( TRAIN APPROACHING )
( INDISTINCT CHATTER )
( MUSIC PLAYING )
( DOORS OPEN )
( MUSIC CONTINUES )
( CAR HONKS )
( WOMAN SPEAKING RUSSIAN )
[MAN #1] What is that terrorist group? What do you call that?
Uh... Hamas. Hamas. That's right.
[MAN #1] Throwing what missiles and rockets into-- poof!
( INDISTINCT )
( MEN LAUGHING )
Would you like to come over?
Uh, yeah, sure.
[MAN #1] I'll grab you a chair.
Thanks.
Oh, thanks. There you go.
Oh, cheers, hm.
Are you South African?
Erm, no, I'm from Brisbane.
[MAN #1] Brisbane? Brisbane.
Where the fuck is that?
It's in Australia. Oh, okay.
( REGGAE MUSIC PLAYING )
[MAN #1] Here, watch this, right. Watch my eyes, yeah?
Are you ready? I can do some very freaky, crazy shit...
with my eyes, just watch this. Okay.
Wow.
(BOTH LAUGHING)
That was close! Come on. You're not getting that? No?
Well, I...
So, er, where are you?
Come on...
It actually means that you have a lack of calcium.
No, it means I've been drinking too much beer.
That's what it means.
You want some? Yeah.
Take care. See you. Yeah.
Adieu. See you later.
Bye. Bye.
( SOFT MUSIC PLAYING )
( CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS )
( SHUTTER CLICKING )
( MOANS )
( DOOR OPENS )
( FOLK MUSIC PLAYING )
Is there a lid for this?
Or should I just...
Okay, okay...
Thank you. Danke.
Tschuss. [VENDOR] Tschuss.
(DOWNTOWN PLAYING IN GERMAN)
( THUDS )
No, no, no. That's okay. Do you mind?
Thank you.
Help yourself.
My father grows them in a schrebergarten.
In, uh, cardboard boxes?
No, these are from the store.
Do you like strawberries?
Um...
They help you forget your problems.
What makes you think I have problems?
People who travel alone...
are usually in search of something, aren't they?
What makes you think that I'm alone?
I see nobody.
Do you always practice your English...
chatting up foreigners?
What? No. No.
I work in a sport school.
What sort of sports?
I mean, I'm an English teacher, that's why.
And you? What are you photographing?
Buildings, mostly.
I, er, I really like the GDR architecture.
I wanna do a book.
We say DDR, Deutsche Demokratische Republik.
Yeah. No, I know.
Yeah.
And, it was nice to meet you. There's strawberry on my hand.
Andi. Clare.
Nice to meet you.
What did you...
You said this was, er, from a schreber...
Schreber. I don't know the English word for it.
Erm, these are small gardens.
All together and all with German flags...
and those, er, small men from Snow White.
Dwarfs. Yeah, dwarfs.
( BELLS CLANGING )
[CLARE] Who lives in these houses?
[ANDI] No one. Actually, it's forbidden.
They just come on weekends.
( SIGHS )
( CELL PHONE RINGING )
( GROANS )
It's my mum.
She's kind of obsessed.
Does she know you're here?
Yeah.
My mother used to bring me here as a boy.
I always come here to complicate life.
What?
Erm, I think you mean to, er, you'd say "contemplate."
Oh, yeah, right.
How do you say "complicate" in German?
Verkomplizieren.
This one is nice, huh?
Yeah, I like it.
( DOG BARKING ) Oh!
[CLARE] Fuck! Oh, my gosh.
Sorry.
Yeah, he likes you.
( IMITATES BARKING )
Hi. Hi!
Oh, my God.
So, why did you come to Berlin?
Er, I was working for a real estate company...
taking photos and, erm...
You know, those life experiences...
that people talk about all the time?
I wanted to do that, so, I...
I booked a ticket and put my stuff in storage...
and came here.
Pretty predictable.
[ANDI] I don't know. Maybe brave.
A wolf.
( GROWLS )
( SOFT MUSIC PLAYING )
There's a bar upstairs, erm, if you wanted to...
come-- actually, it's more like a... kinda crappy rooftop.
I'm afraid I have to meet someone.
Otherwise, I... Yeah.
Yeah, I have to...
I've got stuff I have to do.
I gotta pack. I'm going Dresden tomorrow.
Dresden?
Yeah.
Why Dresden?
Okay.
( ENGINE STARTING )
Tschuss, Clare.
It's nice to meet you.
( GLASS SMASHING )
( INTERCOM BUZZING )
[WOMAN] Hello?
Hi. Can you open?
( DOOR BUZZES )
( DOOR CLOSES )
( MUSIC FADES UP )
( CAR HONKING )
( INDISTINCT CHATTER )
( DOOR OPENS )
[CLARE] That one's my favorite.
She's holding her hands like that...
to hide her deformed finger.
