- Stefan, hey. - Hi.
- You haven't changed a bit. - Thanks. Neither have you.
Except for the belly.
I mean, sorry...
Do you know where hall 3 is? I haven't been here in ages.
FALLING
I'm sorry.
This always happens to me at the worst moments.
I'm Alex...
and I've known Michael since 3rd grade.
He was my homeroom teacher.
And one of my advanced level teachers too.
My name is Nina,
I was in the same class as Alex.
That's how I know Michael.
He was one of my advanced level teachers too.
It's probably his fault that I even graduated...
and finally understood why...
we don't get swept right off the surface of the earth.
Or why your hair isn't constantly blowing outward...
From the acceleration...
Because of his physics class.
I'm Carmen.
I drove in from Germany.
I just got here because of the traffic on the freeway.
It's been so long since...
Maybe somebody else should continue.
Well, um...
My name is Brigitte...
and I was...
I said I'd be at a party afterwards.
I'm Nicole.
I think Michael was a special man.
You don't meet folks like him too often.
I'm sorry I never told him that.
Oh, and this is my daughter, Daphne.
I think what would have made Michael happy is...
if we weren't sad and had fond memories of him.
I would like for us, as best we can,
to talk about him today and...
to think about him...
as if he were here with us.
We've got more male models than your usual girl models.
Can you really get rich with modeling?
You mean the models or me?
I'm not really in it for the money.
I mean of course I make money,
but I re-invest most of it.
What do your models earn?
That depends.
- Carmen is an actress. - Really?
And fairly well known at that.
Well, like I said, I work more with models...
- I hear you're a winemaker now. - You don't say?
I took over the vineyard after my father died.
Sorry to hear that.
You can start with a small investment.
We tailor each package individually.
Of course it depends on the risk you're willing to take.
We have low risk funds and others...
that pay higher dividends.
Here's my card. Just come by, no obligation.
Are you interested in ethical or green funds?
See you, I gotta use the toilet.
Maybe someone can read it to you. Shall I go get someone?
- Want to wait here? - Yes.
I think the choir wants to sing again, but I...
Did you see that kid?
She was at the funeral with Michael's wife.
Is she his?
They adopted her from Afghanistan...
to give her an operation and prostheses.
Really?
How awful. Terrible!
When are you due?
August 20.
- Do you know what it will be? - Leo. Otherwise, a Virgo.
- Cheers. - Thanks.
Well then...
To Michael, wherever he may be.
To Michael.
To him.
What about you?
I can't.
May I?
Excellent buffet.
Patrick's practically lost all his hair, kind of tragic, huh?
And his face looks a little bloated.
Stefan has changed a lot too.
Is that seat taken?
There's no more cake.
Where's your daughter?
She's reading Pixi books to that girl.
Poor kid, isn't it awful?
Want some apple strudel? It's back there.
- No thanks. - I'll go get it.
- No thanks. - It's no problem, honest.
I'm not allowed.
Oh, you're on a diet.
Give me a break. Does she look it?
- I was just asking. - You're awful.
Because of the milk, right?
- But there's none in it. - Eggs though.
- I don't think so. In apple strudel? - In the dough.
You can't eat eggs?
- What a bummer. - You get used to it.
Look at Patrick stuffing his face with cake.
He got the last piece...
Like he needs it.
How gross,
it just fell out of his mouth.
Can you take our picture? Since we're all here...
Press here.
- Historic, all of us reunited. - Carmen's not here.
She's got to be somewhere if she drove so far.
I just remembered our fifth-grade ski trip.
- He danced with us to "Jeanny". - With you.
With you too.
Can't you remember? At the "Tenne".
That wasn't "Jeanny".
Sure it was.
Good old Falco...
He's dead too.
I wanted to stop by the school today.
Me too.
Did everyone come by car?
It's been fourteen years.
Thirteen.
Remember when Michael
flew the rainbow flag in solidarity with our strike?
He got a disciplinary hearing.
- Really? - Yes.
Wasn't that when Carmen freaked and threw the chairs out the window?
What was that strike about anyway?
Social and educational funding cuts.
No. Wasn't it the first Gulf War?
The Gulf War was before.
I remember because you were so lovesick.
Who was it?
I just know you couldn't stop crying.
Brigitte.
Sorry to scare you.
I've been so jumpy lately.
Carmen, there you are.
You didn't stay for the party... You know what I mean.
We were talking about you.
Something good, I hope.
Everything we hear about you is good.
I just read in... I can't remember which magazine.
You've got a new boyfriend, right? After the other guy...
What's his name?
You know, where things didn't work out.
Nicole, you're awful.
It's not my fault I happen to know.
- I'm filming right now. - What?
A co-production.
Really? With stars?
Actually, I'd rather not talk about it.
