Staub auf unseren Herzen (2012) Movie Script
1
I'd like to push the appointment
back by 45 minutes. Is that...
- Oh Lord.
- Is that okay?
Yes, of course.
- Yes, naturally. Good, thanks.
- Mum, you're being too loud.
- Don't you notice I'm on the phone.
- It's really loud how you're speaking.
- There's other people...
- I was just changing the appointment.
After all,
it's taking you a while in there.
That's all I was doing.
It looks nice on you.
- It's totally baggy though.
- It's not baggy.
It has bright colours... You just
have to tie it up a bit around you.
I have such a headache.
Mum...
Sorry.
What's wrong?
Oh, Mum...
I don't know what's wrong.
Maybe being around
so many sick people.
It has nothing to do with you.
I'll call you, okay?
DUST ON OUR HEARTS
I feel...
a bit confused.
I still have to straighten that out,
become more open and go with the flow.
Take that off, please.
I have to finish practising.
I'm not done yet.
- I have to finish practising too.
- But you have to put on a t-shirt.
See? I'm already wearing mydress.
Put on a t-shirt.
Theophilus Thistle,
the thistle sifter,
sifted a sieve of unsifted thistles.
That's where Theophilus Thistle's
sieve of sifted thistles is.
Okay, let's begin then.
- Nice dress, by the way.
- Thanks.
It looks good on you.
My mother gave it to me.
- Really? Say hi to your mother for me.
- I will.
Does your mother look like you?
We do resemble one another a bit.
She's a bit shorter.
Your husband of three years
is named Paul.
I've been having an affair with him.
- We've been friends for many years.
- Oh God!
I'm about to tell you.
I suggest that when she comes
to greet you at the window,
you go to your place marker
and you follow and go to your marker.
- Okay.
- Great.
Maybe that's how it is,
we have to fight all the time
in order to like one another again...
I haven't met anyone for two years,
and you know that.
So I should just let you have Paul
because of that?
I tried, okay?
I couldn't.
- She ignored him.
- What did you try?
- Pardon me?
- She was ignoring him.
He came to see me
and was at his wit's end.
You're cold.
You're only interested in work.
You're crazy!
Me, cold?
So now you're telling me I'm cold?
- You are!
- That's ridiculous!
- Have a nice life.
- Oh, man, Luise!
Thank you. You often say things
that you don't even have to.
- I can see them in your eyes.
- Do I talk too much?
- Sometimes.
- Sorry.
I also talk too much,
we have that in common.
- Exactly... Now I'm confused.
- Me too.
Otherwise, great. Go back
to the real scene and try it again.
I write prose.
In other words, stories.
For the longest time, I haven't
been able to write anymore...
If I understand correctly,
when a story is half-finished,
you get a kind of writer's block?
It's always the same.
At some point I have the feeling that
what I'm writing is no good,
and then I don't finish it.
Do you have any fears?
- A fear of failure?
- Yes.
Do you long for recognition?
Love?
Yes.
Try not to put such pressure
on yourself.
- It's not just for my sake!
- For who else's then?
My parents
have invested in me.
They paid for my studies and expect
me to make something of myself.
Society expects something. I'm not
the only one that has to love myself!
The others have to love me too!
But you're still a young woman...
I'm already 38
and haven't accomplished anything.
Sorry.
You don't have to be sorry.
You haven't done anything wrong.
I feel like I've done
so many things wrong.
I tell mydaughter only stupid people
don't make mistakes.
It's impossible not to make mistakes.
Hey boss! Hello?
How can I get
into Kopenhagener Strasse?
Go up to the cross street
and you'll wind back here.
Okay, thanks.
Help!
- The warrior's got me!
- I can see he's enjoying your present.
- I'm going to skin you!
- Ouch! My skin!
With Parmesan?
Do you like Parmesan?
- Yes, if you have some.
- Okay.
Man, it's already so late.
Time for bed!
We still have to eat
before he goes to bed.
Lenni, be a little bit more gentle.
I'm already getting an earache.
I want an answer now, Lenni.
- Hello? Answer me, do you want to eat?
- I'll just go to bed.
- Goodnight.
- Okay, then sleep well.
Wow, how do you do it?
- Oh God.
- Did it burn?
No, I saved it just in time.
- It tastes really good.
- Delicious, right?
- It's nice to see you.
- Yes.
I think that maybe...
I need to look around...
but maybe I'll move back to Berlin.
- Bedtime now?
- I want to climb over you.
Well, to tell you the truth...
I had a good time in Cologne
and it was important I went there.
But somehow I really missed Berlin.
You get the rest of the pot.
- Great, give me the burned bits too.
- No, have a look.
- It's not burned.
- I like the scrapings.
But I can't give you any.
- Not so full.
- But you must be thirsty.
Yes, but I'm not a boozer!
So...
And what about... mum?
- Mum?
- How is she?
Okay, I think. Same as always.
- So you're still in contact?
- Of course.
Everyday.
- Every day?
- Yes, of course.
Have you heard the latest?
No, she has a boyfriend?
No!
No, we're getting a new flat.
- What?
- Chris bought us a flat.
- For you and Lenni?
- Yes, in the same building.
And did you...
do you know how much it costs?
- What, the flat? No. I won't tell you.
- Why not?
You think
I'm going to chatter about the price?
- Well...
- No.
- No, I can't tell you.
- So you know the price?
Of course!
She rubbed it in my face a few times.
About the flat from Chris...
Would it be a problem if I...
Just one or two nights...?
I'd have to ask her first.
- No, you don't have to ask.
- Why? It's your flat.
- It's your decision.
- But I haven't moved in yet.
- Don't you have anywhere to sleep?
- No.
- You know, hotels are expensive...
- That's tough.
I just arrived
and I'm not even sure if...
Maybe you won't even find anything.
So you want your old father
to sleep in his car?
No, of course not.
It's only for a couple of days.
Then it's important
that Chris doesn't notice anything.
You have to be reallyquiet.
Leave your instruments in the car.
Did you give Wolfgang
my mobile number?
No.
- Are you mad?
- What?
- Why are you asking me?
- Because he has my number.
I don't even know Wolfgang.
I don't care.
I'm sick of your behaviour, okay?
I'm going to set the table.
Everything's fine.
Yes, and I'm peeling the asparagus,
and everything's fine.
I'm finished. I'll be off then.
- Hey.
- Leave me alone.
What is it?
- I'm sorry.
- Everything's fine.
I'm not contagious, you know.
- I'm your mother.
- Fine.
- Can you let go of me?
- No.
- I just want to play in peace, okay?
- I just want to show some affection.
Not right now.
- Why not?
- Cause I'm playing now.
Man, stop bugging me!
I can turn that thing off.
- Hello!
- Hello.
- What's up?
- What's up with you?
- Where's Lenni?
- At Philipp's.
- Who's Philipp?
- My neighbour.
- I'll just say hi to Gabriel.
- We're just about ready to eat.
- Do you like it?
- It's great.
I have some butter if you like.
What's wrong?
- It's so quiet here.
- Yes.
Talk to me a bit.
I've just quit the off-theatre.
Does that mean
you've joined an on-theatre?
No, but at any rate,
that film is coming up.
Which film?
The one I went to the audition for.
- The phone might ring any moment...
- Hollywood could be calling.
Wolfgang called me.
He wants to meet me.
Do you know why?
- I actually wanted to tell you...
- What?
- He is... He's in the flat.
- Which flat?
- The new one.
- The one downstairs?
Have you lost your mind?
Well, I...
