"Based on the true story of Benjamin Prufer and Sreykeo Sorvan." "Phnom Penh, Cambodia" "You shoot" "So now you shoot the tree" "Peace, folks!" "Ben, I have a cool idea" "We'll take LSD at the Killing Fields." "War tourism with ambition" "Shit man." "They'll rip us off" "Shit, I have no money on me" "Got any water?" "Why would I have water?" "It's not my fault the fucking tuk-tuk died" "Look" "Somebody's there" "It's called Phnom" "Look, Ben" "Pretty women" "Wave" "You need to open up" "Reach out to women" "Here you're unaware of time" "Time's aware of you and catches you and you float in time" "We take time and hack it up" "You can't bank time" "Gnarly!" "Marie is sweet, eh?" "She never talks" "I mean visually" "Go in with me" "We're in Phnom Penh!" "The question is, my place or yours?" "I'm going to eat" "Thai chicken micken" "You coming?" "Yes" "You bought her a ring?" "!" "Are you nuts?" "They invest in gold jewelry" "For a rainy day" "They don't do that here" "Yes, they do" "No!" "They want you to marry them" "That's all" "You have no choice" "No choice, how?" "I didn't mean you, doobie doo" "Speaking of doobie" "What's up?" "Are you in love?" "Are you in love with Regula?" "I don't love somebody who's not there" "We're going home tomorrow!" "Hamburg, Germany - 6 weeks later" "Ed!" "Open the door!" "Who are you?" "I'm Ben." "I live here" "Who are you?" "Lilli" "We expected you yesterday" "What happened?" "Bicycle accident" "We study together" "We had a welcome party for you" "The mattress is in the basement" "Or you could just... sleep on the sofa" "How does it work?" "Do you pay her?" "I send her money so she won't sell her body" "Can you afford that?" "No, he can't" "What's a hooker like in bed?" "It's nice" "What does that mean?" "She does the work and you enjoy it?" "With her it's nice" "Like us" "I see" "What'll you do now?" "An intern job" "What else?" "Lunch is in the cafeteria" "On the ground floor" "Here comes the boss" "Excuse me, Mr. Behr, just briefly" "This is my brother Ben" "Great." "Hello" "It's a pleasure" "If you need anything just say so" "The door is always open" "Don't hold back" "I'm here for you" "I mean for questions, suggestions" "Speaking of which my brother spent 3 months in Asia" "Really?" "Cambodia" "Good" "This is Mr. Mullerhofen" "Who?" "Please come in" "This is Mr. Mullerhofen" "He thinks his building society has been embezzling from tenants for 15 years" "G' day" "Coffee or water?" "I've had my daily water quota" "Please..." "Right, a chair" "Thanks" "Mullerhofen!" "He killed me" "Mullerhofen is totally nuts, of course" "But if he's right, it could be a big scandal" "That would be great" "How're things at home?" "Sybille's well?" "If you mean Claudia she doesn't affect my home life" "Ah." "No gray area" "I keep office and home separate" "So only during office hours?" "It's none of your business who I'm banging" "Got it?" "I get you a job and you fuck with me?" "No worries" "I've got other problems" "Claudia is only here 'til Christmas" "I know it." "So does she" "We're all adults" "So it's all under control" "I met a woman in Cambodia" "You send her money?" "She's my girlfriend" "Those women have lots of men who send money" "Bet she does too" "She can't afford love" "Sorry" "Tell me about Cambodia" "What?" "How do people live there?" "They constantly eat and offer you food." "Food's important" "They're never alone" "They're always in a group." "Even asleep" "The whole family sleeps in one room" "If they had to sleep alone they'd feel weird" "They even use the same toothbrush" "I send her 150 a month" "In return, she got a newjob" "Doing what?" "Working at a beer garden" "On commission" "If more customers drink her brand she earns more" "And no men?" "No." "That's our contract" "Ah." "Contract" "Your head back in Cambodia?" "What does life cost in Phnom Penh?" "In a factory she'd earn * 50 or 60 a month" "But she takes care of her family" "What does her mother do?" "She gambles" "Cards" "What's up?" "Did something happen?" "Could you have caught it?" "Yes" "You have to get tested" "I know" "Listen, your 3 months are almost up" "You'll get Claudia's editor's job" "Sign the contract today" "Then we'll insure you against disability" "You want to hire me as a staff editor?" "You're mixing private life and the office again" "You're my brother" "It doesn't get any more private" "I don't care" "Shit!" "Shit!" "Shit!" "Shit!" "How are you?" "Haven't seen you in ages" "I'm fine." "You?" "Not bad" "Tandem training program 3 months office, 3 months school" "I'm in comptrolling at Hapag Lloyd" "A great company" "You know logistics is growing 10% per year?" "So they need people badly" "The money's right too 1000 euros a month" "They want people to look good" "When I finish my degree" "I'll have a job waiting" "And you?" "I'm getting an HIV test" "I'm sorry" "No worries" "I'll cross my fingers" "All the best" "See you" "What's that?" "For my new visa" "You're going back?" "Sreykeo is HIV positive" "And you?" "I get the results in 5 days" "Then I go to Cambodia" "What if you're positive?" "I'll still go" "That's just so romantic" "Just romantic or plain stupid" "Should I get tested?" "The toothbrush" "I don't think so, but I'll let you know" "Did I miss something?" "Think about it" "Once she starts the meds she has to keep taking them" "Forever" "If she stops the virus could become resistant" "But in Cambodia only Stavudine is available" "With 1000 side effects" "Nerve damage to the arms and legs" "It's not even used in Germany anymore" "It's well tolerated at first but less effective and those