"What's wrong?" "Let's not let a salesgirl upset us." "I decided on this one." "Look, it's perfect." "The ideal mask." "You adjust the strap like this." "Great quality." "I tried them all." "Solid, scratch-proof, not too tight." "The perfect mask." "Actually Rudolf, I don't want to go to Lisbon." " What do you mean?" " This isn't gonna work." "I've got it all planned." "It's our vacation." "I booked a great hotel, I bought the tickets." "We're all set to snorkel, I reserved our spots..." "Just hear me out, please." "I'm sor, Rudolf." "I don't love you anymore." "I can't go on like this." "I think we should call it quits." "No worries for the apartment." "Stay for now." "I'll go to Yann's." "Over summer, you can look for a place." "Take your time." "I'm sor, Rudolf." "I've read it's really bad to drink from the can." "This is weird." "What time did you tell him?" "5 pm." "What'd he say?" "Not much." "I think he's glad we're playing again." "And he's got the rackets." "I'm really glad too." "I was sad when we stopped." "When he got with Pierre." "I'll call him." "Hello, Rudolf?" "It's Gabriel and Nicolas." "You coming to the park?" "We're here, bring the rackets." "See you." "Voicemail." "I'm walking, walking, walking..." "Pierre," "On Sunday mornings when the sun was out, a sunbeam would shine clear across the room." "You'd sit in the sunbeam all morning." "I'll never forget that." "That sunbeam." "I'm glad it's crappy out today." "Hi, it's us." "Not answering your phone anymore?" "Sorry about the kids, I'm babysitting." "We were at the cemetery and thought we'd drop by." " We brought chocolate éclairs." " Thanks." "This is my cousin Jean-Luc, he just showed up." "An impromptu visit." "This way, kids." "Sorry I didn't call you back." "We need to talk." "What's with the boxes?" "I'm going back to Austria." "I found an apartment and rented a truck." "He's going back to Austria." "What?" "What's with that?" "You haven't been back in 15 years." "You've got no one there." "My mind's made up." "You always said it was the armpit of the world and you'd never go back." "It was tough for me before, but I feel stronger now." "I'm no longer afraid." "I really want to go back." "Cut it out!" " What about your job?" " I quit." "I've heard Austria's beautiful." "When do you leave?" "Tomorrow." "I was going to call you tonight." " Isn't this rather sudden?" " That's the way to move forward." "It's all planned." "Strasbourg-Munich-Salzburg, an hour to Schladming, then Ramsau." "I found an apartment." "You're going to your village?" " Not Vienna?" " What's the point?" "I'm not leaving Paris for Vienna." " Got an ashtray?" " Sorry, it's packed." "Jules, stop hitting your brother!" "What'll you do there?" "Get a job and start writing." "I've never been able to here." "It's my home." "I can't pretend it doesn't exist." "I don't think I've been happy here." "I made a mistake." "I need to go back." "Maybe it's silly but..." "I miss my language." "Doesn't that mean something?" "Can't you play elsewhere?" "No!" "The éclairs!" "Here." "Got any coffee?" "Sorry, the machine's packed." "Cut it out." "Who's that?" "My grandmother." "Shit!" "My Nina Hagen records!" "Who's Nina Hagen?" "We are." "So you're leaving us." "Rudolf?" "You've packed beautifully!" "You can visit." "You already had one!" "What about us?" "Did you think about us?" "Think about us!" "Take the kids back to the cemetery." "We need to talk." " Ok." "Come on." " Thanks." "I don't know what to say." "Me neither." "It's all so sudden." "We can't even say anything." "There's rarely time to say anything in life." "What is there to say anyway?" "I don't know." "There must be something to say." "No, there's nothing to say." "And we're off!" "And we're off!" " And we're off!" " Go!" "Where'd you get that shitty truck?" "I bought some bananas." "What're you doing here?" "My boss gave me 5 days off." "I gave myself time off." "Where are your boxes?" "It's tough to go it alone." "True." " I'm not sure." " Don't worry about me." "We won't walk much." "Who cares?" "It's only 5 days." "You can't climb a mountain in sneakers." "I've