He's just a few steps away
and I'm not even aware of it?
You didn't even tell me?
Do you know what that does to me?
I never want to see that man again.
- You could've at least told me.
- I wanted to, but somehow...
So why didn't you?
Because I'm right in the middle
of you two.
He didn't have a flat,
or a place to stay...
That's his problem.
He should go to a hotel.
I don't want him there!
I think you should leave now.
Right.
- Is everything okay?
- Don't touch me.
Chris? Chris!
Chris!
Hey!
Chris!
THANKS
Great.
Kathi, it's Mum.
We need to make progress in the flat,
so that you can finally move in.
You're always so hard to reach, and...
I'd simplylike to make some progress.
Call me as soon as possible.
I have some time next week. Bye.
Lenni! Wait a minute. Hold up!
Let me take your rucksack.
Lenni, hurry up!
Lenni!
Chase the ball!
- Um, hello.
- Hello.
I wanted to talk to you,
as this whole time...
I've been a bit...
curious, I guess you could say,
as to who you are.
Is your son here?
- Well, a kind of nephew...
- Kind of... What does that mean?
That's Lenni, my son. The little one.
- Yes, he's still very small.
- Small but fast.
- What's your name?
- Kathi.
Are you a coach too?
I'm actually here because of my nephew
and because...
of this woman in a green dress
who always sits on the guard rail.
Who I always enjoy seeing.
Actually I do puppet theatre.
I'm a puppeteer.
- You run a puppet theatre, or what?
- Well, we're a group.
- For kids or adults?
- Both.
Oh I see...
Do you do marionettes?
Well... not really.
They're more like foam figures.
They're made by hand.
So you go out shopping
for foam materials...
And then you make them yourself?
I actually find the foam and
most of the materials on the street.
- You look for things?
- Yes, in a way.
- Do you think puppeteering sucks?
- No, I actually think it's nice.
- Really?
- But I don't know anything about it.
Oh, that doesn't matter.
- What's your name anyway?
- Fabian.
So...
- Look!
- Beautiful.
Great.
Lenni, look!
Where's the fish's fin?
At the top. Oh no.
We could make another shark.
- Or doesn't that suit a kid's room?
- Do you want a shark, Lenni?
Would you like that in your room?
The boy isn't listening to you,
haven't you noticed?
- He's busy at the moment.
- Probably.
Howdo you like my heart?
Well, it looks a bit like a heart.
- How do you like it, Lenni?
- Look, I made a heart. Do you like it?
Good.
Look, and then we'll add some petals.
Maybe we should turn it into a bird?
That one already looks like a bird.
Now let us paint the flowers, please.
Let us keep painting.
- No, I want...
- Let us paint what we want!
See, I made a flower like this.
This one
will get little flowercups.
No, we want to paint this wall white.
But I think the colour is pretty.
I'd like to start here now.
Wait, just look.
This looks great with the pink...
Mum? I'm not sure...
Oh, man.
I never knew anything about...
Dad having an affair.
He told you?
Yes.
Is everything okay?
Come, sit down here.
I speculated a lot...
about what was going on
in that time period.
Naturally, I...
noticed that something was wrong.
But why wouldn't you tell me
that he was seeing another woman?
You wouldn't understand, as you've
never experienced something like that.
But is it true?
That she was your best friend?
And that he went back and forth...
- I'd like to continue painting.
- I want to talk about it.
Well, I don't.
Will you help me paint?
In the future... I mean,
when we live here together, we'll...
have to talk about these things.
If you don't move right now,
I'm going to paint you white.
- Here.
- Right, that's your halo.
Could you stop for a minute?
Thank you...
Thanks for painting.
Excuse me,
could we have a Turkish pizza?
- ATurkish pizza, please.
- One pizza.
I want to marry you.
Really? But that's not possible.
But you won't find anyone else!
But why won't I find anyone?
Why not?
You won't find anyone.
People don't know you, that's why
you won't be able to find anyone.
And that's why I should marry you,
because you know me?
But we can't get married.
Excuse me...
Lenni? Lenni?
Lenni?
Lenni!
Lenni!
Did you see a little boy?
Excuse me...
Excuse me...
Shit!
Lenni!
Lenni!
Is it all out?
Sure it's all out?
Okay?
Fold it over
so that her feet are higher.
That's right, thanks.
They're still searching.
Hello, Chris.
Hello.
I know I'm bursting in but...
what happened to Lenni?
Come in.
I screwed up everything.
Everything will be okay.
Everything will be okay.
It's not time to think about that.
He'll turn up.
I promise you.
I think you should go see Gabriel.
He's in his room.
This is driving me crazy too.
- Alright, mate?
- Hello.
Everything good otherwise?
- You already asked me that.
- I know, but...
Are the drawings yours?
Yeah, but I was still small.
Just a little kid.
The top one I understand.
But what's the bottom one?
I don't know.
- You've forgotten?
- Yes.
You've gotten pretty big.
Hello? Mum!
Bartsch.
I've got the address. Yes, I will come
pick him up now, thank you.
He was at the ice cream parlour!
Nothing's happened to him.
- We have to go.
- No, no.
I'll go get him alone.
You stay here.
- Okay?
- Yes.
Stand in the middle of the rain
Believe in the blessing of its drops
Spin yourself in its whirring
And try to be good
But...
- We have to pull the plug.
- Then pull it out.
I can't, my hands will get all sudsy.
Stand in the middle of the wind
Believe in it and be a child
Let the storm enter you
And try to be good
Stand in the middle of the fire
Believe in its monstrosity
In the red wine of your heart
And try to be good
- Hello.
- Hello.
- How are you? Nice to see you.
- I feel the same.
- Do you have a lighter?
- No.
Then I'll just drink some of yours.
Your performance
at the audition was incredible.
We were all truly impressed,
and...
We've chosen someone else.
But I wanted to tell you personally,
because...
The main role on a thirty day shoot...
I was a bit scared that it would...
be too much for you.
I know how shitty this is, I've also
gotten rejections. I'm really sorry.
Want a sip?
Sorry.
- Oh, shit. To top it all.
- Don't worry about it.
You see,
it has to do with this dual character.
You got so into the part that
everything else became unimportant.
I felt so comfortable doing it.
I'm sorry.
- You're a great actress.
- And you're a great director.
Then just give me the part.
- I'm leaving now.
- Wait a minute.
Was the director stupid?
I can't understand it...
He was actually nice, but...
I don't know anymore.
He was nice,
but I'm not getting the part.
I was absolutely certain
it would work out.
Now I have nothing left.
Didn't you have another audition?
You mentioned it recently.
Yes.
That sounds promising.
You're in a dialogue.
With him, with his production company,
and with others.
You're being talked about.
They know who you are, they want you.
So it didn't work out this time.
Next time it will.
And if not, the next time for sure.
I can't believe I made out with him.
Hey, come here.
No, not on the floor.
Let me pull you up. Come here.
My sweet little Katharina,
what's wrong?
Come here, my little girl.
Why don't you let him draw it himself?
- Yes.
- Finished.
Right...
Should we have a sandwich
or something?
Are you hungry, Lenni?
Do you want to eat?
I have a suggestion.
How about leaving Lenni
with me for a while?
- What do you mean?
- That he stays here for a time.
- I don't like the idea.
- Why?
Honestly,
I don't understand why you ask.
- May I explain?
- Yes, you may.
Okay, well...
You lost track of the child.
Something could have happened to him.
I think that right now,
you're a bit...
off track.
I think you should concentrate
on your professional goals.
It's normal that life
doesn't always run smoothly.