Oh, still top secret?
Give me a break.
And you're having one too?
What do you mean "too"? You too?
No, lately everyone seems to think they have to.
It's not all that bad.
Cut it out, all of you.
You haven't changed a bit.
We were just talking about you and the chairs.
Should we go in?
Aren't you coming?
No.
I'm staying here too.
- Come on! - We're staying here.
Where was our eighth-grade classroom?
Wasn't it one floor up?
No, here. Right up here.
Just like the pictures we used to draw.
Remember this?
WE ARE FREE!
Were you at the protest rallies against the new government?
I was in Germany.
You sure missed something.
Really, you were there?
Sometimes.
Did it change anything?
And where were you?
C'mon, let's go.
Wait. A photo for the scrapbook.
Come here, Nicole.
Who would have thought...
- you'd drive up like that? - You of all people.
Yours isn't bad either.
Leasing, it's easier than you'd think. 200 euros a month.
I'm bored.
C'mon, let's do something.
What about that wine tasting?
You mean at Patrick's?
I can take one of you guys if you give me directions.
Or girls.
Do you have a CD player?
Can I play games on your mobile?
Can't we stop here?
- No thanks. - Really?
This round's on me.
No, I'd better not.
Want an orange juice?
Maybe later.
Do you feel it now?
They've got yummy spreads.
30 is the best age, believe me.
The real crisis comes in your mid-30s.
How would you know?
I'm going on 34.
You don't look it.
Thanks.
- Did you flunk that many times? - Once.
And born in the fall, so I started school a year later.
Don't you have to watch out?
It's pork lard, there's nothing in it I shouldn't eat.
Or is there?
- And what do you do? - For a while I was a trainer.
Sporty, sporty.
Trainer for long-term unemployed people.
I held courses while I was studying psychology.
Then I quit school and the training courses too.
Now I work at the job office.
- Which one? - 20th district, Dresdner Straße.
I've never seen you there.
Do you work there too?
I worked my butt off to get them to offer me a decent job.
But I'm starting my own business now.
Doing what?
Shiatsu, once I get my diploma,
or as a nutritionist.
That stuff is getting more important.
True.
An angel just flew by.
You never heard that before?
It's when everyone in a group goes silent for a moment.
I think they say it in Romania.
Two angels.
Did anyone go to Ronnie's funeral?
What?
You didn't know?
I only heard about it myself. Overdose.
Were you still together after graduation?
No.
I only saw him once,
about 2 years ago.
I think he was just coming home from detox.
Really early in the morning,
it was weird.
Who found him?
I mean Michael.
His wife. He just went to sleep and never woke up.
I heard his lungs were in bad shape.
It was a miracle he even made it past 50.
It's better than a slow death.
Or suffocation, that must be totally...
Did I say something wrong?
Maybe not wrong, but you overdid it a little.
- Do you have 10 euros? - What do you need 10 euros for?
They're selling cream puffs over there.
Eat a sandwich, they only cost 1 euro.
I told you I'm broke.
Here.
Thanks.
- I can't pay you back. - It's o.k.
I bet you make good money as an actress.
I do alright.
I looked for old photos,
but couldn't find a single one.
Biggie has them all,
she was the photographer then.
You don't see things...
if you're always taking pictures.
You keep taking photos with your mobile.
So I have something to remember things by.
Has anyone been back to our clearing?
Where we wanted to build a house...
with a room for each of us.
That's right.
Kanga...
What did we call it?
Kangalama.
It had nothing to do with a lama!
Lamas spit, but they've got nothing to do with us.
Right, Daphne? Lamas spit.
Calm down.
I bet Brigitte knows.
What?
The name of our house.
Watch me.
- Hi! - Hi!
Want to celebrate with us?
They're setting up the sound system and there'll be cocktails.
Didn't we want to go wine trying?
Wine tasting.
We can always still do that.
By the way, in case you haven't noticed,
Norbert is taken.
Bitch.
They're so expensive.
Normally they cost 4.50.
They're not that cheap.
I've seen them for 4.50.
Maybe 5.50, but 7.00! It's outrageous, and they're non-alcoholic.
And you drink them so fast you have to order a second one.
I can only afford 2 anyway.
Right.
Why aren't you drinking?
Solidarity.
Really?
No, I'm being healthy.
Cheers.
I don't know why you're coming to me.
Didn't my agent tell you which days I'm not available?
You'll have to talk to the other production company.
Anyway, there's nothing I can do now, I'm in Austria.
So tomorrow is out of the question.
Bye.
So tell me how you're really doing.
Are you stooping to talk to me?
What do you mean by that?
You're the one who stopped calling, right?
C'mon, Nina,
we've all got our own lives, don't we?
Besides, I was in Germany.
