"A FINE DAY" "Deniz, are you there?" "Pick up." "What was up this morning?" "You needn't have left so soon." "If you want, we can see each other later." "Give me a call." "You're playing it safe, baby." "If it doesn't work out with the one, there's still the other." "That was a bit too heavy." "Try again." "You're playing it safe, baby." "If it doesn't work out with the one, there's still the other." "The first was OK but the second should be a bit tighter." "That was good." "That isn't true." "To you, all girls are inter- changeable." " On the contrary." ""On the contrary" a bit tighter, please." "You're playing it safe, baby." "If it doesn't work out with the one, there's still the other." " That isn't true." "To you, all girls are inter- changeable." " On the contrary." "What's wrong?" " What's wrong!" "What took you so long?" "I've been waiting here an hour." "It took longer at the studio." " You could've phoned." "There wasn't time." " No time for a phone call?" " No." "New shirt?" " No." "Just haven't worn it lately." "Suits you." " Thanks." "Want another drink?" " A coke." "What did you do today?" " Nothing special." "cleaned up." "Went to the library." "I read and did some thinking." "About what?" "About quitting my studies." "It's a waste of time." "Are you sure?" " Yeah." "These guys I study with, all obsessed with their careers." "It bores me stiff." "Such people are everywhere." "But that's no reason to hide." "That may be." "But it's not as easy as you think." "I know it's not easy." "But you've already quit so many things." " So what?" "What do you want to do now?" " We'Il see." "Let's drop it." "I saw your girlfriend on the street yesterday." "Who?" " The blonde with the short hair." "I forget her name." "You mean Marie." "She's not my girlfriend." "More of an acquaintance." " You like her." "Come off it." "We've known each other so long." "I've helped her prepare a few presentations." "She's dull." "She means nothing to me." "It's disgusting how you talk about your acquaintances." "I wonder what you tell people about me." " You picking a fight?" "One can't fight with you." "What do I mean to you?" " But, Deniz, we're together!" "And why?" " If you don't know the answer to that question.. ." "What do you want from me?" " I've asked you." "I don't feel like answering that." "If for once you'd say what you really thought!" "But you probably don't think." " Just stop it already!" "On any given day, how many women do you see on the street that attract you?" "Two or three, maybe." "At most." " Two or three!" "That's a Iot." "That's sixty women a month." "Pretty good selection." "It doesn't mean anything." "Don't you look around?" "You also see guys you like." " No, that doesn't interest me." "How do you Iike her?" " Who?" "The waitress." " Yes, she's good looking." "But that doesn't mean anything." "Good, I'II talk to her for you." " What?" "I'lI talk to her for you." "What's this, are you jealous?" " I'm not." "On the contrary." "Listen, it's not my fault if you've had a bad day." "Don't take it out on me." "dealing with those film idiots doesn't seem to do you good." "I haven't had a bad day." "And the guys I work with are very nice." "You're probably very nice to them, too." " What do you know." "You're right." "I don't even want to know." "For one, I don't want to know what you've done to get ahead." "You're repulsive." "I'm sorry." "I didn't mean it like that." "The only thing you know is how to drag things through the mud." "And what do you do?" "Nothing!" " I said I was sorry." "I can't stand it here any more." "Deniz!" "Wait a minute!" "Where are you going?" "Let's go to the lake." "Come on." "What if we broke up?" "Why should we break up?" "Because I don't love you anymore." "If that's how you see it." "Is that all you have to say?" "What should I say?" "You're a coward." "I don't understand how I couId've fallen in love with someone like you." "What's going on here?" "You really don't understand a thing." "It's just over." "Do me a favor:" "Leave me alone." "You want to sit here by yourself?" "Come on, Iet's go back." "please." "Can I call you?" "Look, it's the actress." "Hey, I want to sleep with you!" "Who said that?" "What's wrong?" "Cat got your tongues?" "He didn't mean it like that." "tell her you didn't mean it!" "What's the big deal?" "You should apologize." " It just slipped out." "If it happens again, there'II be trouble." "Understand?" "Yeah." "Show a little more respect." "Don't just hang around here." "We're checking out the scene and making sure everything's OK." "How interesting." "Listen, we'Il walk you to your building." "As protection." "Sometimes there are creepy