- He can still be with me.
- Darling, you don't have to tell me.
I treat people
with rough lives every day.
And why shouldn't he come with me?
- Come with me.
- You see? He doesn't want to.
Damn.
Are you forbidding me to take my son?
- Are you mad?
- You can see that he's unhappy.
Yes, I can.
He's caught in the crossfire.
- It has something to do with you.
- May I please take my son home?
Listen to me,
you need to get your shit together.
Something's out of balance.
You muck up one audition after the next.
- Nice thing to say in front of him.
- I'm covering his ear.
Come on now, Lenni.
Come here.
We have to go.
- I'm taking him to the bathroom now.
- Are you mad?
- You can think everything over.
- I want to bring Lenni home.
No, absolutely not.
Shit!
You're on the wrong path,
don't you see?
What are you doing?
- Keep your hands off him.
- I won't play this game. I won't.
Keep your hands off.
You should help me
to raise my child
and not work against me.
Come with me to the door.
You give him to me and we'll go.
- Just try to take him.
- You should help me.
You're ruining everything.
No, I'm not. You are!
Please, darling.
I only want to help you.
- Why?
- So that you can get centred again.
How can I get centred
with this hanging over me?
- Your child just ran away from you.
- And now you're taking him.
You had a nervous breakdown.
I'm not taking him away.
Please...
Don't be sad.
Okay then.
Lenni, see you tomorrow, right?
See you tomorrow.
Sleep well. Goodnight.
- Ciao.
- Goodbye, Mum.
- Ciao, take care.
- You too.
- Yes?
- Yes.
Don't even think about the camera.
We'll simply start recording.
I'd like a close-up.
Are you familiar with the scene?
Have you seen it?
Yes, I've seen the film, but I can't
remember the scene somehow.
It's the scene with the bathtub.
Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli.
- Where she's wearing the wig.
- I've got a total blackout...
I have to watch the film again.
Could you tell me
what you want from me?
The truth.
You want all this to end badly,
don't you?
- Admit the truth would be unpleasant.
- I'll admit nothing.
You just said
it'll come to an end between us.
I just said that to say something.
- Now let me go.
- Why do you dislike me?
I don't. Now let me go.
Kathi, how are you acting now?
Why did you decide to begin this way?
I just thought
I wouldn't perform at all
and see how things develop.
This kind of took over.
Should we jump right into
the scene? We can do that too.
- Okay.
- Wait a sec.
We'll part the hair a bit.
Not bad, it flatters you.
This is the situation:
you love him but can't live with him.
And you want him to leave you alone.
You want to leave,
but he won't let you, okay?
- Yes.
- That's the situation.
We could say the sofa is... Ouch...
an island and we can't get away.
However you want to do it is fine.
Only the situation...
If you think of this as an island,
all the better.
Let's start the scene again.
Could you tell me
what you want from me?
The truth.
You want all this... to end badly,
don't you?
Kathi, just say: "I don't love you
anymore. " Yet you still love him.
You love him, but tell him:
"I don't love you anymore. "
I don't love you anymore.
I don't love you anymore.
Kathi, you have to love him still.
You love him!
I don't love you anymore.
- But you loved me once. Alot.
- And I no longer love you now.
Sorry, wait a minute.
I'll just remove the wig.
You stay here and tell me why.
- Tell me the truth!
- There is no reason!
- Could you do it again, please?
- There's going to be a surprise.
You want all this to end badly,
don't you?
What do you want?
So you admit that the truth
would be unpleasant for me.
Actually...
Actually, I wanted us to keep living
together, like before.
That's what I wanted.
But now...
But now I don't love you anymore.
There's nothing to explain.
- Can we put the script between us?
- Oh, man!
As soon as I'm into it,
it's always...
Then sit over here.
- Feel how he kissed you before.
- Okay, got it.
Look at him, he's the man you love.
- But I also want to see the contempt.
- Okay.
Could you tell me...
what you want from me?
The truth.
You want all this to end badly,
don't you?
It's true: I don't love you anymore.
Shit...
So, now tell him
you don't love him anymore.
I don't love you anymore.
- But you loved me once, didn't you?
- Yes.
- I feel so dizzy.
- Okay, thanks.
Is everything okay?
Where's your water?
Do you need a glass of water?
Did you breathe too much?
Hyperventilated?
I didn't think so.
Hello, this is Kathi.
I wanted to pick up Lenni tonight.
I don't know... I never agreed
to that. I don't understand.
Yes, okay.
Today I will...
Gabriel is picking him up.
I had an appointment today.
Yes.
Is he okay?
Yes, he's fine.
And how are you?
Tell me.
Well, I...
Well...
Do you want to really tell me?
Let's go to the other room.
Would you like to sit there?
Sure, why not.
Do you want to be coached?
Okay.
- Ms Bartsch.
- Yes, Ms Bartsch.
- Whydid you come to see me?
- I came because...
Mylife is spinning out of control.
At the moment,
I'm not really earning money.
Actually, almost nothing at all.
I'm dependent on my mother.
It's wonderful that she helps me.
- And I'm looking for a job.
- Okay, what is your profession?
Actress.
So you're good at pretending?
No, actually I'm not very good
at pretending.
When do you pretend?
In my actual life?
Is that what you mean?
I don't know.
If you could just try...
- Just close your eyes and tell me...
- Okay...
If you could try to remember
the last time
you feigned something in your life.
- Oh.
- When was that?
Oh dear.
Well, I...
This is getting very private.
Well, I've feigned something...
towards my mother.
I sometimes pretend with my mother.
- Do you do this to please your mother?
- Yes.
- Do you love your mother?
- Certainly.
Are you pretending now?
What? I... I don't know.
How would I...
I'm a little confused now.
- Yes.
- Everything's fine, isn't it?
We were talking about pretending,
Kathi.
Oh right. God.
To be honest,
perhaps that's my sore spot.
The fact that I can't remember...
when I'm me and when I'm...
A puppet?
- Something like that, maybe.
- Adaughter?
- Hmm.
- Amother?
God, yes.
What shall we do now?
We could...
I would like to pick up Lenni
from kindergarten
in the afternoon sometimes
and bring him back at dinnertime.
- You can do that.
- Can I?
Of course.
I have dinner at 7 p. m.
I'm looking forward to you...
coming to live below me.
- Yes.
- Yes?
I hope everything works out.
Yes.
Are those the puppets?
Yes, that's Rocky.
This is a snippet of me.
- That's your... Is that your ear?
- Yes.
Cool.
You think it's cool? I'm glad.
And now for the treasure chamber.
- So...
- Nice.
Here's another huge area.
We'd hoped it would be more organized
with the shelves, but...
it didn't really help.
But if we didn't have them,
of course it would be extreme.
- Yes, so...
- There's a hand here.
Who does this belong to?
That's Morpheus's hand.
This is to show
his visual impairment.
- He's blind.
- Morpheus from "The Matrix", yeah.
Well, it's really nice.
Really nice.
Dust is the onlydirt
That sounds cool, yeah.
Dust is...
Dust is the onlydirt
That can harm us
And...
Is the only dirt
That can harm us
- Should I sing that high?
- It was good.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
It's excellent.
The figure is great when she sings it.
Dust is the onlydirt
That can...
Harm us...
- Hello.
- Hello.
Alright?
- How are you?
- Fine.
Shall we go?
Well...
We were just practising a song.
Okay... But we had an appointment,
Fabian.
- Really?
- Yes.
Oh, I'm sorry. I completely forgot.
Hang on, then let's just...