seen them all." "These are the best." "You think?" " Can I help you?" " We're totally lost." "No we're not." "Know anything about hiking shoes?" "Of course." "We're going to the mountains in Austria." "High mountains?" "You know, mountains." "What's the elevation?" "Elevation?" "Dunno." " What's the elevation there?" " Up to 2,500 meters." "Smooth or rocky terrain?" " Smooth." " Rocky." " Rocky." " Maybe both?" "No, smooth." "Slippery when it rains." "I forgot the windbreakers!" "Ve important." "The Alps, you know." "This model." "The Alpinist GV." "Shock absorption, Gore-Tex membrane, good breathability, waterproof, lug soles for traction and water drainage, mesh uppers to eliminate moisture." " Very nice." " Yeah." "Got the same thing in cheaper?" "The Star-Cross GTX." "The sole is rubber but your feet really breathe." "I'm more into swimming." "You swim?" "When I have time." "In a lower price range you have the Forclaz 500." "Not waterproof, but fine for hiking." "I recommend anti-blister socks with these." "Anti-blister socks?" "There's such a thing?" "The windbreakers are super pricey." "We'll take these shoes, the cheapest." "My treat." "The bananas aren't very ripe, but at 6 in the morning," "I didn't have time and not much was open." "I couldn't shop around." "I was late." "I had to run back up for my flip-flops." "You brought flip-flops?" "I brought my surfboard!" "I'm so hung, aren't you?" "I'm starving." "At the end of that road is our old family home." "What time is it?" "Ten to eight." "It's hopping around here!" "Listen to the silence." "Rudolf!" "Little Rudolf!" "Hello, Johanna." "I barely recognize you." "How you've changed!" "Come in." "My friends, Nicolas and Gabriel." "Come on in!" "How long has it been?" "17 years." "Wow, that long?" "How are your parents?" "They're doing well." "How are you?" "Fine." "I'm pretty busy." "We're full, the place is packed." "And there's no end in sight." "Are they saving electricity or what?" "Here we are." "Room 10." "Thank you, Johanna." "It's beautiful." "Rudolf, I'm a bit embarrassed." "When you called this morning and asked if I could move you to an inexpensive triple room..." "I thought, I don't know why, you were bringing your family." "I mean, your wife and child." "So I put in a child's bed." "I'm sor." "It's ok, we're only staying one night." "Right." "Well, sweet dreams." "Wait, what time do we eat?" "Sorry." "Breakfast is served from 7 to 8:30 in the dining room." "I meant dinner." "Oh, Rudolf!" "Dinner is always served at 6:30." "I should've reminded you, I'm sor." "It's ok, we're not really hung." "Great." "Thank you." " What'd she say?" " Dinner was at 6:30." "We dawdled too much." "Goodnight!" "Nicolas!" "Gabriel!" "What's going on?" "It's 8:23!" "Our appointment's at 9." "She wants to clean up." "Sit down, the food's great." "Good morning!" "How do you want your boiled eggs?" "What do you mean?" "More soft, or more hard?" "How many minutes?" "I don't know." "Is 6 minutes good?" "It's up to you." "What about 5?" "Or 4." "Or scrambled." "Can I have scrambled eggs?" "Coffee for me." "I'll have a boiled egg, not too hard, not too soft." "Definitely not raw." "He'll have a 4-minute egg." "How about your egg?" "No, I need coffee." "First take some muesli from the buffet, then I'll bring your coffee and bread after the egg." "She says first you get muesli, then an egg, and after that, coffee." "No." "No!" "She brings the coffee after." "Listen!" "Choose your egg." "Fine, I'll eat an egg." " Cooked how long?" " 15 hours." "He'll have a 4-minute egg too." "Sorry." "There's no Viennese coffee." "It's black and you add milk." "Like a café au lait?" "Viennese coffee is a Parisian thing." "Seriously?" "What about viennoiseries?" "Same thing." "Here we have e bread and rolls, that's it." "Viennoiseries aren't from Vienna?" "Sure they are..." "Actually the Turks brought them." "Forget it." "We're good, thank you." "She's always laughing." "I'm going for a smoke." "Hurry, we're meeting the owner at 9." "We can't be late." "It's all planned." "I have to get electricity and a phone too." "My writing desk