I thought you wanted to leave.
So, if you have a question, you Google it.
Yeah.
Yeah, I'm... I'm definitely partial toward Google.
Are you not?
You photograph disappointment.
I mean, all this DDR shit, all these dreams...
it's all... invalid.
But the people were brave.
Mm. Some were brave, some just got on with it.
I mean, you can suffocate anywhere. You don't need a wall.
How do you say suffocate in German?
Uh...
Ersticken.
Sticken? No. No. Erwurgen. No.
Erwurgen is...
To choke. Yeah.
Did a boy give you that?
No, my mum... did.
She said if I ever got into trouble...
I could hock it and come home.
( BOTH LAUGH )
( DOOR CREAKS )
[ANDI] Watch the door. It sticks.
So quiet.
[ANDI] Berlin is full of these empty places.
( KEYS JINGLING )
[ANDI] Do you want a drink?
[CLARE] Yeah. Thanks.
[ANDI] They don't open.
Should I make us dinner?
( OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING )
( MOANING )
( SHOES DROPPING )
( MOANING )
( MUFFLED GASPING )
No one will hear you.
I don't want this to end.
[CLARE] All firsts end.
First airplane ride.
First time you get your ears pierced.
First drags of cigarettes.
First fuck.
( HEAVY BREATHING )
I wish we could stay like this...
where we don't know each other.
[CLARE] I wish I could stay.
What happens when you know someone?
What did you just say?
( SIGHS DEEPLY )
I love your accent.
I love your mouth, your smile.
I love everything.
( SCHOOL BELL RINGING )
( INDISTINCT CHATTER )
Silke, may I ask you to please read the quote?
"Perhaps home is not a place, but simply..."
Erm... "An irrevocable condition"?
Bennie, I see you obviously...
consumed this book on the weekend.
Yeah. Okay, I'll make it easy for you, erm...
James Baldwin wrote this in 1956 in his novel Giovanni's Room.
Who has made a start on it?
Hm?
Franka?
Erm...
Er, the character is constantly moving.
He feels a little bit shame about, erm, about himself...
but he says he is, erm, finding himself...
but he's just...
Flichten? Mm. Escaping.
Yeah. He's just escaping.
( CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING )
( DOOR KNOB RATTLES )
( SIGHS )
( DOORKNOB RATTLES )
What the fuck?
( INDISTINCT CHATTER )
Andi.
( DOOR OPENS, CLOSES )
( KETTLE WHISTLES )
Couldn't find the key.
Did you leave me a key?
Yeah.
Sure.
I thought I'd left it on the table.
No.
I didn't... I didn't think I would be able to get back in.
And then I realized that I couldn't even leave.
You can leave now. I'll take a shower.
Did you lock me in?
( BOTH CHUCKLE )
Yes, sure.
But next time, I'll tie you to the bed.
( MUSIC FADES UP )
I have to go. Hey.
The key.
It's on the dresser.
Okay.
( OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING )
"Mine."
( DOOR RATTLING )
( GRUNTS )
Shit. Come on.
( OMINOUS MUSIC CONTINUES )
( HEAVY BREATHING )
Erm, I was actually gonna go. Erm...
Yeah, I was thinking about going...
and I'll come back and get my backpack later.
I got you these.
Please open the door.
( SCOFFS )
What's all this?
[CLARE] Please, Andi.
Where's my SIM card, Andi?
What did you do to the windows?
They're reinforced.
If you try to break them, I'll have to board them up.
I just bought these chairs.
( CHAIR SCRAPING )
( SCRAPING CONTINUES )
( CLATTERS )
Don't do that.
You don't have to do this.
( SIGHS )
Andi, what is going on?
"What is going on?"
You could have gone to Dresden.
You said you want to stay.
We had sex.
People-- people say all sorts of things in bed.
It doesn't necessarily mean anything.
( CLARE SOBBING )
[CLARE] Please, dear God.
Do you like pesto?
What?
( GLASSES CLINKING )
Can we just go for dinner?
Can I have my necklace back?
Open the fucking door!
( SCREAMING )
( SCREAMING CONTINUES )
Ssh!
( CLARE SOBBING )
No one can hear you.
( EERIE MUSIC PLAYING )
( PLASTIC RUSTLING )
I told my father about us.
Here... I got you these.
I thought you might like to do puzzle.
Would you like to eat something?
I texted your mother for you.
You told her you're okay.
[CLARE] But I'm not okay.
( SHOWER RUNNING )
I pay for drinks on my card.
( TURNS OFF TV )
My mum's gonna work it out.
Oh, my God.
( CAMERA WHIRRING )
There's nowhere for me to go.
( DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING )
Shit.
( MUSIC FADES UP )
( TOY BIRD TWEETING )
( CLATTERING )
( GRUNTS )
Jana, Jana.