Then let's just think about this.
Can we meet up tomorrow instead?
I think that's... shit,
professionally speaking.
I can wait another ten minutes
until you've cleared everything up.
Well, I don't think I can do it today.
I mean, I'm already...
- We had an appointment?
- Yes, we did.
We have to practise for the festival
next week.
We just came up
with these really good ideas, so it...
Oh, man...
- I'll call you about the rehearsal.
- Okay.
We were kind of together
for three months.
And we're still friends now,
you could say.
But then I somehow
never really separate from a person,
in the sense that
theydon't figure in mylife anymore,
and things can still happen.
What do you mean? What can happen?
Well, I mean...
Well, that you might
still do things together.
Otherwise everything's pretty...
clear between us.
- Everything's been cleared up.
- Everything's clear.
I better head off then.
But actually I wanted to say...
that of course...
I mean, I told you all this
because I...
would reallylike...
I think it's cool
you told me all this.
It's good.
Because recently I...
had sort of a boyfriend,
and I didn't know who he was at all.
And he didn't want to talk about it.
Well, I better go
before I start talking more rubbish.
You're not talking rubbish at all.
But what about the tea?
What tea?
I have a lot of tea left.
That I kind of prepared earlier.
The tea is in your workshop
at the back.
- Well...
- Well.
Okay.
Take me with you
Take me away
Take me to another place
Love is the proof that we exist
Kiss me tenderly
Don't be rough
Love me in a different way
Love is the proof that we exist
Hang on, I've got a light.
- I don't let people give me a light.
- Aha.
It didn't used to be like that.
- Everything was different before.
- Yes.
- It's been some years...
- What do you want to talk about?
Well, I'm back in Berlin,
as you know.
I have a little apartment
in the centre and I'd like to...
if he wants to,
see Gabriel more often.
And go on holiday with him.
Go on holiday with him,
if he feels like it.
He hardly knows you. So go ahead.
Is that the dress you wore...
for Kathi's baptism?
Yes.
- Enjoy your meal.
- Thank you.
- You've gotten fat.
- Yes.
Since I stopped smoking.
My God, what's wrong with you?
- Why are you behaving like this?
- How?
What is... What do you want from me?
You have such lovely eyes.
Your sleeve is on your plate.
So?
I'm trying to get close to you.
- Via the breadsticks?
- Mm-hm.
You won't get close to me.
I love you.
You heard me perfectly well.
What did you do wrong?
Tell me.
Tell me in my face.
What did you do wrong?
We've spoken about it
a thousand times.
I cheated on you with your friend.
Okay.
And you were pregnant at the time.
But what more can I do than apologize?
I left this city because of you.
I only ever wanted one thing
in mylife.
That the father of my children
would be there for me.
That once there are children,
the father would stay with me.
I never wanted to have
to raise my children on my own.
Why do we have to...
- I didn't want to meet you.
- I didn't want to say this...
I wanted to meet you, all right!
- I wanted to...
- I knew it wouldn't work out!
I also had the feeling,
but I had hope.
I had hope that we could...
You know what? This is what you can do
with your hope.
Plus an asterisk?
- No, you can't.
- I can't.
- Zero?
- No, four points.
- Four points for...
- Four points.
Yes, all right.
- "End. "
- Great.
And it's on a blue square.
- So an extra point.
- Here.
I have...
I'll take my own letters, thanks.
You don't need to put it back again.
But generally
you take your own letters.
You want to fight the Super Soldier?
War?
- What is that?
- You see? That's my car.
Hey, hey, hey. It's my car, alright?
- How does the door open?
- Sit down.
- I...
- Hey, sit down.
But the car has two seats.
- Bann...
- Bann...
Bann...
an...
a.
- Bannana. So how many points...
- Bannana?
Bannana...
- What word do you want to form?
- Banana.
But you've put "bannana".
You write it the way you say it.
"Ban... "
"Banana", Kathi, "banana".
For God's sake!
"Banana", just like you...
Have you lost your mind?
Stop it, stop it!
Stop!
- Where are you going?
- Leave me alone!
Let me go!
I'm leaving. With Lenni.
Lenni's things will stay here!
Did you hear me?
Lenni's things will stay here.
- They'll stay here.
- No!
And you'll stay too. Do you hear?
Let go of me!
Let go of me!
Let go of me!
What's going on?
We had a fight.
Come on. Come with me.
But the fact that Chris...
doesn't at all...
I'm sorry, but I have to keep an eye
on the time because of Lenni.
- I'm sorry.
- Yes, I...
12.30.
- Do you have to leave now?
- Soon.
I just can't get through to her.
I don't understand what you want.
And where these dreams... I mean,
you're probablydreaming, right?
But is it so hard to imagine?
That I'm trying to bring the family
back together again?
I can see how you all are...
doing your own thing...
You run from one audition
to the next...
That's enough!
You're trying to repair
your damaged self-image or something.
- I mean, look at yourself!
- And you can judge, Dad.
You've really got a realistic view
of the situation.
But Kathi...
We were completely on our own.
Really on our own.
And you were never there.
So maybe you should start asking
what actually happened
during that time.
When you weren't there.
- But I'm here now.
- Yes, you're here now.
But I can't help you. Do you expect me
to help you bring the family together?
I've had it. I helped enough.
- I don't recognize you.
- No, you don't recognize me.
How would you?
- Do you know how terrible I feel?
- Since you came back...
And I have a lot of other things
to do as it is.
Are you...
I was there for you the whole time.
- When?
- The whole time.
- When? Did you ever call?
- That's enough!
I'm leaving.
I was there for you the whole time.
Kathi.
Thanks.
Hang on. Hang on.
- Bye.
- Bye.
Hi.
Hi.
Where are your things?
They're back at my place.
So what are you doing here?
- I'm cleaning up.
- Why?
I can't take this anymore.
I don't want this anymore.
What don't you want anymore?
What don't you want anymore?
I don't want to live here.
Shall we sit down
and have another talk?
I can't talk anymore.
Gabriel, I...
I think I need to apologize to you.
It wasn't right of me to...
- That I...
- Excuse me.
- There you go.
- Thanks.
- There you go.
- Thanks.
Anything to eat?
- I'll have the schnitzel.
- The schnitzel.
- I'll have the stuffed peppers.
- The stuffed peppers.
- Sure.
- I'll have them extra spicy.
Okay.
I'd like to see you more often.
Okay.
Maybe in your holidays...
we could go to Sweden, or Norway.
We could go fishing...
I can show you how to catch pike.
There's a bird...
Its name is... Soul.
- A soul.
- Well, that's...
And it can fly
at the speed of lightning.
And it can run as fast as I can.
It's a running bird.
And this bird...
is made of really funny...
It's made of drawers.
Drawers!
Where does it have them?
In its belly?
There's one...
Yes, it has them in its belly.
And the soul is usually in the belly.
I have it in the belly for example.
The stronger you get,
the bigger the soul gets.
The fatter the soul gets.
And...
There is one drawer
that has angry in it,
one with happy,
one with scared and one with sad.
Kathi.
Hello?
- Hello?
- Hello.
What's that?
- Leave it, will you.
- That's a nice picture of you.
Just leave it.
Is this for Lenni?
Kathi?
What?
- I'd like a glass of water.
- Here you go.
Bye.
Bye.
Because nothing is more dangerous
For our hearts
Than dust
More dangerous
For our hearts
Than dust
More dangerous for our hearts
Than dust
Dust is the onlydirt
That can harm us
Dust is the onlydirt
That can harm us
Copyright 2012 TITELBILD, Berlin
Todd Dennie et al.