will go here." "The bookcase... there." "And my armchair, there." "Unusual view." "Austrian apartments are always spic and span." "What a dreary place!" "There's never any mold in Austrian apartments." "It's great." "I'll take it." "Perfect." "I'll need photocopies of your last three pay slips." "Got them." " Here." " Thank you." "You work in France?" "I used to work in France." "I quit." "I'm moving back here." "So you're unemployed." "Yes, but..." "I can pay the first 3 months in cash." "I'm sorry, I must have a guarantee." "I'll need at least a signed commitment to hire." "What's going on?" "Big problem." "I need to find a job first." "As soon as you find a job, you'll get the apartment." "Is that ok?" "No easier than Paris." "I had a nightmare about Franz last night." "We were at the party where Rudolf introduced us." "We were in the kitchen and Franz hugged me and asked me to come to Austria." "Suddenly I was at the train station." "It was awful." "I couldn't stop crying." "Franz wasn't there." "There was no one around." "Then Romy Schneider rode by on a black horse." "Think they have a ping-pong table?" "No idea." "What'll he do in this shithole?" "Change of plans!" "Johanna found me a possible job." "Ready?" "So, do you like Austria?" "Love it." "It's really pretty." "It's peaceful, quiet." "The Shining is quiet too." "The French don't know much about Austria." "True." "Except for Freud." "Sissi." "Hitler." "Mozart." "Marie-Antoinette was Austrian, right?" "Arnold Schwartzenegger." "Gorgeous." "What's this thing?" "Hear the cows?" "I completely forgot about those." "What is it?" "A stamp machine." "For hikers, to keep a record." "My grandma always had me stamp my travelogue." "Hold on..." "I love it." "He was sweet but he surprised me." "He stuck his thing in without a condom." "I realized a bit too late." "Didn't you check?" "I usually do." "I'm totally paranoid." "Usually, I even fill them with water afterwards." " You fill the condom with water?" " Yeah." "How do you go about it?" "I remove it myself and make sure there's no leak." "He kept saying, " Don't worry."" "So many times I figured there must be a problem." "I went straight to the hospital for a test." "I got the emergency treatment." "Talk about depressing!" "I freaked out." "Stay on the trail, please." "It's written right there." ""Shortcuts destroy the vegetation." "Please stay on the trail."" "Kind of a long commute, isn't it?" "What subway route do you take now?" "I get Line 2 at Ménilmontant, change at Stalingrad... then take Line 7 to Gare de I'Est." " Not Gare du Nord?" " No." "I'd get Line 3 at Gambetta, change at République, then take Line 5." "That's longer." "Takes too long to change at République." "Line 2 and 7." "I don't like Line 7." "It's weird." "It follows a weird route." "I don't like the subway anymore." "Have you tried the city bikes?" "No." "I don't know..." "It's a balance thing." "I'm not comfortable on a bike." "Maybe it's linked to my childhood." "A subconscious fear no doubt." "There's the lodge." "The Südwandhütte." "Let's go check it out." "Are you hung?" "No need, I'm Austrian." "I'm from here." " Oh, sor." " No problem." "I'll order my favorite dishes." "How's that?" "I'll have a Geselchtes with Semmelknödel and Kraut." "He'll have the Kaspätzle and he'll have a Kaiserschmarrn." "So two schnapps and I'll have elderflower juice." "Thank you." "The perfect job, isn't it?" "Beautiful spot anyway." "Can't be too hard." "The customers seem nice." "Waiting tables is pretty easy." "Gotta stay on your toes." "And keep your distance or the customers take advantage." "Don't mix sex and work." "Thanks, but this isn't a pick-up joint." "The important thing for a job interview is confidence." "It's like an audition..." "This isn't L'Oréal." "He's interviewing to be a waiter." "He has to play himself up." "What do you know about job interviews?" "My life is a job interview." "I'm teasing." "Thank you." " Shall I dig in?" " Go on." "You're going to love it." "Kaiserschmarrn." ""The Emperor's Mess."" "Yours is Spätzle, mountain gnocchi." "My favorite dish as a kid." " Cut it