guys around here." " Thanks, but I don't need any protection." " We insist." "Whatever. lf it makes you happy." "You're an actress, right?" "We know everything that goes on around here." "So what do you play?" " AII kinds of things." "Let us know if something you did is going to be on TV." " Sure." "So, I Iive over there." "I can walk the rest alone." "If you're ever in trouble, just come to us." "We'Il take care of it." "Hi, Deniz." "This is LeyIa." "Just wanted to say" "I'lI be arriving at Zoo Station at 1 9:28." "I'lI only have 2 hours before my next train." "Look forward to seeing you." "Bye." "hello, Mama." " hello, sweetheart." "Come in." "shall I make you some tea?" " I'lI help you in a sec." "Lass nur, ich mach das schon." "Deniz, do you want anything to eat?" "No thanks." "I'm not hungry." "You should look after yourself." "You look thin." "Mama." "I Iook the same as ever." "And I do look after myself." "You've got a new hairstyle." "I actually wanted it different." "Not so short." "It looks good." " really?" "Yeah, it suits you." "How's work?" " It's going well." "glad to hear it." "And how're you doing?" "I'm fine." "It's just so quiet in the flat since you and your sister left." "I'm still not used to it." "I hope you haven't only come to eat or do your laundry." "You can't seriously think that." "No, I don't." "I'm talking like an old woman." "I must get on your nerves." "No, but you shouldn't live alone." "You're an attractive woman." "You could meet someone if you wanted." "It's hard for me." "I know it's dumb, but I compare everyone to your father." "I don't know if I couId get used to anyone like that again." "I don't even know if I want to." "Is there no one in your office that you Iike?" "No." "And just because you work with someone is no reason to get involved with them." "Besides, one should seperate such things." "It just complicates everything." "How is Jan?" "I've broken up with him." "Why?" "Did you have a fight?" "It's over." "I don't love him anymore." "I thought you two got along." "That's too bad." "He was nice." "Yeah, he is nice." "I won't give you any advice." "You must know what you're doing, but don't wait forever for the love of your life to come along." "I don't." "But you must have standards." "Otherwise there's no point." "You're being arrogant." "Look around you." "Nowadays people treat each other like disposable objects." "It's not good." "Before you really know each other, you break up." "You get to know people fast when you're together with them." "But when things stop moving, it's over." "Listen to you!" "You're too impatient." "A partnership has to grow." "I wasn't madly in love with your father at first." "But with time, we got along better and better." "He respected me and I him." "That's worth a lot." "But you fought so much." "AII night long, sometimes." "LeyIa and I were always being woken up by your arguments." "I know for a fact that you often wanted to separate." "But we never did." " For the children's sake or out of habit!" "Not out of habit." "More out of a sense of responsibility." "There's nothing wrong with assuming responsibility for a child or a partnership." "'Partnership' - what a horrid word!" "It sounds so sensible." "It's not easy to get along with someone you've lived with for over 20 years." "That's a Iong time." "You've got to be sensible once in a while." "And just because you fight, it doesn't mean you're not happy." "Happiness isn't jolly." "Where exactly in Prenzlauer Berg?" " Christburger Strasse." "Good." "Is there a problem?" "Does the music bother you?" "should I turn it off?" " No." "Your name is..." " Deniz Turhan." "OK. lt'lI be just a moment." "please take a seat." "hello." " hello." "Goodbye." "We'II be in touch." "Deniz." "You can come in now." "hello." " hello." "Let's get started." "The best thing would be for you to introduce yourself." "My name is Deniz Turhan." "I'm 2 1 years old." "I Iive in Berlin and I'm an actress." "You know that this is for a leading role?" " Yes." "Do you think you're up to it?" "I wouldn't be here if I didn't." "tell us something." "Ask me something more specific." "Show us something about yourself that you've experienced." "Or tell us about a film that you especially liked recently." "It was a few weeks ago." "I had worked all day and was very tired when I got home." "I turned on the TV and channeI-surfed a bit." "Then I happened upon a really good film." "It tells the story of a girl, about 1 6 or 1 7." "It's summer." "The girl is at a summer camp by the sea." "You see her at a play rehearsal." "Soon it's performed, at night, out-of-doors." "The lines she speaks are about love." "The next