True.
The bride is gone!
Bertl.
She's the one who broke up with me.
That isn't true. You left her for Tanja.
But she was already messing around with Jürgen,
or with Stefan.
Come on, Daphne!
Come on you two!
Alright, then you.
I'm not taking no for an answer.
Nina, isn't that right? You were fooling around with Stefan!
Weren't you?
Right? You were fooling around with Stefan at the time.
What happened?
You fell over.
Fell into me, actually.
I can't hold my liquor.
And my medication enhances the effects.
What medication?
Painkillers.
What kind of pain?
It goes away when I drink.
Where to now?
I'll ask Norbert what he's doing.
Are you crazy?
I'm not going home yet.
We don't meet that often.
Unless there's another funeral.
Sorry.
Is the "Brooklyn" still around?
Sure.
How do you know?
Shit.
I thought they kidnapped her.
Nina!
What did I just hear?
Are you crazy?
- You can't go berserk. - And Nina can?
Making out with my husband? On my wedding day?
Great, thanks.
Thanks a lot, Nina. Really.
You bitch.
Real nice of you.
Stop, you're hurting me.
So what? Stupid bitch!
We happen to like each other!
Get a hold of yourselves, both of you!
Where are you going?
The "Brooklyn".
Fine.
I'm sick of this place anyway.
Sandra!
We're going to the "Brooklyn".
What? Now?
Hot damn!
Mama, I'm bored.
Let me just finish kicking their asses.
Wishful thinking.
- Or I'll smoke a cigarette. - Go ahead and smoke.
Want me to braid your hair?
Did you make it to Australia?
Almost.
- I was in Greece. - Who wasn't?
After going to Sri Lanka.
It was such a long time ago.
What kind of a name is Daphne anyway?
Greek.
Yeah, I know, but somehow...
Nico was Greek.
- Are you guys still together? - We never were.
Immaculate conception?
That's why I don't have a kid.
He died in Bali or somewhere...
They say he overdosed, but I think he was murdered.
Did you just say Biggie?
Our sweet little Miss Piggy.
Very funny.
Sorry, Brigitte.
- Did you ever emigrate? - USA.
Before it got screwed up.
And?
And what?
Yeah, and then?
Then I came back.
It was great.
No Mama, I don't dance to this kind of music.
You want to go sleep in the car?
Can Daphne sleep in your car?
You can sleep in mine.
Don't drive away.
There she is!
I found my princess.
What are you drinking?
Rusty Nail or something.
Something with whiskey.
Can I have a sip?
Are you sure?
I've never been more sure.
Take it off!
Did you have fun?
I need another drink.
No you don't, but I do.
Alex is that you?
Is someone there?
Hello?
C'mon, is someone out there?
Nicole, stop it.
This place is making me sick.
Let's have a cigarette in my car.
I quit 5 years ago.
I should too.
Rough day.
I saw him recently.
Often.
Michael?
I mean...
You know.
Did you have something going with him?
Yes.
Me too.
I know.
I came later.
How did you know?
He was sorry about it.
He always felt guilty.
Then he shouldn't have done it.
Even if that's what I wanted at the time.
We had a real relationship.
How long?
Again and again.
Until now.
Shit.
It's so awful...
When someone is suddenly gone...
As if he never existed.
I'm leaving.
We have to get out of here now.
Alex?
C'mon, open up.
Open up.
Go away, leave me alone.
Nicole is starting to bitch. This place is dead anyway.
No.
Promise you won't be mad.
Why should I be mad?
C'mon.
But don't laugh at me.
I won't laugh at you.
And you swear you're not mad at me?
Why should I be?
Forget it.
Take my top, I've got another one underneath.
Thanks.
You haven't changed a bit.
"Whom will you cry to, heart?
"More and more futilely..."
Wait, how did it go?
"Whom will you cry to, heart?
"Lonely, your path struggles on through incomprehensible mankind.
"All the more futile perhaps...
"for keeping on toward the future, toward what has been lost."
It was part of my advanced levels.
Mine too.
Nobody thought I could do it.
Not even Carmen.
But wait, I know the ending.
Something about a landscape.
Don't tell me.
"Landscape..."
"Landscape, you that made me more known...
"to the invisible angels."
That's it.
I hope she doesn't vomit.
No, she just comes down after her trip.
She sleeps it off and then she's fine.
This one's excellent, huh?
Boy am I hungry.
Maybe there's something left over.
Are we there yet?
Where?
Afraid to go over?
Why not?
- Hello. - Hello, hi.
- Can I have a sip? - Sure.
It's already pretty warm.
I wouldn't have had the guts.
True.
Are you looking forward to your baby?
I'm scared shitless.
I just didn't want to have another abortion.
In reality you're screwed.