out." " Bit of harmless fun!" "You're obnoxious." " He's clearly gay." " No, he's just polite." "Poor thing." " I'm going for a leak." " Stop it!" "Those kids are so well-behaved." "They're ugly." "Ever think about having kids?" "With who?" "I don't know." "I think having kids makes people less selfish." "Puts things in perspective." "Come off it." "You're gay." "And you only watch kids for money." "A kid gives you a future." "Kids are the future." "And there's a social pressure." "That's bullshit." "They can't make us adopt kids." "Everybody up, kids!" "Time to go." " That's Franz." " Franz?" "What?" "That guy over there." "It's Franz." "You're hallucinating." "From the back?" "I recognize him." "I recognized his voice." "Calm down." "Franz lives in Innsbruck." "265 km away." "Plus, Franz was a real estate agent, not a camp counselor." "Maybe he changed jobs!" " What do I do?" " Sit down." " What do I do?" " Nothing." " What do I do?" " Calm down." "Hello, Dr. Cardeillac?" "Gabriel Daumier calling." "You must be with a patient." "I'll call back later." "Enough of this." "Time to see the boss." "I've come for the waiter job." "Johanna, from the Waldhof, told me you're looking for someone." "Here I am." "Very well." "I'm looking for someone serious and organized." "Organizing is my life." "Do not open the rabbit cage!" "What's this?" " Tomorrow." " Tomorrow?" "Great." "What're they doing?" "Who are those basket cases?" "They're my friends..." "Don't go." "Leave my rabbits alone!" "What're they doing?" "My beautiful rabbits!" "Unbelievable!" "Rules are rules!" "Hands off my rabbits!" "Get away!" "What the hell's wrong with you?" "They don't speak German." "They don't?" "Are you shitting me?" "Are you out of your minds?" "What happened?" "What was that about?" "He was going to hire me." "You screwed it up." "I don't get it." "What's going on?" "Did you do it on purpose?" " Not at all!" "We're sorry." " It was an accident." " We just opened a cage." " There was a sign!" "There's always a sign!" "So?" "Deal with it!" "Signs are useful." "For who?" "There's more signs than people." "Enough with your signs!" "Maybe we should go for a dip." "A swim would do us good." "Rudolf?" "If you move here you'll be buried alive." "You'll never meet anyone." "I guess if you like masturbation..." "What's wrong with you?" "We're still young, Rudolf." "There are a lot of signs." "But signs are very useful." "They create harmony between people." "Without harmony we can't communicate." "We can't live together." "The beauty here is partly due to the signs, the rules." "Otherwise you have chaos." "That's what I'll write about." "We need rules to fight chaos." "Without rules we sink into depression." "Beauty is not a given." "It cannot exist without rules." "Order is beauty." "Hello, Dr. Cardeillac?" "Gabriel Daumier calling." "Sorry to bother you again, I know it's against the rules." "I ran into Franz earlier." "I'm in Austria right now." "I'm not sure I should see him again." "I've got my Prazepam just in case." "I'll call you back." "Hurry up, we're late." "ls it me or is he even more anal here?" "Why'd you provoke him?" "Cut the crap!" "He's losing his marbles." "He thinks he's the only one with a clue." "If he doesn't mellow out, I'm gone." "He's a just little neurotic." "What're you doing here?" "Need a ride?" "No thanks, I'd rather walk." "Remember Eva?" "She's come to give me a hand." " How are you?" " Good, you?" "Good." "You used to love playing together!" "She lives in Berlin." "She's single, like you." "Mom!" "ls the mountain hut hiring you?" "'Fraid not." "Shame." " I love that place." " Me too." "I used to go with my grandmother." "You've lost your local accent." "So have you." "She's half-Berliner now!" "See you later!" "Eva, my daughter." "Funny guy!" "We caught him naked!" "I understand it's part of the analytical process." "I know I'm completely out of line here..." "I'd like you to meet my daughter Eva..." "But the thing is..." "I figured I should follow my instinct." "Maybe I've reached a point, after 10 years, where I can call you, since you know the whole