Come here.
Can I read the script?
If there is one, of course.
What is the budget? Is there aIready a DP attached?
Well, it's not you for sure. You'll be in front of the camera.
Be carefuI pIease, it's onIy rented!
So there is no script and no budget yet, right?
I know what I want, that shouId be enough.
You want me, don't you?
You still enjoy me.
Maybe as an actor, but you better be good!
Take away the camera.
So just do what I tell you to do. And stop thinking too much!
She is a reaI beauty.
Just react to her like the moment asks for it.
And how shall I pIay that?
You just Iook at her. And in that very moment you fall in Iove with her.
And she falls for you. Without you wanting it.
The first day.
Love
Hello?
Oh. Sorry.
Hello.
Hello. M... - I know.
Can you tell my name from my Iooks?
I haven't the slightest idea of the importance of Marie.
Maria MagdaIena, that wouId heIp.
I'm not really that hoIy.
This is really huge. Living here must be a bIast.
It's noisy and dirty.
Is it yours?
In the hallway.
Yes pIease?
I can't understand you.
Cut. That's enough.
What is your character's name?
Teresa.
Michelle.
Beth.
Why not Marie?
Then she wouId be me.
CharIotte.
Juliette.
Or LuIa.
That smacks of porn. - Catherine.
Jeanne.
That's good.
I'm Jeanne. 27 years oId.
Actress.
I'm acting here. A fiIm about Iove.
Good.
And who is he? - Act as if you were taIking to yourseIf.
His name is Hans. He just doesn't want to say it.
What are taIking about?
No diaIogue. More monoIogue, pIease!
I never likes the name Hans. It's one of those names they make all...
...kinds of corny jokes with. You've all heard them before.
I was given a second name: AIexander.
I wanted to be called that in schooI. Made a nametag and everything.
But the name Hans stuck.
If I meet new peopIe today I aIways tell them that my name is AIexander.
Why are we calling you Hans then? - What about Billy. Jim.
AIex? - No. It has to fit to Jeanne.
Right. Names have to fit to each other.
PauI. - PauI is good.
PauI is just as terribIe as Hans.
Too Iate.
They sIaughtered PauI and then burned the corpse.
Poor PauI.
Gross.
Something about your character pIease.
PoliticaI economics are aIways about the desires of men.
Where did you read that? You have been reading my notes!
Thanks. That's it for today.
Hey there, AIexander.
Hey, how are you?
You're Ieaving? - Gotta grab some cigarettes!
Many men said that before disappearing.
I still have cigarettes.
Are we allowed to smoke on camera?
Or wouIdn't you be allowed to show the fiIm then?
In this case that wouIdn't be the onIy reason for censorship.
Nina goes to jaiI. Because of a movie. - These are rehearsaIs.
First the rehearsaIs. Then we shoot. - Yes!
By the way, who owns this pIace?
It beIongs to a friend. He's Ieaving it to me for a certain time.
I like it.
The second day.
Desire
Are you aIready editing scenes from our rehearsaIs?
Just some moments.
May I have a Iook?
Not yet.
Did you come up with a titIe yet?
Not really. Some rough ideas maybe.
Tell me.
RehearsaIs, inserts...
...BIue Movie.
So it's all about sex?
No...Yes, some of it.
A porno movie? - Nonsense.
Given that sex will be onIy a minor point, you keep taIking quite a Iot about it.
What do you mean by saying everyone knows what Iove is?
From reading drama for exampIe.
Don't worry. We'll bring enough drama aIong.
If it was you personally, what wouId you Ieave out?
I don't do the make up all the time.
Then Iet's kick it out.
What happened before?
They must have been getting aIong quite well.
Right, what happened before?
I think, Jeanne comes out of the bathroom...
Yes...
...she was fond of herseIf under the shower and then in front of the mirror.
Yes...
...and then she comes out of the bathroom, totally nude...
...or maybe just wrapped in a toweI...
...and she is telling this dream. To PauI and of course to herseIf.
And it's cIearIy just her fantasy, right?
Yes, she is creating the space for having sex.
Good.
Maybe she just wants to masturbate.
And he joins her.
Is that true to the originaI?
And how shouId I act that? Do you want me to masturbate for reaI?
But that wouIdn't be acting anymore.
You can Ieave you panties on at first.
At first?
Let's find out during the rehearsaI, ok?
Take off your shirt.
Okay. I'll do it. - Do it yourseIf.
No probIem.
Ok, Iet's see where we are.
Right, Iay down right there.
Take off the socks.
ReIax, put down your foot.
Now take off the shirt.
And your hand...yes.
The third day.
God
Do you believe in God?
No. And the priests and popes shouIdn't aIways cIaim to believe in Him either.
If they're so certain He exists... There's no need to believe in Him.
He just exists, or He doesn't.
You can onIy believe in the invisibIe.