( WATER RUNNING )
( CUP SQUEAKING )
( CLATTERING )
Hi.
I can't figure out this bit.
Erm...
I would always do the sky first.
Can you help?
Yeah, I think that piece goes there.
( PUZZLE PIECE CLATTERS )
I think it goes somewhere in there.
[ANDI] Mm-hm.
Yeah. There.
Done.
( SCREAMING )
( CLARE SCREAMING )
( PANTING )
( CRYING )
( DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING )
( GRUNTS )
( SCREAMING )
( GROANS )
( SCREAMING )
( BONE CRACKING ) ( SCREAMS )
( CRYING )
Ssh-ssh.
( SPEAKING GERMAN )
( MUFFLED SCREAMING )
( BONE CRACKING )
( BREATHING HEAVILY )
( EXHALES SHARPLY )
( CHILDREN LAUGHING )
( SIGHS )
( WINCES )
( GERMAN POP MUSIC PLAYING )
[CLARE] I miss my mom.
There's no point in missing something you can't have back.
You have me.
( CAMERA WHIRRING )
You could do so many things.
But I just want to do this.
( SLAMS DOOR )
( MACHINE WHIRRING )
( OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING )
Okay, now funf.
( SOFT MUSIC PLAYING )
( BLOWS WHISTLE )
( SHOES SQUEAKING )
( MUSIC CONTINUES )
( BLOWS WHISTLE ) ( CLAPS )
( SIGHS )
Shit.
( SIGHS ) Come on.
Shit.
Oh, God.
Better?
Yeah.
Shall we take that off?
[CLARE] I smell bad.
What would be the worst thing I could ever do to you?
Don't worry... I would never do it.
( ANDI CHUCKLES )
We are a team.
( KEYS JINGLING )
( KNOCKING ON DOOR )
[FRANKA] Hello.
If you say anything, I will have to kill her.
Hello.
Who's that?
Student.
What's her name?
Franka.
Turn around.
( DOOR RATTLING )
[ANDI] Clare? The door won't open.
Clare?
[ANDI] Did you touch this door?
Clare? ( WHIMPERS )
( DOOR CLOSES )
( SOBBING )
( SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING )
( MUSIC CONTINUES )
( DOOR OPENS )
Huh?
( MUSIC CONTINUES )
Can you please... stop?
Yeah. Please.
( IMITATES PUNCHING SOUND )
Boom, boom, boom!
Can't you just be normal?
You're abnormal.
( SCREAMS )
( GRUNTS ) ( CLOTH RIPPING )
( BREATHING HEAVILY )
( BREATHING SHAKILY )
( DOOR SLAMS )
( OBJECTS CLATTERING )
Fuck.
( DOOR RATTLING )
( KNOCKING )
( ERICH GRUNTS )
Andreas.
( THUNDER CRASHING )
( THUNDER RUMBLING )
( BIRD CHIRPING )
( POWER WHIRS DOWN )
( CLARE EXHALES )
( FLIPPING SWITCH )
Fuck.
( SOFT MUSIC PLAYING )
( SIGHS )
Papa.
Hey.
Papa?
( SOFT MUSIC PLAYING )
( SNIPPING )
( BLOWING )
( SIGHS ) ( METAL CLANKS )
( MEAT SIZZLING )
( CUTLERY CLINKING )
( CAMERA WHIRRING )
( WHIRRING CONTINUES )
( DOG SLURPING )
( ANDI SIGHS )
( ACCORDION PLAYING )
( DOOR UNLOCKING )
My father's dead.
I thought you weren't gonna come back.
( ANDI SOBBING )
( CLARE SOBBING )
( GERMAN CHRISTMAS MUSIC PLAYING )
( MUSIC CONTINUES )
( GERMAN MUSIC PLAYING )
Thank you.
( SIGHS )
How did you choose me?
You paused on the street.
What was I looking at?
And what about the other girl before me?
How did you choose her?
There was no other girl.
( SCOFFS SOFTLY ) You're lying.
Do you still think about her?
No.
How come?
When you were a kid, did you guys have a fake tree...
or a real one?
Real.
You know, we had a-- ( CLEARS THROAT )
We had a-- a fake.
It was so hot anyway that--
That a real tree would have died.
And we would go out to my uncle's house.
He has this, like, big property...
( INAUDIBLE )
...listening to, er, cicadas.
Cicadas?
Erm, they're these little bugs that make noise.
Like, erm...
They go... ( CHITTERING )
And then the other one goes... ( CHITTERING )
...back and...
( CHITTERING ) And it goes...
Then he goes... ( CHITTERING CONTINUES )
And then all their friends join in.
Close your eyes.
I have a surprise for you.
This is Lotte. She is yours now.
Hi.
( CHUCKLES )
Hi.
( GIGGLES )
Oh. She kissed me on my mouth.