I'd like to push the appointment
back by 45 minutes. Is that...
- Oh Lord.
- Is that okay?
Yes, of course.
- Yes, naturally. Good, thanks.
- Mum, you're being too loud.
- Don't you notice I'm on the phone.
- It's really loud how you're speaking.
- There's other people...
- I was just changing the appointment.
After all,
it's taking you a while in there.
That's all I was doing.
It looks nice on you.
- It's totally baggy though.
- It's not baggy.
It has bright colours... You just
have to tie it up a bit around you.
I have such a headache.
Mum...
Sorry.
What's wrong?
Oh, Mum...
I don't know what's wrong.
Maybe being around
so many sick people.
It has nothing to do with you.
I'll call you, okay?
DUST ON OUR HEARTS
I feel...
a bit confused.
I still have to straighten that out,
become more open and go with the flow.
Take that off, please.
I have to finish practising.
I'm not done yet.
- I have to finish practising too.
- But you have to put on a t-shirt.
See? I'm already wearing mydress.
Put on a t-shirt.
Theophilus Thistle,
the thistle sifter,
sifted a sieve of unsifted thistles.
That's where Theophilus Thistle's
sieve of sifted thistles is.
Okay, let's begin then.
- Nice dress, by the way.
- Thanks.
It looks good on you.
My mother gave it to me.
- Really? Say hi to your mother for me.
- I will.
Does your mother look like you?
We do resemble one another a bit.
She's a bit shorter.
Your husband of three years
is named Paul.
I've been having an affair with him.
- We've been friends for many years.
- Oh God!
I'm about to tell you.
I suggest that when she comes
to greet you at the window,
you go to your place marker
and you follow and go to your marker.
- Okay.
- Great.
Maybe that's how it is,
we have to fight all the time
in order to like one another again...
I haven't met anyone for two years,
and you know that.
So I should just let you have Paul
because of that?
I tried, okay?
I couldn't.
- She ignored him.
- What did you try?
- Pardon me?
- She was ignoring him.
He came to see me
and was at his wit's end.
You're cold.
You're only interested in work.
You're crazy!
Me, cold?
So now you're telling me I'm cold?
- You are!
- That's ridiculous!
- Have a nice life.
- Oh, man, Luise!
Thank you. You often say things
that you don't even have to.
- I can see them in your eyes.
- Do I talk too much?
- Sometimes.
- Sorry.
I also talk too much,
we have that in common.
- Exactly... Now I'm confused.
- Me too.
Otherwise, great. Go back
to the real scene and try it again.
I write prose.
In other words, stories.
For the longest time, I haven't
been able to write anymore...
If I understand correctly,
when a story is half-finished,
you get a kind of writer's block?
It's always the same.
At some point I have the feeling that
what I'm writing is no good,
and then I don't finish it.
Do you have any fears?
- A fear of failure?
- Yes.
Do you long for recognition?
Love?
Yes.
Try not to put such pressure
on yourself.
- It's not just for my sake!
- For who else's then?
My parents
have invested in me.
They paid for my studies and expect
me to make something of myself.
Society expects something. I'm not
the only one that has to love myself!
The others have to love me too!
But you're still a young woman...
I'm already 38
and haven't accomplished anything.
Sorry.
You don't have to be sorry.
You haven't done anything wrong.
I feel like I've done
so many things wrong.
I tell mydaughter only stupid people
don't make mistakes.
It's impossible not to make mistakes.
Hey boss! Hello?
How can I get
into Kopenhagener Strasse?
Go up to the cross street
and you'll wind back here.
Okay, thanks.
Help!
- The warrior's got me!
- I can see he's enjoying your present.
- I'm going to skin you!
- Ouch! My skin!
With Parmesan?
Do you like Parmesan?
- Yes, if you have some.
- Okay.
Man, it's already so late.
Time for bed!
We still have to eat
before he goes to bed.
Lenni, be a little bit more gentle.
I'm already getting an earache.
I want an answer now, Lenni.
- Hello? Answer me, do you want to eat?
- I'll just go to bed.
- Goodnight.
- Okay, then sleep well.
Wow, how do you do it?
- Oh God.
- Did it burn?
No, I saved it just in time.
- It tastes really good.
- Delicious, right?
- It's nice to see you.
- Yes.
I think that maybe...
I need to look around...
but maybe I'll move back to Berlin.
- Bedtime now?
- I want to climb over you.
Well, to tell you the truth...
I had a good time in Cologne
and it was important I went there.
But somehow I really missed Berlin.
You get the rest of the pot.
- Great, give me the burned bits too.
- No, have a look.
- It's not burned.
- I like the scrapings.
But I can't give you any.
- Not so full.
- But you must be thirsty.
Yes, but I'm not a boozer!
So...
And what about... mum?
- Mum?
- How is she?
Okay, I think. Same as always.
- So you're still in contact?
- Of course.
Everyday.
- Every day?
- Yes, of course.
Have you heard the latest?
No, she has a boyfriend?
No!
No, we're getting a new flat.
- What?
- Chris bought us a flat.
- For you and Lenni?
- Yes, in the same building.
And did you...
do you know how much it costs?
- What, the flat? No. I won't tell you.
- Why not?
You think
I'm going to chatter about the price?
- Well...
- No.
- No, I can't tell you.
- So you know the price?
Of course!
She rubbed it in my face a few times.
About the flat from Chris...
Would it be a problem if I...
Just one or two nights...?
I'd have to ask her first.
- No, you don't have to ask.
- Why? It's your flat.
- It's your decision.
- But I haven't moved in yet.
- Don't you have anywhere to sleep?
- No.
- You know, hotels are expensive...
- That's tough.
I just arrived
and I'm not even sure if...
Maybe you won't even find anything.
So you want your old father
to sleep in his car?
No, of course not.
It's only for a couple of days.
Then it's important
that Chris doesn't notice anything.
You have to be reallyquiet.
Leave your instruments in the car.
Did you give Wolfgang
my mobile number?
No.
- Are you mad?
- What?
- Why are you asking me?
- Because he has my number.
I don't even know Wolfgang.
I don't care.
I'm sick of your behaviour, okay?
I'm going to set the table.
Everything's fine.
Yes, and I'm peeling the asparagus,
and everything's fine.
I'm finished. I'll be off then.
- Hey.
- Leave me alone.
What is it?
- I'm sorry.
- Everything's fine.
I'm not contagious, you know.
- I'm your mother.
- Fine.
- Can you let go of me?
- No.
- I just want to play in peace, okay?
- I just want to show some affection.
Not right now.
- Why not?
- Cause I'm playing now.
Man, stop bugging me!
I can turn that thing off.
- Hello!
- Hello.
- What's up?
- What's up with you?
- Where's Lenni?
- At Philipp's.
- Who's Philipp?
- My neighbour.
- I'll just say hi to Gabriel.
- We're just about ready to eat.
- Do you like it?
- It's great.
I have some butter if you like.
What's wrong?
- It's so quiet here.
- Yes.
Talk to me a bit.
I've just quit the off-theatre.
Does that mean
you've joined an on-theatre?
No, but at any rate,
that film is coming up.
Which film?
The one I went to the audition for.
- The phone might ring any moment...
- Hollywood could be calling.
Wolfgang called me.
He wants to meet me.
Do you know why?
- I actually wanted to tell you...
- What?
- He is... He's in the flat.
- Which flat?
- The new one.
- The one downstairs?
Have you lost your mind?
Well, I...