day she meets her boyfriend." "He's followed her." "Her mind is elsewhere." "He feels that she is distancing herself from him." "He gives her a present and then they part." "They both know that it's over." "Then the holidays are past." "She's back home with her family." "Her parents, who argue all the time, own a tailor's shop." "Her older brother works there too, though he really wants to be a writer." "She goes out a Iot and soon has a new boyfriend." "He has to do his military service." "They talk about whether they'II remain faithful to each other." "One evening she comes home late." "Her father is still up." "They have a Iong talk." "It's the first such talk they've had." "He tells her that he's leaving the family." "He has a mistress." "Then she meets someone." "He is still very young, not much older than she is." "She thinks he's different from the others." "Soon after they get married." "A year later her brother throws a party." "They've sold the shop." "Her brother is now a writer, but no one takes him seriously." "At the party, she flirts with a friend of her husband's." "They've known each other a long time." "Her husband ignores her." "A few months later she leaves him." "She packs her things." "Her father accompanies her to the airport." "On the bus, they have another long talk," "like the time she came home late." "Her father tells her she's not capable of loving anyone." "Then they say goodbye." "She flies to America with her husband's friend." "That's how the film ends." "Good." "Then that's all for today." "That was it?" "Yes." "We'Il let you know as soon as we decide." "How long will that take?" " Not long." "We'Il be in touch." "Were you hiding?" "This afternoon I thought you were going away." " Why?" "You had a bag with you." " I just had my laundry in it." "Do you live in that building you were going into?" " Yes." "Then we're almost neighbors." "I Iive on the Koch Strasse." "Where exactly?" " In one of the houses with the red staircases." "Funny I've never seen you there." "I haven't lived there long." "Just a few months." "Just moved to Berlin?" " No, I was born here." "What do you do?" " I work as an actress." "Can you live off of it?" " It's not easy." "At the moment I earn my money dubbing films." "Then I've probably heard your voice before." " I doubt it," "I haven't been doing it long." "And what do you do?" "I'm in radio." "Music department." " What exactly do you do there?" "I arrange the music for a few shows." "Must be pretty easy work if you hang out in the streets all day." "I have the day off." "What's your name?" " Deniz." "And you?" "Diego." " You have a Spanish name." "No, Portuguese." "I grew up there." "In Lisbon." "How long have you been in berlin?" " Almost 20 years." "Do you go back to portugal often?" " At least twice a year." "My parents have moved back there." "They like the climate better." "Have you ever been in Lisbon?" " No." "It sounds dumb, but I don't like to travel." " Why not?" "I don't feel good in places I don't know." "I miss my friends." "Besides, I'm terrified of flying." "You really never travel?" " Only when I have to." "In summer I Iike to stay in Berlin." "In winter I can't stand it." "I can't get used to it." "If I'm happy, I don't care what season it is." "I think the weather affects people." "Can you imagine that in northern Scandinavia the sun doesn't rise for two months in winter?" "It never gets lighter than dusk here." "It makes people sick." "They have to get light therapy." "Do you always talk about the weather in your family?" "Are you making fun of me?" " No, I Iike talking to you." "Let's walk a bit." " OK." "shall we go for a drink?" "How late is it?" " Seven or seven-thirty." "Oh, I've got to go to the station!" "You're going away?" " No, I'm meeting someone." "Right away?" " Yes." "could we see each other later?" " well. .." "It won't take long." "I couId wait for you somewhere." " OK." "Do you know the SchIeusenkrug?" "It's not far." " Yes." "At ten." "LeyIa, I'm sorry!" "Have you been waiting long?" " A few minutes." "The train was late anyway." "Let me take your bag." " No, I can carry it myself." "Come on, Iet me take it." "Wait, I've got change." "Let's go out this way." "Did you have a good trip?" " Yes." "Let me take a look at you." "You look good." "And you look really chic." " Not really." "I mean it." "Here we are." "What were you doing in Munich?" "Our firm is building an office block for an insurance company next year and we were checking out the site." "Do you really have to travel on tonight?" "Yes." "I've got a lot to do tomorrow." "Mama'II be sad to hear you were in town and didn't visit her." "I'lI call her