Love, hate, drive, share vaIue, all invisibIe, but still tangibIe.
So there is no God? - How shouId I know that?
You want to grab a coffee too?
Inside they onIy have aIcohoI and water. - What's going on inside?
Exhibition opening. - Ah.
What are you trying to tell with that fiIm actually?
I don't know for sure what it is. But there is something. That much I know.
So Iet's taIk about it.
How are you going to approach this? Sex pIus art equaIs mass?
With you sex is just a product. And in the end a probIem.
No. That's not true.
I just think that I can't start off with the project the way it's now.
You can't count me in as Iong as it's like this.
You provide the money. - No.
I can't.
There is a different Iayer to that game.
You are taIking about limited intimacy.
Yes. The punter doesn't pay for intimacy, but for its limits.
That wouIdn't be the case here.
You mean we're aIready too cIose to each other?
My proposaI wouId be three times.
But without kissing.
I have to go. Sorry. - Sure.
Come inside with me. The pictures are good.
I'm fine.
I found an amazing text.
The icy smiIe.
EmotionaI faciaI expressions are inherent.
Mimic, the way humans express their feelings, is not Iearned but inherent.
PsychoIogists from bIah have shown this by comparing faciaI expressions of blind...
...and seeing athIetes winning siIver medaIs at the OIympic Games.
The siIver medaI is for most athIetes who compete for the goId a disappointment.
SociaI ruIes demand that they nevertheIess express some happiness.
Humans in such an emotionaI diIemma usually react by empIoying...
...a so called sociaI smiIe. In contrast to the honest ''Duchenne smiIe''...
No idea how to pronounce this.
Are you still listening?
Different from the honest smiIe...
...the sociaI smiIe onIy uses the mouth but not the eyes.
There was aImost no difference between seeing and blind athIetes.
Even athIetes who were blind from birth were perfect at empIoying the sociaI smiIe...
...even though they never had the chance to Iearn it from anyone.
This Ieads to the concIusion that emotionaI faciaI expressions have genetic causes...
...the scientists cIaim. And so forth and so forth.
So?
That's what we're gonna do now.
One of us is blind. The other isn't.
And we tell the camera that we Iove the project and our partner.
And we do it with a sociaI smiIe.
I'm the blind one.
Nina?
Can we extend the Iunch break, pIease?
If you'd like to.
I'm really tired.
Just haIf an hour sIeep.
You're neither supposed to pIay yourseIf, nor pIaying someone eIse.
You're supposed to pIay nobody. - Pardon?
That's what Nina said yesterday.
To me?
My favorite cryptic sentence of Nina goes like this.
The reason I chose you...
...is to Iead me where I might want to go.
That's what she said?
Yes!
I don't actually think Nina want to shoot this movie at all.
You know her better.
Not really.
But you were making out with her, weren't you?
Balls!
See you soon.
Is the Iove scene scheduIed for tonight?
Yes.
We'll go over it before. Everything will turn out right.
Yes!
Are you ready?
We can start.
You're all right?
Think so.
Oh. Sorry.
No. Come on in. - I don't want to interrupt you two.
I just wanted to Ieave. - I'll be right there.
I'm in the bathroom.
I like it better when you're bIond.
I like you better without a cigarette.
One moment.
Why don't you just Iet us pIay!
What's the matter?
You reek of smoke.
I wasn't referring to myseIf.
What's this all about?
I don't know yet. That's what we're trying to discover.
Just show us fucking?
I don't care who you are in reaI life.
But you want to see how we sIeep with each other.
Yes.
That's the whoIe point of this fiIm.
Anything eIse wouId be a Iost chance.
Say something.
My onIy probIem with the whoIe thing is...
...not knowing if I'll get a boner at the right moment.
AsshoIe.
The forth day.
No
Stand still!
Will you make me a coffee?
Okay.
Come and have a Iook.
That's how I'd like to have my hair done.
Is this the right one?
Yes?!
I'll be okay.
Fine.
Why don't you want to join us on the ski trip?
What? - Why don't you come?
Because I can't ski.
Why?
I just fall over.
But we don't even have to pay. Everything is free.
I won't say yes or no.
So you're coming then.
They're your friends. - They're yours too.
How do you like that? - Great.
It wouId be great if you don't smoke so much.
I have to, I'm rehearsing.
TickIe me.
What's the matter? - I knew this was coming.
So tell me!
Where is the miIk?
What is it?
I hate the winter. I was to go somewhere sunny.
Your friends are appalling.
Don't be so mean.
I haven't changed. You're weird.
Answer it.
Just answer it.
You don't Iove me anymore.
Now that's something new. - So it's true.
I don't want to discuss it.
So?
Why do you ask such a thing?
Because I want to know. - Ah.
And?
What makes you think that?
Answer first.
What makes you think that?
Just Iook at you. - Why shouId I?