He's just a few steps away
and I'm not even aware of it?
You didn't even tell me?
Do you know what that does to me?
I never want to see that man again.
- You could've at least told me.
- I wanted to, but somehow...
So why didn't you?
Because I'm right in the middle
of you two.
He didn't have a flat,
or a place to stay...
That's his problem.
He should go to a hotel.
I don't want him there!
I think you should leave now.
Right.
- Is everything okay?
- Don't touch me.
Chris? Chris!
Chris!
Hey!
Chris!
THANKS
Great.
Kathi, it's Mum.
We need to make progress in the flat,
so that you can finally move in.
You're always so hard to reach, and...
I'd simplylike to make some progress.
Call me as soon as possible.
I have some time next week. Bye.
Lenni! Wait a minute. Hold up!
Let me take your rucksack.
Lenni, hurry up!
Lenni!
Chase the ball!
- Um, hello.
- Hello.
I wanted to talk to you,
as this whole time...
I've been a bit...
curious, I guess you could say,
as to who you are.
Is your son here?
- Well, a kind of nephew...
- Kind of... What does that mean?
That's Lenni, my son. The little one.
- Yes, he's still very small.
- Small but fast.
- What's your name?
- Kathi.
Are you a coach too?
I'm actually here because of my nephew
and because...
of this woman in a green dress
who always sits on the guard rail.
Who I always enjoy seeing.
Actually I do puppet theatre.
I'm a puppeteer.
- You run a puppet theatre, or what?
- Well, we're a group.
- For kids or adults?
- Both.
Oh I see...
Do you do marionettes?
Well... not really.
They're more like foam figures.
They're made by hand.
So you go out shopping
for foam materials...
And then you make them yourself?
I actually find the foam and
most of the materials on the street.
- You look for things?
- Yes, in a way.
- Do you think puppeteering sucks?
- No, I actually think it's nice.
- Really?
- But I don't know anything about it.
Oh, that doesn't matter.
- What's your name anyway?
- Fabian.
So...
- Look!
- Beautiful.
Great.
Lenni, look!
Where's the fish's fin?
At the top. Oh no.
We could make another shark.
- Or doesn't that suit a kid's room?
- Do you want a shark, Lenni?
Would you like that in your room?
The boy isn't listening to you,
haven't you noticed?
- He's busy at the moment.
- Probably.
Howdo you like my heart?
Well, it looks a bit like a heart.
- How do you like it, Lenni?
- Look, I made a heart. Do you like it?
Good.
Look, and then we'll add some petals.
Maybe we should turn it into a bird?
That one already looks like a bird.
Now let us paint the flowers, please.
Let us keep painting.
- No, I want...
- Let us paint what we want!
See, I made a flower like this.
This one
will get little flowercups.
No, we want to paint this wall white.
But I think the colour is pretty.
I'd like to start here now.
Wait, just look.
This looks great with the pink...
Mum? I'm not sure...
Oh, man.
I never knew anything about...
Dad having an affair.
He told you?
Yes.
Is everything okay?
Come, sit down here.
I speculated a lot...
about what was going on
in that time period.
Naturally, I...
noticed that something was wrong.
But why wouldn't you tell me
that he was seeing another woman?
You wouldn't understand, as you've
never experienced something like that.
But is it true?
That she was your best friend?
And that he went back and forth...
- I'd like to continue painting.
- I want to talk about it.
Well, I don't.
Will you help me paint?
In the future... I mean,
when we live here together, we'll...
have to talk about these things.
If you don't move right now,
I'm going to paint you white.
- Here.
- Right, that's your halo.
Could you stop for a minute?
Thank you...
Thanks for painting.
Excuse me,
could we have a Turkish pizza?
- ATurkish pizza, please.
- One pizza.
I want to marry you.
Really? But that's not possible.
But you won't find anyone else!
But why won't I find anyone?
Why not?
You won't find anyone.
People don't know you, that's why
you won't be able to find anyone.
And that's why I should marry you,
because you know me?
But we can't get married.
Excuse me...
Lenni? Lenni?
Lenni?
Lenni!
Lenni!
Did you see a little boy?
Excuse me...
Excuse me...
Shit!
Lenni!
Lenni!
Is it all out?
Sure it's all out?
Okay?
Fold it over
so that her feet are higher.
That's right, thanks.
They're still searching.
Hello, Chris.
Hello.
I know I'm bursting in but...
what happened to Lenni?
Come in.
I screwed up everything.
Everything will be okay.
Everything will be okay.
It's not time to think about that.
He'll turn up.
I promise you.
I think you should go see Gabriel.
He's in his room.
This is driving me crazy too.
- Alright, mate?
- Hello.
Everything good otherwise?
- You already asked me that.
- I know, but...
Are the drawings yours?
Yeah, but I was still small.
Just a little kid.
The top one I understand.
But what's the bottom one?
I don't know.
- You've forgotten?
- Yes.
You've gotten pretty big.
Hello? Mum!
Bartsch.
I've got the address. Yes, I will come
pick him up now, thank you.
He was at the ice cream parlour!
Nothing's happened to him.
- We have to go.
- No, no.
I'll go get him alone.
You stay here.
- Okay?
- Yes.
Stand in the middle of the rain
Believe in the blessing of its drops
Spin yourself in its whirring
And try to be good
But...
- We have to pull the plug.
- Then pull it out.
I can't, my hands will get all sudsy.
Stand in the middle of the wind
Believe in it and be a child
Let the storm enter you
And try to be good
Stand in the middle of the fire
Believe in its monstrosity
In the red wine of your heart
And try to be good
- Hello.
- Hello.
- How are you? Nice to see you.
- I feel the same.
- Do you have a lighter?
- No.
Then I'll just drink some of yours.
Your performance
at the audition was incredible.
We were all truly impressed,
and...
We've chosen someone else.
But I wanted to tell you personally,
because...
The main role on a thirty day shoot...
I was a bit scared that it would...
be too much for you.
I know how shitty this is, I've also
gotten rejections. I'm really sorry.
Want a sip?
Sorry.
- Oh, shit. To top it all.
- Don't worry about it.
You see,
it has to do with this dual character.
You got so into the part that
everything else became unimportant.
I felt so comfortable doing it.
I'm sorry.
- You're a great actress.
- And you're a great director.
Then just give me the part.
- I'm leaving now.
- Wait a minute.
Was the director stupid?
I can't understand it...
He was actually nice, but...
I don't know anymore.
He was nice,
but I'm not getting the part.
I was absolutely certain
it would work out.
Now I have nothing left.
Didn't you have another audition?
You mentioned it recently.
Yes.
That sounds promising.
You're in a dialogue.
With him, with his production company,
and with others.
You're being talked about.
They know who you are, they want you.
So it didn't work out this time.
Next time it will.
And if not, the next time for sure.
I can't believe I made out with him.
Hey, come here.
No, not on the floor.
Let me pull you up. Come here.
My sweet little Katharina,
what's wrong?
Come here, my little girl.
Why don't you let him draw it himself?
- Yes.
- Finished.
Right...
Should we have a sandwich
or something?
Are you hungry, Lenni?
Do you want to eat?
I have a suggestion.
How about leaving Lenni
with me for a while?
- What do you mean?
- That he stays here for a time.
- I don't like the idea.
- Why?
Honestly,
I don't understand why you ask.
- May I explain?
- Yes, you may.
Okay, well...
You lost track of the child.
Something could have happened to him.
I think that right now,
you're a bit...
off track.
I think you should concentrate
on your professional goals.