side effects" "Trust me, AZT is much better" "AZT is not available in Cambodia" "I want the supplier's name" "All the many HIV cases here take Stavudine" "Why should this girl get anything else?" "She's my girlfriend" "We'll gladly enroll your girlfriend in our program but if our drugs aren't good enough" "I know you can get AZT from the supplier" "Be reasonable" "Stavudine is always available but AZT..." "That's why I need a reliable source" "I'll buy them but where!" "That's not ourjob" "I don't give a shit!" "Give me the damn address" "We're building wells in rural areas of Cambodia so our aid worker can'tjoin your HIV program here in Phnom Penh" "No problem" "You can buy the drugs for her directly from our importer" "That's possible?" "Of course" "Oh, shit" "Your boyfriend can't work any more" "He has stomach ache very weak" "But..." "I love him." "And he loves me" "We'll keep that in mind" "Okey dokey in Cambodia?" "More or less" "This is Vanessa" "Hello, Vanessa" "You two study together?" "No." "Why?" "Whatever" "I'll just close this" "What about Lilli?" "Vanessa is less stressful" "And you?" "UN ambassador for human rights and development aid?" "How's things in Phnom Penh?" "Thanks, Dr. House." "Everything's fine" "Her viral load is dropping" "Her family wants me to marry her and farm rice" "So now you don't know what to do?" "No, I just don't know" "I thought it would work out, but there's no solution" "I go there, I come back" "I go again." "I'm out of money" "Right" "What do you think?" "Make a list" "What's on the pro side?" "Life with her will never be boring." "Sex?" "Really?" "Yes" "She's special, that's a fact" "What else?" "She loves me as I am" "All women say they love you for who you are" "OK, one plus." "Con?" "She lives in Asia, I live in Europe" "That could be a pro..." "So, con?" "You can barely communicate" "She costs money" "She can't, or rather shouldn't, have children" "She's a Cambodian ex-prostitute who is going to die of AIDS." "That's a fact" "Current medical lore says she'll live another 25 years, max" "if she gets the right medication" "Now consider your age" "Damn, I don't believe it" "German?" "Good in Phnom Penh?" "You speak German?" "Yes." "Good" "Happy" "Happy" "Your turn" "Listen, Ben" "I'll send you to Asia at the magazine's expense" "You'll do an article on luxury hotels and meanwhile, you write your story" "Young backpacker meets fallen girl..." "You know, AIDS and so on" "All for good reason" "We'll pay separately and you keep the copyright" "You should invest to get ahead" "I can't do that" "Of course you can" "Sell it elsewhere and cash in" "I have to ask Sreykeo." "It's her story too" "Do that." "But don't wait long" "BTW those are mine" "Yeah." "Got it" "Shit" "Want to watch?" "Otherwise we'll watch porn" "During Advent?" "Especially during Advent!" "From a German" "You speak German well" "And the German man lives here?" "No" "She opens the door to the disco looks around, sees a man at the bar" "goes right to him, says buy me a glass of bubbly" "I thought, OK, two glasses of champagne" "Then she drank it down in one gulp and said, now I want to dance" "I don't like to dance" "But we danced." "We even danced well" "And ever since I've held her close" "Two years later, Henry came along" "We got married and soon you arrived" "That's our story" "Your mother always knew what she wanted" "It's for you" "She called me poppa" "Why is he going outside?" "For privacy." "Let him be" "You're beautiful" "Thank you" "Your French is excellent" "I'm a teacher" "Would you like to sleep with me tonight?" "Take the money!" "I've got lots of money" "Why won't you look at me?" "You agreed to come with me" "So don't make a fuss now" "What's wrong?" "I gave you money" "Don't make me use force" "Or would you rather go with foreigners?" "It's the best hotel in Kuala Lumpur" "Wear something nice, write the article and don't forget the hotel is paying for everything" "While you're there you can figure out how to write your own story" "Got it?" "I can hand in expense receipts?" "Receipts for AIDS drugs would not go over well here" "Get it?" "I can't do it" "We just split up." "I can'tjust go and pretend it's fine and then cash in on our story." "That's bad" "Break-ups happen but it's a good story" "You can'tjust leave her behind" "You'll feel guilty your whole life that you just cut her off" "as if it hadn't happened" "First promises, then bam" "I didn't make promises" "So you think like big brother here" "But she might see it differently" "Be honest" "You really made no promises?" "I promised I'd help and I did that" "What do you think?" "Me?" "I don't see that as a promise" "More... like an agreement or a contract" "I see" "And then one side just cancels it?" "She still works as a bar-girl although I send money." "She broke our contract" "It was your contract" "By German law." "Hamburg jurisdiction" "That contract applies to her?" "What security does she have?" "Should she wait for you all her life?" "At least be real" "Go lay your cards on the table" "This to and fro is pointless" "End the relationship with dignity" "Then everybody knows what's what that's her right" "Phnom Penh, Cambodia" "Heitmann speaking" "Ditto" "Are you mad?" "Totally?" "First you want to go, then you don't" "Now you break off the trip?" "I need time to for my book" "I'm writing our story" "The hotel asked where you are" "It's totally embarrassing including for me" "They'll fire you" "I don't care" "I'll find a job in Cambodia" "Today Benjamin and Sreykeo live in Cambodia and Germany." "They have a son." "He is healthy."