story." "But I don't mean to step out of bounds..." "So you've gone to Austria after all?" "Do you think I should t to see Franz?" "No, I don't think so." "Maybe Rudolfs been right all along." "He's taking charge of his life." "Moving forward, fearlessly." "It's a brave thing to do." "True, it is brave." "I know I never say it, but..." "You guys are everything to me." "Without you I'm nothing." "You've got your acting." "He has his books." "All I've got is you." "And now it's over." "Don't say that!" "Here you go." "Nina Hagen." "Awesome, thanks." "Thank you, Rudolf." "We were kind of a gay cliché today." "I regret never bringing Pierre here." "What losers we are in love." "Totally." "Mr. Mayor!" "I was just telling these gentlemen from Paris about our region." "Paris!" "Wonderful!" "Like some past?" "Topfenkolatsche." "I know, I'm Austrian." "I'm from here." "Sorry, I thought..." "No problem." "You're from Ramsau?" "What's your name?" "Rudolf Schwarz." "We lived on the main road." "The Schwarz family, of course." "What can I do for you?" "I'm looking for work." "I'm moving back here." "This gentleman is inquiring about job offers." "There aren't many at the moment... ln November we'll need someone to run the ski lift." "Would you be interested?" "Sure, why not?" "They need someone for the ski lift." "Claudia, give him Johannes' number." "Go for it." "Beats the bookshop in Paris." "I'm not in Paris." "Unemployed people can't leave?" "You need an official reason?" "What can I say?" "I'm helping a friend who's on the brink." "It's great you're moving back." "You'll feel right at home." "I'm sure I will." "He says Paris is beautiful, but it's better here." "More authentic and wholesome." "One can only be fulfilled in the calm and silence of nature." "One is only oneself at home." "He's awful, he wants everyone to go home." "You're so right." "For example, I live on Boulevard de Clichy." "I'm not myself on Rue des Martyrs." "He says you're so right." "He only feels at home on Boulevard de Clichy and cannot be himself on Rue des Martyrs." "I only feel at home on streets running parallel to the Seine." "He only feels at home on streets running parallel to the Seine." "They're French, it's tricky." "Thank you." "I'm very thorough and organized." "I always check everything twice, rest assured." "Come here." "We'll pretend they're skiers." "Stay straight." "Good." "Next." " Everything ok?" " Great." "Grab the pole on your own." " Got it?" " Yes." "Not too low." "Don't pull on it." "Let it pull you." "Are you crazy?" "That's not allowed!" "You ok?" "I'm fine." "It's dangerous." "You idiot." "Sorry." "You're hired." "For a Frenchman you're not too shabby." "Thanks, but I'm Austrian." "He's hiring me!" "Cool." "Why not this afternoon?" "I see." "No problem." "See you tomorrow." "The flat's sorted." "We move in tomorrow at 8:15 am." "Want to see my old family home?" "Yeah, totally." "If the owner's nice maybe I can show you my room." "Let's go." "What's wrong?" "This was the kitchen." "The fireplace was here." "This was the living room, opening onto the kitchen." "We're in the garden." "My swing was here." "Grandma parked her car here." "Dad parked here." "There were fir trees." "This is my room." " Let's go." " We'll eat out." "No, we'll make sandwiches." "It's cheaper." "You love someone... but that love doesn't help you." "It can all be destroyed in minutes." "Five minutes." "Four minutes." "Three." "And there you are." "Facing the void." "Facing yourself." "You have to start over from scratch." "So you do." "It's so beautiful, so exciting, so terrible." "Call it hysterical." "We're all hysterical." "All obsessional." "All megalomaniacal." "But isn't an obsession with rules a way of controlling hysteria?" "Don't we only love those who reject us?" "Isn't living megalomaniacal?" "I'm going back, I need to think." "Do you think human beings must move forward?" "Isn't it more about... which way to go, and why?" "Yes, but moving forward means you could become someone else." "You can't be someone else if you're not yourself." "You can't be yourself if you don't move