It's normal that life
doesn't always run smoothly.
- He can still be with me.
- Darling, you don't have to tell me.
I treat people
with rough lives every day.
And why shouldn't he come with me?
- Come with me.
- You see? He doesn't want to.
Damn.
Are you forbidding me to take my son?
- Are you mad?
- You can see that he's unhappy.
Yes, I can.
He's caught in the crossfire.
- It has something to do with you.
- May I please take my son home?
Listen to me,
you need to get your shit together.
Something's out of balance.
You muck up one audition after the next.
- Nice thing to say in front of him.
- I'm covering his ear.
Come on now, Lenni.
Come here.
We have to go.
- I'm taking him to the bathroom now.
- Are you mad?
- You can think everything over.
- I want to bring Lenni home.
No, absolutely not.
Shit!
You're on the wrong path,
don't you see?
What are you doing?
- Keep your hands off him.
- I won't play this game. I won't.
Keep your hands off.
You should help me
to raise my child
and not work against me.
Come with me to the door.
You give him to me and we'll go.
- Just try to take him.
- You should help me.
You're ruining everything.
No, I'm not. You are!
Please, darling.
I only want to help you.
- Why?
- So that you can get centred again.
How can I get centred
with this hanging over me?
- Your child just ran away from you.
- And now you're taking him.
You had a nervous breakdown.
I'm not taking him away.
Please...
Don't be sad.
Okay then.
Lenni, see you tomorrow, right?
See you tomorrow.
Sleep well. Goodnight.
- Ciao.
- Goodbye, Mum.
- Ciao, take care.
- You too.
- Yes?
- Yes.
Don't even think about the camera.
We'll simply start recording.
I'd like a close-up.
Are you familiar with the scene?
Have you seen it?
Yes, I've seen the film, but I can't
remember the scene somehow.
It's the scene with the bathtub.
Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli.
- Where she's wearing the wig.
- I've got a total blackout...
I have to watch the film again.
Could you tell me
what you want from me?
The truth.
You want all this to end badly,
don't you?
- Admit the truth would be unpleasant.
- I'll admit nothing.
You just said
it'll come to an end between us.
I just said that to say something.
- Now let me go.
- Why do you dislike me?
I don't. Now let me go.
Kathi, how are you acting now?
Why did you decide to begin this way?
I just thought
I wouldn't perform at all
and see how things develop.
This kind of took over.
Should we jump right into
the scene? We can do that too.
- Okay.
- Wait a sec.
We'll part the hair a bit.
Not bad, it flatters you.
This is the situation:
you love him but can't live with him.
And you want him to leave you alone.
You want to leave,
but he won't let you, okay?
- Yes.
- That's the situation.
We could say the sofa is... Ouch...
an island and we can't get away.
However you want to do it is fine.
Only the situation...
If you think of this as an island,
all the better.
Let's start the scene again.
Could you tell me
what you want from me?
The truth.
You want all this... to end badly,
don't you?
Kathi, just say: "I don't love you
anymore. " Yet you still love him.
You love him, but tell him:
"I don't love you anymore. "
I don't love you anymore.
I don't love you anymore.
Kathi, you have to love him still.
You love him!
I don't love you anymore.
- But you loved me once. Alot.
- And I no longer love you now.
Sorry, wait a minute.
I'll just remove the wig.
You stay here and tell me why.
- Tell me the truth!
- There is no reason!
- Could you do it again, please?
- There's going to be a surprise.
You want all this to end badly,
don't you?
What do you want?
So you admit that the truth
would be unpleasant for me.
Actually...
Actually, I wanted us to keep living
together, like before.
That's what I wanted.
But now...
But now I don't love you anymore.
There's nothing to explain.
- Can we put the script between us?
- Oh, man!
As soon as I'm into it,
it's always...
Then sit over here.
- Feel how he kissed you before.
- Okay, got it.
Look at him, he's the man you love.
- But I also want to see the contempt.
- Okay.
Could you tell me...
what you want from me?
The truth.
You want all this to end badly,
don't you?
It's true: I don't love you anymore.
Shit...
So, now tell him
you don't love him anymore.
I don't love you anymore.
- But you loved me once, didn't you?
- Yes.
- I feel so dizzy.
- Okay, thanks.
Is everything okay?
Where's your water?
Do you need a glass of water?
Did you breathe too much?
Hyperventilated?
I didn't think so.
Hello, this is Kathi.
I wanted to pick up Lenni tonight.
I don't know... I never agreed
to that. I don't understand.
Yes, okay.
Today I will...
Gabriel is picking him up.
I had an appointment today.
Yes.
Is he okay?
Yes, he's fine.
And how are you?
Tell me.
Well, I...
Well...
Do you want to really tell me?
Let's go to the other room.
Would you like to sit there?
Sure, why not.
Do you want to be coached?
Okay.
- Ms Bartsch.
- Yes, Ms Bartsch.
- Whydid you come to see me?
- I came because...
Mylife is spinning out of control.
At the moment,
I'm not really earning money.
Actually, almost nothing at all.
I'm dependent on my mother.
It's wonderful that she helps me.
- And I'm looking for a job.
- Okay, what is your profession?
Actress.
So you're good at pretending?
No, actually I'm not very good
at pretending.
When do you pretend?
In my actual life?
Is that what you mean?
I don't know.
If you could just try...
- Just close your eyes and tell me...
- Okay...
If you could try to remember
the last time
you feigned something in your life.
- Oh.
- When was that?
Oh dear.
Well, I...
This is getting very private.
Well, I've feigned something...
towards my mother.
I sometimes pretend with my mother.
- Do you do this to please your mother?
- Yes.
- Do you love your mother?
- Certainly.
Are you pretending now?
What? I... I don't know.
How would I...
I'm a little confused now.
- Yes.
- Everything's fine, isn't it?
We were talking about pretending,
Kathi.
Oh right. God.
To be honest,
perhaps that's my sore spot.
The fact that I can't remember...
when I'm me and when I'm...
A puppet?
- Something like that, maybe.
- Adaughter?
- Hmm.
- Amother?
God, yes.
What shall we do now?
We could...
I would like to pick up Lenni
from kindergarten
in the afternoon sometimes
and bring him back at dinnertime.
- You can do that.
- Can I?
Of course.
I have dinner at 7 p. m.
I'm looking forward to you...
coming to live below me.
- Yes.
- Yes?
I hope everything works out.
Yes.
Are those the puppets?
Yes, that's Rocky.
This is a snippet of me.
- That's your... Is that your ear?
- Yes.
Cool.
You think it's cool? I'm glad.
And now for the treasure chamber.
- So...
- Nice.
Here's another huge area.
We'd hoped it would be more organized
with the shelves, but...
it didn't really help.
But if we didn't have them,
of course it would be extreme.
- Yes, so...
- There's a hand here.
Who does this belong to?
That's Morpheus's hand.
This is to show
his visual impairment.
- He's blind.
- Morpheus from "The Matrix", yeah.
Well, it's really nice.
Really nice.
Dust is the onlydirt
That sounds cool, yeah.
Dust is...
Dust is the onlydirt
That can harm us
And...
Is the only dirt
That can harm us
- Should I sing that high?
- It was good.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
It's excellent.
The figure is great when she sings it.
Dust is the onlydirt
That can...
Harm us...
- Hello.
- Hello.
Alright?
- How are you?
- Fine.
Shall we go?
Well...
We were just practising a song.
Okay... But we had an appointment,
Fabian.
- Really?
- Yes.
Oh, I'm sorry. I completely forgot.
Hang on, then let's just...