You can't get a job,
feel sick all the time at first,
and then people treat you like an idiot.
But in a way it's good too.
Who's the lucky man?
Someone who got deported 2 weeks later.
Not too bright, I know.
What are you talking about?
About you.
Alex you're so gross!
What's with you? Why are you so weird to me?
What do you want from me anyway?
What do we want from each other?
Give me a break, Alex.
It's true.
We work away at our jobs -
well, maybe not all of us -
but we keep busy.
Shop, go on vacation,
check out the sales, shop some more...
That's life.
You're the real traitor.
I see. Interesting.
And what are you? The fighter for the working classes?
The working class doesn't exist anymore.
It looks like the brainwashing worked!
Thank God we have Ms. Do-Gooder to tell us how things work.
Shit, Brigitte, the age of political ideologies is over.
That's why it's up to us,
and you know it.
Maybe you're just shunning responsibility.
What do you know about my life?
Fuck you.
An alternative world already exists.
Where did everyone go?
And Daphne?
Where's Daphne?
Look, there's something over here.
Do you know what this is?
No, no way.
It wasn't anywhere near here.
I'm positive.
Come here, the wind's totally cool!
You can really lean into it.
Where were you?
- What? - Don't lie to me!
Nicole, stop it please!
That's o.k. Let them see the real you.
Shouldn't you be back?
Isn't your leave already over?
Didn't you tell your good friends?
That you're in jail, and not for the first time.
Well?
9 o'clock in front of the Burger King at the mall.
- And who's picking you up? - My grandfather.
I can get groceries at the gas station.
What do you want? Cracker Jacks?
No, I was just kidding.
I'm getting a caramel sundae.
We could drive south.
We're already on the freeway.
Lago Maggiore, for example, last time I was there was in '79.
Grandpa's here.
You guys want to come to my place?
To sleep.
How far is it to Vienna?
I don't live in Vienna,
I didn't tell you.
Good night.
I mean, sleep tight.
You too.
Did everyone back then know about Michael and me?
Yes.
Why didn't we ever talk about it?
You were so cool and...
I guess we were jealous of you in a way.
I was so clueless back then,
he did whatever he wanted with me.
We thought you were so free,
just like him,
and like we all wanted to be.
Do you still want that?
I mean to be free?
More and more.
They spelled a word wrong.
Where?
Oh yeah, fightter instead of fighter.
For destroying my illusions.
For just checking out.
For the dreams.
Can we sit down for a minute?
Miss Friedl?
Stay calm and come with me.
No! Help!
Please don't!
No!
What's the big idea? Is this necessary?
I'm talking to you!
- Can I see some ID? - Yes!
- Where is she going? - Where she belongs.
The kid's grandpa was worried sick.
Miss Friedl doesn't have visitation rights.
There is a court case pending.
Now if you'll let us do our job.
No, I will not let you do your job.
We'll see each other again.
Long live freedom.
Arms extended...
upward to form a triangle.
While exhaling, turn your arms...
to the side.
One leg follows your arms,
the other leg remains stationary.
Inhale.
Exhale, to the side.
Inhale, to the middle.
Exhale, to the side.
I want to end it.
What do you mean?
Kurt, it just isn't enough for me. I want more.
- No need to get hysterical. - I'm not.
Maybe it's better this way.
I should get going anyway.
Erich's having a trying day today,
it's probably a full moon.
Alright, bye.
Bye.
I'm 30...
and I feel good.
I'm 30...
and I feel good.
Very nice. Now give me a few happy ones...
and we can call it a day.
I'm 30...
and I feel good.
Ronnie.
Recognize me?
You're not dead?
No.
Excellent.
I think so too.
I've got a problem.
They cut my welfare benefits...
Shit happens sometimes and I...
All I have is a 20, but you can have it.
- Hello. - Hello.
Something real weird just happened to me.
Me too.
I'm not going back to work today.
Want to do something?
Like what?
I have an idea, but...
I don't know, if you...
Hello, Nina!
At Franz Jonas Platz, across from the ice cream parlor.
If you say, "this is my opinion", and stand by it,
you can change things.
We can make the world a better place,
but it's totally unrealistic without war,
capitalism, and all that.
You can't make a better world if you can't agree on a definition.
Why change anything?
So many are doing well.
Just because I'm doing well doesn't warrant another's pain.
What's wrong with capitalism?
The rich get richer, the poor get poorer,
people just think about themselves...
So? What am I supposed to do?
I can't change things anyway.
That's the right attitude.
Eat your hamburger after school, go home, and watch TV.
What's the hamburger got to do with it?
Fast food is capitalism too.
- It may happen but it may not. - But once it does, it's too late.
Translation: Kimi Lum
Digital Subtitling: LVT - New York