I think I can manage.
Thank you.
I would like to recommend
you go to a clinic.
Oh, yeah?
We could recommend a few good clinics.
Yeah. You should discuss that
with your daughters.
Gladly. Thank you very much.
Thank you for everything!
Mom?
Yes?
You have to decide for yourself
whether you go to the clinic or not.
We know you can't do it without help.
And we know that we can do it
with you or without you.
I want to go home.
To you.
OK. Then let's go.
OK.
Oh my God.
I really couldn't have stood
another day in here with this gray bread.
And when are you
going to start drinking again?
I won't drink at all for now, I'm fine.
I can do it without therapy.
Why are you looking at me like that?
You're acting like I'm an alcoholic.
Yeah. I'll get my papers.
Well done.
You? Here?
I wanted to say thank you.
Thank you.
Want to go for a ride?
Come on!
- You want to go to the high-rise?
- Yes.
When Ivan was ten and I was fourteen,
our father showed us the roof.
He said:
"If they only knew
that we of all people have the best view."
- When did you move here?
- When I was nine.
Not so shitty from up here, is it?
I'm cleaning out the house.
That's cool.
Well... not cool, but...
That's good. That's right.
Yes.
I wasn't expecting this.
What?
You.
Red Bull, Red Bull, ketchup Pom Bears.
Two students, eighth grade, boys.
3.89.
It's OK.
- Tilda, this is Samara.
- Hello, Samara.
- Hello, Tilda.
- Hi.
You're not allowed
to leave school, are you?
No.
Well, don't get caught!
Can I go to Samara's after school?
My mom already said yes.
Of course you can.
- Bye!
- Thank you.
- Bye!
- Bye!
Bye!
Hello!
Mom?
May I ask you something?
I'd like to apply for a job in Berlin.
Would that be OK with you?
Mom?
Yes.
Go to Berlin, you're all grown up.
Can you handle things here on your own?
Yes, I've handled things
all these years on my own.
No.
Tilda handled things on her own.
Yes, run off to Berlin.
What about Ida?
What about Ida, Ida is ten!
- Ten-year-olds used to raise children.
- Ten-year-olds never raised children.
And there's a difference
between caring for a child
and caring for your mother.
I would choose the former.
Well... life's no picnic.
And I can tell you from my own experience
that it really sucks to raise children.
You never raised them, you just had them!
At least she's woken up
from her stupor now.
She needs pills again, doesn't she?
Should I call Dr. Meier?
Yes.
- They taste like shit.
- Yes.
APPLICATION
Promise you'll show her the sea!
I promise.
I promise.
Are you feeling better?
Come to Russia with me.
Then you'll get out of here.
We can fit four in the back seat.
Nika and Sasha together
are narrower than an adult.
Hi.
Hi.
I... wanted to help.
You don't have to help.
But I want to.
Or would you rather 1 go?
I don't know.
Then we'll find out.
DISCUSS WITH TILDA
When I spoke to my mother on the phone,
she always said he was hanging out
with his two new girlfriends.
Viktor.
We were with Ivan that last night.
We talked him into it. He didn't want to.
The drugs too.
Was it a good night?
Was alright.
He asked me
if I wanted to come with him to Russia.
Ivan was always braver than me.
Viktor.
Was Ivan driving?
No.
No?
No.
OK.
OK.
Oh God.
Tilda?
Yes?
Why did you ask Mom
if you could go to Berlin?
What do you mean?
We never ask Mom if we can do something.
Should I ask you if I can go to Berlin?
You can.
(Ida cheers)
(loose rock guitar music)
(Through the Monsoon by Tokio Hotel)
The window no longer opens
It's full of you and empty in here
And the last candle
goes out in front of me
I've been waiting forever
Finally the time has come
The black clouds
are gathering out there
(emotive chorus) I have
to go through the monsoon
Behind the world
To the end of time
Until no more rain falls
Against the
storm Along the abyss
And when I can't do it
anymore, I'll remember that
At some point we'll run together
Through the monsoon
Then everything will be fine
Half a moon sinks in front of me
Was he still with you just now?
And does he really
keep what he promises me?
I know I can find you
Hear your name in the hurricane
I think I can't
believe it any more
I have to go through the monsoon
Behind the world
To the end of time
Until no more rain falls
Against the
storm Along the abyss
And when I can't do it
anymore, I'll remember that
At some point we'll run together
Because nothing
can hold us anymore
Through the monsoon
Hey!
(emotional rock instrumental part)
Hey!
Then everything will be fine
Then everything will be fine
Everything will be fine
All good
(soft, sparkling music)
(Music gets darker)
(loose music with intense bass)
(casual electronic beat starts)