Hi. Hi.
( CHUCKLES )
Do you like your present?
Yeah.
Yeah. She is so sweet.
[ANDI] Do you like it?
[CLARE] Yes.
( SOFT MUSIC PLAYING )
( TREE CRACKING ) ( BOY SCREAMING )
[BOY] Ow! Ow.
( PANTING )
You need to help me.
You need to call the police.
Please, he's a bad man. He will hurt us.
What? No. You need to help me. Call the police.
I need you to. He's a bad man.
( BOY GROANING )
Mama!
( DISTANT THUNDER RUMBLING )
How do you think this is going, from one to ten?
From one to ten?
Us.
[CLARE] Maybe...
Er...
Seven.
( CAR TRUNK OPENS )
Hm.
( GASPS )
( SOFT MUSIC PLAYING )
( CHITTERING ) ( BARKS )
( GIGGLING )
( OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING )
( DOOR UNLOCKING )
Where's Lotte?
She ran away.
( FIREWORKS EXPLODING )
( CHATTER, LAUGHTER )
( ROCKETS WHISTLING )
( DANCE MUSIC PLAYING )
( BABY CRYING )
( MUSIC CHANGING )
( SOBBING )
( FLICKS SWITCH )
( CLICKING BUTTONS )
( PHOTO ALBUM THUDS )
( WHIRRING )
( WHIRRING CONTINUES )
( SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING )
( CROWD COUNTING IN GERMAN )
( ALL CHEERING )
( MUSIC CONTINUES )
( INDISTINCT CHATTER )
( SIGHS )
( CHEERING CONTINUES )
( SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING )
Oh... thank you.
No problem.
What's your New Year's resolution?
Oh, I don't do them any more.
But on New Year's Eve...
isn't it important to compensate your life?
What?
I think you mean, uh, "contemplate."
Yeah, right.
( WOMAN SPEAKING FRENCH )
( KETTLE WHISTLING )
( GASPS )
Hey!
Fuck. Hey!
Help!
[CLARE] No.
( DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING )
( GRUNTS )
Help! Help!
[CLARE] Help! Help!
Help!
Help! Help!
[MAN] Hello? The door's locked!
( CLARE SCREAMING )
[CLARE] The door's locked! Was?
( GASPS )
( CLARE SCREAMING )
( LOUD THUDS )
( SCREAMING )
( CLARE SOBBING )
( SOBBING )
( SCREAMS )
Hey-- hey, listen to me.
It's your fucking fault, okay.
Now we have to clean this mess together.
Okay?
I'm sorry. No, no, no, come here.
I am sorry.
( CLARE SCREAMS AND SOBS )
Take the plastic. I can't.
Take the plastic.
( CLARE SCREAMS )
( COUGHING )
( WATER RUNNING )
Come on, take your clothes off.
Please.
( EERIE MUSIC PLAYING )
( MUSIC CONTINUES )
( WHIRRING )
[CLARE] ♪ When you're alone ♪
♪ And life is making you lonely ♪
♪ You can always go Downtown ♪
♪ Buildings and the traffic ♪
♪ In the city ♪ ( WHIRRING CONTINUES )
♪ Linger on the sidewalk ♪
♪ Where the neon lights are pretty ♪
♪ How can you lose ♪
♪ The lights are much brighter there ♪
♪ So you can forget all your troubles ♪
♪ Forget all your fears Downtown ♪
♪ Downtown Downtown ♪
Hey, can you pack your things together?
[ANDI] Pack everything in a backpack.
I get the apartment fumigated tomorrow.
Pack your things.
( SIZZLING ) ( SCREAMS )
( GROANS )
What're you doing?
Agh!
The cream's in the bathroom.
[ANDI] I can't find it.
It's on the bottom shelf.
( CLANGING )
( ANDI SIGHS )
( KEYS JINGLING )
( LOCKING DOOR )
( PIPES GROANING )
( INDISTINCT )
My thoughts.
( INDISTINCT CHATTER )
( GASPS )
Guys, please... class is not over yet.
( MURMURING )
( BREATHING HEAVILY )
( INDISTINCT CHATTER )
( DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING )
( HONKING )
( PANTING )
( CLATTERING )
( EERIE MUSIC PLAYING )
( SIGHS )
( FOOTSTEPS WALKING )
( CROWBAR CLANKING )
Clare?
[CLARE] I'm down here.
( OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING )
Clare?
[CLARE] Andi.
( LOCKING DOOR )
[ANDI] Clare?
Please, Clare, open the door.
Clare, please.
( DOORKNOB RATTLES )
( ANDI YELLING )
( SCREAMING )
( SOFT MUSIC PLAYING )
( MUSIC CONTINUES )
Hey.
Look at me.
It's okay.
( MUSIC CONTINUES )
( MUSIC CHANGES )