and explain." "How is she?" " I was over there today." "She's still hasn't gotten over Papa." "She just changes the past." "Just about anyone else would have been better for her." "You're really hard on him." "You always were." "Maybe." "You never got on with him." "But that doesn't apply to everyone." "You got on better with him." "You were always his darling." "You haven't changed." "I give up." "I can't deal with these things." "What is the matter with you?" "I'm pregnant." " What?" "Yeah." "I don't know what to do." "How far along are you?" " Two months." "I've only known for a few days." "I haven't told anyone yet." "Not even your boyfriend?" "Why not?" "Are you afraid of his reaction?" "I know that he'II be happy and I'm also happy with him." "But I still don't know what to do." "I've got a good job." "I'm just getting established." "And I enjoy the work." "If you love each other, don't you think you could manage it?" "I work 1 2 hours a day and some weekends as welI." "That's normal in offices like ours." "What am I supposed to do?" "And if you took some time off?" "Then I'm gone." "I didn't study so I couId become a housewife." "But you're not the only one." "Other people have managed it." "They go back to work later." "That's easy to say." "You forgot your fortune cookie." "Don't you want to open it?" "Later." ""The Year of the Dragon will bring you luck and success."" "well, it's about time." "tell me about you." "How are you doing?" "It doesn't matter." "No, I want to know." "I broke up with Jan." " You broke up with him?" "Yeah." "He's been getting on my nerves for a Iong time." "He's totally egocentric but can't stand being alone." "I hate guys who can't make up their minds." "I should've known earlier." "Maybe you'II learn something from it." "I met someone today, just before I met you." "That's why I was late." "I met him on the street." "That's never happened to me before." "It was like we already knew each other." "First impressions can be misleading." "Are you sure you're not making another mistake?" "I don't know." "Just a feeling." "You really like him?" " Yeah." "Are you going to meet again?" " We've got a date for later on." "You're not wasting any time!" "Don't you think you're moving a bit too quickly?" "You just broke up with your boyfriend." "In reality, we've been apart for a Iong time." "Besides, how often do you meet someone that interests you?" "AII the same, maybe you should think things over." "What's past is past." "You're always after something." "Why don't you take it easy." "LeyIa, I think you should keep the baby." "You've talked about it so often." "You've got a boyfriend you're happy with." "You should talk to him." "It'II be born in spring." "Would you prefer a boy or a girl?" "I don't know." "A girl, I guess." "You don't need to wait till the the train comes." "I'lI keep you company." " Remember your date." "I won't go." " well, come on, then." "I still haven't seen your flat." " It's nice." "You'lI like it." "You should come back and visit when you have more time." "hello." " hello." "I didn't think you were going to come." "What did you do in the meantime?" " I waited." "Do you come here often?" " Not really." "Who did you meet?" "You're inquisitive." " I am." "My sister." "She was just passing through." "She lives in Hamburg." "What does she do?" " She works in an architect's office." "Do you have any siblings?" " An older brother." "Like me." "My sister is also older than me." "Do you get along?" "I Iike him but we don't have much to say to one another." "He lives in Frankfurt." "He owns a restaurant." "He wife just left him and took both the kids." "Since then he's been pretty depressed." "But I can't help him." "He's still your brother." "We don't see each other often." "And then, it's always the same." "He acts like the big brother and I , Iike the little one." "basically, I can only stand him from a distance." "I think that's normal." "Now each goes his own way." "But why am I telling you this?" "I must be boring you." "No, but I couId never talk about my sister like that." "And if you love someone, can you only stand them from a distance?" "That's different." "shall we go this way?" "What have you done so far as an actress?" "Not much." "A few ads and a few small roles in films." "I was an extra in a film once." "What's it like for you, acting?" " Depends on the role." "It's nice, being able to be someone else." "It's like losing yourself." "That's the part I Iike best." "Do you also perform for people in real life?" "Maybe." "One is always acting a bit in life." "And who are you playing now?" "I don't know." "I don't have the feeling that I'm acting