Then let's just think about this.
Can we meet up tomorrow instead?
I think that's... shit,
professionally speaking.
I can wait another ten minutes
until you've cleared everything up.
Well, I don't think I can do it today.
I mean, I'm already...
- We had an appointment?
- Yes, we did.
We have to practise for the festival
next week.
We just came up
with these really good ideas, so it...
Oh, man...
- I'll call you about the rehearsal.
- Okay.
We were kind of together
for three months.
And we're still friends now,
you could say.
But then I somehow
never really separate from a person,
in the sense that
theydon't figure in mylife anymore,
and things can still happen.
What do you mean? What can happen?
Well, I mean...
Well, that you might
still do things together.
Otherwise everything's pretty...
clear between us.
- Everything's been cleared up.
- Everything's clear.
I better head off then.
But actually I wanted to say...
that of course...
I mean, I told you all this
because I...
would reallylike...
I think it's cool
you told me all this.
It's good.
Because recently I...
had sort of a boyfriend,
and I didn't know who he was at all.
And he didn't want to talk about it.
Well, I better go
before I start talking more rubbish.
You're not talking rubbish at all.
But what about the tea?
What tea?
I have a lot of tea left.
That I kind of prepared earlier.
The tea is in your workshop
at the back.
- Well...
- Well.
Okay.
Take me with you
Take me away
Take me to another place
Love is the proof that we exist
Kiss me tenderly
Don't be rough
Love me in a different way
Love is the proof that we exist
Hang on, I've got a light.
- I don't let people give me a light.
- Aha.
It didn't used to be like that.
- Everything was different before.
- Yes.
- It's been some years...
- What do you want to talk about?
Well, I'm back in Berlin,
as you know.
I have a little apartment
in the centre and I'd like to...
if he wants to,
see Gabriel more often.
And go on holiday with him.
Go on holiday with him,
if he feels like it.
He hardly knows you. So go ahead.
Is that the dress you wore...
for Kathi's baptism?
Yes.
- Enjoy your meal.
- Thank you.
- You've gotten fat.
- Yes.
Since I stopped smoking.
My God, what's wrong with you?
- Why are you behaving like this?
- How?
What is... What do you want from me?
You have such lovely eyes.
Your sleeve is on your plate.
So?
I'm trying to get close to you.
- Via the breadsticks?
- Mm-hm.
You won't get close to me.
I love you.
You heard me perfectly well.
What did you do wrong?
Tell me.
Tell me in my face.
What did you do wrong?
We've spoken about it
a thousand times.
I cheated on you with your friend.
Okay.
And you were pregnant at the time.
But what more can I do than apologize?
I left this city because of you.
I only ever wanted one thing
in mylife.
That the father of my children
would be there for me.
That once there are children,
the father would stay with me.
I never wanted to have
to raise my children on my own.
Why do we have to...
- I didn't want to meet you.
- I didn't want to say this...
I wanted to meet you, all right!
- I wanted to...
- I knew it wouldn't work out!
I also had the feeling,
but I had hope.
I had hope that we could...
You know what? This is what you can do
with your hope.
Plus an asterisk?
- No, you can't.
- I can't.
- Zero?
- No, four points.
- Four points for...
- Four points.
Yes, all right.
- "End. "
- Great.
And it's on a blue square.
- So an extra point.
- Here.
I have...
I'll take my own letters, thanks.
You don't need to put it back again.
But generally
you take your own letters.
You want to fight the Super Soldier?
War?
- What is that?
- You see? That's my car.
Hey, hey, hey. It's my car, alright?
- How does the door open?
- Sit down.
- I...
- Hey, sit down.
But the car has two seats.
- Bann...
- Bann...
Bann...
an...
a.
- Bannana. So how many points...
- Bannana?
Bannana...
- What word do you want to form?
- Banana.
But you've put "bannana".
You write it the way you say it.
"Ban... "
"Banana", Kathi, "banana".
For God's sake!
"Banana", just like you...
Have you lost your mind?
Stop it, stop it!
Stop!
- Where are you going?
- Leave me alone!
Let me go!
I'm leaving. With Lenni.
Lenni's things will stay here!
Did you hear me?
Lenni's things will stay here.
- They'll stay here.
- No!
And you'll stay too. Do you hear?
Let go of me!
Let go of me!
Let go of me!
What's going on?
We had a fight.
Come on. Come with me.
But the fact that Chris...
doesn't at all...
I'm sorry, but I have to keep an eye
on the time because of Lenni.
- I'm sorry.
- Yes, I...
12.30.
- Do you have to leave now?
- Soon.
I just can't get through to her.
I don't understand what you want.
And where these dreams... I mean,
you're probablydreaming, right?
But is it so hard to imagine?
That I'm trying to bring the family
back together again?
I can see how you all are...
doing your own thing...
You run from one audition
to the next...
That's enough!
You're trying to repair
your damaged self-image or something.
- I mean, look at yourself!
- And you can judge, Dad.
You've really got a realistic view
of the situation.
But Kathi...
We were completely on our own.
Really on our own.
And you were never there.
So maybe you should start asking
what actually happened
during that time.
When you weren't there.
- But I'm here now.
- Yes, you're here now.
But I can't help you. Do you expect me
to help you bring the family together?
I've had it. I helped enough.
- I don't recognize you.
- No, you don't recognize me.
How would you?
- Do you know how terrible I feel?
- Since you came back...
And I have a lot of other things
to do as it is.
Are you...
I was there for you the whole time.
- When?
- The whole time.
- When? Did you ever call?
- That's enough!
I'm leaving.
I was there for you the whole time.
Kathi.
Thanks.
Hang on. Hang on.
- Bye.
- Bye.
Hi.
Hi.
Where are your things?
They're back at my place.
So what are you doing here?
- I'm cleaning up.
- Why?
I can't take this anymore.
I don't want this anymore.
What don't you want anymore?
What don't you want anymore?
I don't want to live here.
Shall we sit down
and have another talk?
I can't talk anymore.
Gabriel, I...
I think I need to apologize to you.
It wasn't right of me to...
- That I...
- Excuse me.
- There you go.
- Thanks.
- There you go.
- Thanks.
Anything to eat?
- I'll have the schnitzel.
- The schnitzel.
- I'll have the stuffed peppers.
- The stuffed peppers.
- Sure.
- I'll have them extra spicy.
Okay.
I'd like to see you more often.
Okay.
Maybe in your holidays...
we could go to Sweden, or Norway.
We could go fishing...
I can show you how to catch pike.
There's a bird...
Its name is... Soul.
- A soul.
- Well, that's...
And it can fly
at the speed of lightning.
And it can run as fast as I can.
It's a running bird.
And this bird...
is made of really funny...
It's made of drawers.
Drawers!
Where does it have them?
In its belly?
There's one...
Yes, it has them in its belly.
And the soul is usually in the belly.
I have it in the belly for example.
The stronger you get,
the bigger the soul gets.
The fatter the soul gets.
And...
There is one drawer
that has angry in it,
one with happy,
one with scared and one with sad.
Kathi.
Hello?
- Hello?
- Hello.
What's that?
- Leave it, will you.
- That's a nice picture of you.
Just leave it.
Is this for Lenni?
Kathi?
What?
- I'd like a glass of water.
- Here you go.
Bye.
Bye.
Because nothing is more dangerous
For our hearts
Than dust
More dangerous
For our hearts
Than dust
More dangerous for our hearts
Than dust
Dust is the onlydirt
That can harm us
Dust is the onlydirt
That can harm us
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