forward..." "Rudolf!" "We're going clubbing tonight with Eva." "Want to join us?" "I don't know." "We have to get up early." "Come on!" "It'll be fun to go back there together." "Let's get wasted!" "Look at Eva!" "4 Killer Schnapps." "No thanks." "At first I found Austria uptight." "But actually people are very warm." "We always said we'd never come back here." "I've got my mom, but you..." "Why've you come back?" "Stop it!" "Not again!" "Leave it, he doesn't know him!" "You're driving us mad with Franz!" "Move on!" "He's not so easy to forget." "Unlike your fuck buddies!" "Know what?" "I slept with your Franz too." "Frankly he wasn't much of a lay." "What's your problem?" "Give me a second." "Let me breathe." "Breathe then, go on." "Just because you feel old doesn't mean I have to." "You're pathetic." "You're the pathetic one!" "You get dumped and pull a geographic!" "You couldn't pick someone else?" "You just had to sleep with Franz?" "Why didn't you tell me?" "Enough about Franz." "It was 6 years ago." "You need to wake up." "You're no better, still chasing teenagers." "Way to go." "You're disgusting, repulsive." "You've got nobody." "We're all you have." "No wonder you're both single." "No wonder Pierre left you." " What would you know?" " You're so selfish!" "We came here to help you." "I don't want your help." "That's right." "Throw away our friendship." "We're not 20 anymore." "I've changed, but you can't." "I'm not running from Paris." "I'm running from you." "Vienna..." "Innsbruck..." ""Sexy..." "Gay..." "Rendezvous..." "Ramsau Beach."" "Thank you!" "Thank you so much!" "She gets up early." "In silence." "Everyone's asleep." "She eats nothing, takes her bag and goes." "She walks at a steady pace." "Calm and resolute." "She used to go with her husband." "Now she goes by herself." "Later, when he's older, she'll take her grandson." "He's still too little to keep up." "She reaches the first stamp machine and takes out her travelogue." "She always stamps it at 5:45 am." "Then, further on, a second time at 6:50." "And one last time at 8:10." "Perfectly regular intervals." "Beautiful." "She finally reaches the summit." "She sits on the bench." "Her bench." "She eats a banana." "She looks at the mountains and valley." "Her village is tiny from here." "She thinks about her family, her life." "She thinks about the future." "And on that day, for the first time, she has doubts." "She decides to leave it all." "Her family, her village, her country." "Is he dead?" "Quiet everyone!" "Are you ok?" "Did you hurt yourself?" "Let me help you." "Go play kids." "Come on!" "Stop talking!" "We want to have a battle." "No, we're going to play peewee golf." "Adele, time to go!" "Come on." "Hurry kids, time to go!" "Keep moving in the back!" "Before she goes, she takes her grandson to her bench." "To the summit." "She's going to live elsewhere." "They're alone." "Surrounded by mountains." "She knows she'll see him less." "But there's no point being sad." "She arrives in Paris." "She drops off her things and goes out to see the city." "Her new city." "She sees the Champs-Élysées for the first time." "It looks exactly like the postcards she's seen." "She peers in shop windows." "She's never seen such lovely ones." "It's nice to be by herself." "For the first time in her life, she's truly alone." "Michi, come swim!" "Coming." "She stops window-shopping." "It's too crowded." "Suddenly she stops." "For the first time, she looks at the people." "There are so many!" "She finds them beautiful." "Their movements are beautiful." "Their energy is beautiful." "She weeps." "Abruptly, she weeps." "ls it because she finds it so beautiful but has no one to share it with?" "Or is it because she finds it hideous and wants to tell someone?" "Where are Nicolas and Gabriel?" "No idea." "They left." "Wait Rudolf!" "I've got something for you." "Wait here." "Everything will be alright." "For you three." "The three musketeers!" "If you find them, give them to them." "We'll miss them." "Thank you." "Gabriel!" "Nicolas!" "These are for you." "Thanks." "Goodbye." "Wait." "I just wanted a Mars bar." "Fuck it!"