now." "That's a nice ring." "Where'd you get it?" "My girlfriend gave it to me." "Your girlfriend." "Yes." "Where is she now, your girlfriend?" "She's abroad." "She got a grant to study in the U.S." "What does she do?" " She's a painter." "You seem like someone who lives alone." "I've been alone for a year." "At times I've almost forgotten her." "When's she coming back?" " Tomorrow." "Tomorrow?" "You must be looking forward to seeing her." "Do you love her?" "Yes, I think so." "You think so." " Yes." "You forget her although you love her." "A year is a long time." "So you sometimes get bored and talk to women on the street." "Do you think it was wrong of me to talk to you?" "No." "I didn't have to answer." "And you?" "Do you live with anyone?" "Yes." "That is, no." "We broke up recently." "Today." "I'm glad we met." "It does me good to talk to you." "shall I make you another cup of coffee?" " No, I've got to go." "Then I'lI walk you home." "Don't bother." "I'd Iike to walk alone a bit." "will we see each other again?" " Like until now." "By chance." "You sure?" " Yes." "What are you doing here?" "You frightened me." "I was worried." "I couldn't reach you." "You've still got your clothes on." "What were you doing?" "I was out." "Got home late." "You once asked me if I would move in with you." "We should have given it a try." " Yeah, but you didn't want to." "That was probably a mistake." "You're only saying that because it's too late." "We could've learned something." " We have." "Even if it's not very pleasant." "We've known each other two years." "Does that count for nothing all of a sudden?" "It wasn't all of a sudden." "We dragged things out artificially." "We were mistaken." "What are you going to do now?" "You mean without you?" "Excuse me." "could I have a cigarette?" "help yourself." "Can I use your lighter?" " Sure." "Are you a writer?" "Too little imagination." "I teach." "Am I disturbing you?" " No, you're not disturbing me." "Then you're a teacher." " I work at the university." "What do you teach?" " History." "I teach the history of daily life, of everyday things:" "how we eat, sleep, bury our dead, love." "Sounds interesting." " It is." "What do you do?" "I'm an actress." "So you teach about love?" "Not directly." "I teach about the history of love, the behaviors associated with it and what they mean to us." "Hasn't love always been the same experience, then or now?" "Our romantic ideal of love is an invention of the 1 8th century." "But emotions like love, jealousy and so on have always existed." "Perhaps, but they didn't have the same meaning, because other things took precedence." "people were trying to survive." "So the values of protection, security and solidarity were more important." "These days we have far greater possibilities to express our feelings and to realize them." "Things don't work out that way for me." "As soon as I get together with someone, it goes wrong." "Life is more complicated now as we do have more possibilities." "earlier, relations were largely determined through work." "Today we have both private and professional relationships." "You, too." "You have to jump from one to the other and it's tough." "Does that mean we have to choose between love and work?" "It means that there are relationships that are primarily structured via work and others that are defined by emotions." "It makes life more complicated." "It's so hard to talk about emotions." "Whenever I try, it sounds sort of false, hackneyed." "Like I'm just repeating myself." " It's no different for me." "We're expected to always feel the right thing, to be sincere." "We're surrounded by expectations." "So when we want to say something about ourselves, we're not sure if we're only just repeating something we've heard." "There are gestures, looks." "They have something real about them." "That is perhaps the most direct form of expression we have." "But we wouldn't live more authentically without language." "It would impoverish our expressive potential." "If one views love not as a private emotion but as a means of communication, it might take one further." "Everyone breaks up and finds a new partner." "It's so random." "ShouIdn't one love just one person forever?" "It's hard to foster love and make it last." "And when it's over, it doesn't mean it never existed or can't exist again." "It's a possibility." "If a girl likes me straight off, it never works out." "With me it's just the opposite." "I wasn't initially attracted to the first boy I went out with." "If he hadn't made an effort, nothing would've come of it." "But it didn't last." " It lasted three years." "english subtitles:" "alias film  Sprachtransfer"