It's been ages since we Iast sIept together.
Come on then.
Do it.
The fifth day.
What's the matter?
Cigarette?
We can smoke upstairs.
Let's taIk here.
You're really strange.
What am I?
You've suddenIy changed.
I'm still the same.
Just tell me if I'm right.
Just tell me what you mean!
Why don't we just drop it.
You're coming with me?
I have to go. - Ah.
I'm aIready Iate.
Hans had to Ieave urgentIy. He forgot about an appointment.
Shall we taIk about the scene? - My pIeasure.
Can I quickIy take a hot bath?
I'm frozen to the bone.
Will you find what you need?
I think I really stepped onto it.
Let me do that.
Does it hurt a Iot? - Yes.
Done. - Thanks.
I can't really tell you anything about the project...
...even though I'm part of it.
My girIfriend wouId go mad, I think.
I'm not even sure that I couId tell her about me appIying to the DP on the project.
We're not shooting yet.
Friederike wants to know whether you'll join us on the ski trip?
We couId make your new photos there as well.
Yes. That sounds great.
How is life with Friederike?
Fine.
How do you handIe it?
It seems like rouIette.
I don't know where this will take me, but I have to go on.
Most exciting is, not knowing where it Ieads you to.
She's dancing beautifully.
I know.
Going the way is the exciting part. The creating.
It's an adventure.
Without a goaI.
A Iot of work.
And no regards for Iosses.
You work in the fiIm business too?
No.
OnIy my girIfriend.
Catch it with a camera, not knowing what it is.
Capture it with the indifference of a machine.
The fiIm must resembIe what you see...
...when you cIose your eyes. That's how I wouId shoot it.
Ah.
And you are beautifuI.
But you seem to know that.
The sixth day.
OnIy for yourseIf
And the camera.
Hi Nina. This is Max. You never called back.
What about the project? ls it going well?
Give me an update. Or l'll just drop by your place.
See you! Max.
Hey Nina, it's Hans. The concert was super.
We never got to talk. Doesn't matter.
Sorry again about yesterday. l had to leave.
Do you have some time?
Maybe grab a few drinks.
What do you think? l would love not having to talk about work.
See you soon.
What's up? - Nothing in particuIar.
Tell me.
Your cIothing, when we first met. Those white Adidas.
I know, I was undergoing a strange phase.
Who were you with that day?
Theater, guest performance.
And how did you get into the party? Wasn't that some kind of private event?
With Mark and the girIs. They had aIready been there and so they knew it.
I see. That's why you had the heart to approach me.
You Iooked great. And you had this excIusive smiIe.
You were just boozed.
The next day I was head over heeIs in Iove with you.
You didn't even remember my name. - Why did we never make Iove together?
The opportunity never occurred and then the moment had passed.
You once said, that I was not your kind of guy.
How Iong ago?
Three years?
And this time?
Where do we step out?
You're familiar with this?
Yes.
Can you just have a drink there? - That as well, yes...
Then Iet's get into it. I wanna break new ground!
Can you see me?
It is a bit dark over there.
Is it onIy you who can see me now? Or all the guys from the other booths as well?
I wouIdn't mind!
I've never been to such a pIace.
This is really just for gays?
What a pity.
I'd like the idea if you wouId turn out to be just a littIe bisexuaI.
It turns you on seeing me flirting with Marie, right?
I am sure you desire me making out with her.
Maybe.
The idea turns you on?
Really?
Show me.
Prove it!
CooI. I think it Iooks beautifuI. Did I ever tell you?
You want me to undress?
Maybe, if you say pIease.
Okay.
But you have to continue.
It's a bit complicated with the mobiIe.
I'd prefer continuing without it anyway.
Just watching each other.
OnIy for yourseIf.
Your eyes seem dead.
No, it's great.
Kinda crazy.
As if all of this is not even reaI.
Go on, go on, go on...
I like it when you pIay with yourseIf.
No taIking!
OnIy for yourseIf and the camera.
Come here.
The seventh day.
Back to the topic. Are you or aren't you?
What am I? - A nutcase!
I shouIdn't be the judge of that, but I wouId say I'm not.
Wrong. You are.
But then you aren't. You are truIy mad.
You really believe in what you're doing. I think that's great. That's so rare.
The movie is a faiIure.
That's a harsh word.
You haven't faiIed. You haven't even started.
Privacy became the interesting thing. It became what was worth showing.
But do I want that?
Perhaps you have to make the fiIm without reaI sex.
No. It wouIdn't be the same.
I will provide the money. As much as you need.
No.
''For years we have all been living in the reaIm of Prince MangoguI:
Under the spell of an immense curiosity about sex, bent on questioning it...
...with an insatiabIe desire to hear it speak and be spoken about...
...quick to invent all sorts of magicaI rings...
...that might force it to abandon its direction.'' (MicheI FocauIt)