"I don't understand." "What?" "I guess I didn't notice you." "What?" "You locked me in?" "Not on purpose, it's my job." "Does it hurt?" "lt's all right." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Excuse me." "I heard of a Thai restaurant." "In Mühsam Street." "Do you know where it is?" "No, I'm not from here." "Petersburger Place." "Strausberger Place." "Here it is!" "Right." "Hungry?" "Morning." "Thank you." "What are you looking for?" "I've searched for your family in the archives for years." "Your mother spends the night with a foreign soldier." "A family adopts you." "There's no will." "Now your entire inheritance goes to some aunt." "Here's your id." "Your signature, please." "It could have gone into your bank." "I prefer it this way." "Here." "There you go." "Such luck!" "Good bye." "Undress." "One moment." "Get lost, you asshole." "Get lost, you bastard." "Get lost." "Are you okay?" "Where's your car?" "I'm all right." "I'm not staying here." "You have a serious concussion." "I can't letyou leave." "lt's my head." "No insurance." "lmpossible!" "I'm not staying." "I looklike shit." "Areyou okay?" "Sen iyi misin?" "Sure?" "Emin misin?" "You were lucky." "I have to get out of here." "It's up toyou." "He left when lwasfive." "My mother kept his mail." "Thinking he'd come back." "I hung out with the neighbour's son." "We made a little fire." "lnthe backyard of our house." "Thewarehouse acrossthe street... burned down completely." "TV sets, stereos." "Andwe didn't have insurance." "Father usedto take care of that." "She never openedthe mail, never paid bills." "Six months later we lost insurance." "Story of my life." "iworked in a bar." "This guy dranklike a horse, but he never tipped." "Then I sawthe fat wallet in his jacket." "It was so easy." "It paidfor my first flight to L.A." "If you didn't steal credit cards... what wouldyou do?" "I don't know." "Sex." "isthat all?" "This place is getting heated." "Doyou have a boyfriend?" "Someworkin banks, lworkin hotel rooms." "Andyou knowwhat?" "I enjoy it." "There's ratatouille." "Doyou like it?" "Put it on." "You don't like it." "lt's nice." "No, you don't like it." "I might have to take it in." "21st CENTURY" "Doyou knowhim?" "is heyour boyfriend?" "Johann, this is Max." "Hello." "Hi." "This is Simon." "Want a beer?" "I'll leave soon." "Just one." "Wait, I'll giveyouthe money." "No, my round." "Four?" "Four." "I'll comewithyou." "Who's he?" "Tell me." "ljust met him." "Andyou?" "is heyour boyfriend?" "Areyou staying?" "Not much longer." "I have to get up early." "Okay." "I'dtakeyou part of theway." "l know." "All right then." "Wait." "Part of theway?" "Home." "Part of theway." "Toronto." "London." "Petersburg." "Rome." "Caracas." "Wait." "ADDRESSES in berlin, 1915" "It's beautiful." "Anna." "You should come in." "Don't feel like it." "No trunks?" "Don't feel like it." "Thenwhy didwe come here?" "Chill out." "Why don'tyou invite some friends?" "I'm not interested infriends." "Thanks a lot." "That's not what I meant." "I can't think of anyone to invite." "The guy from 21stCentury." "Max?" "He looks nice." "But he's not a friend." "You're my friend." "Areyou interested in him?" "No." "What aboutyour friends?" "Ijust moved here." "No party then, I guess." "Stop it, I can't swim." "Come on." "I really can't swim." "What areyou doing here?" "From 21st Century." "I came to seeAnna." "Hadyou arrangedto meet?" "lwantedto talkto her." "I don't know when she'll be back." "Come in." "l don't want to intrude." "Come on." "Seeyou later." "Adate?" "Johann?" "I'm not hungry at all." "You?" "What areyou doing here?" "What areyou doing?" "Who letyou in?" "I think I can guess." "Cool music." "Feel at home." "Looks good onyou." "It's prettywild." "FinishedtalkingtoAnna?" "Notyet." "Want to join usfor dinner?" "Okay." "Anna should be backat eight." "Okay." "What didyou put in?" "Paper." "Nowonder it's not burning." "Where'syour lover?" "Lover?" "Simon, the guy you met at the 21stCentury." "What makesyouthink he's my lover?" "I don't know." "Hurry up." "Need a bigger knife?" "Anna, cut the cards." "Thankyou." "Nowtake a card." "Give it to me." "Ace of spades." "Your go, Johann." "Don't lookat it." "Okay." "King of diamonds." "Nowl'lltake one." "Jack of diamonds." "Johann of diamonds." "Exactly." "Howdidyou do that?" "Come on, tell us." "No." "You markedthe cards." "Do I looklike a trickster?" "Have another drink." "Anna, watch he doesn't seduce me." "Very good." "Areyou sleeping?" "Areyou awake?" "What is it?" "I can't sleep." "Iwas almost gone." "I'm sorry." "What is it?" "Chill out." "Keepyou legs underwater." "Nowl'll slowly let go." "O man, Johann." "Beautiful." "That's 1327 marks, please." "May I seeyour id?" "I didn't bring mywallet." "I see." "May I askyour date of birth?" "1948." "transaction:" "wait FORANSWER" "My card." "Of course." "You bought three?" "Four." "They'll greet me at the hotel." "Youworktoo much." "Sayswho?" "Johann." "Youtwo seemto get alongwell." "Got to go." "Really, I've had enough." "You're quite a character." "Don't overdo it." "Can do." "Am I a burdentoyou?" "I don't want to be a burden." "O no!" "Nowthe mainfaucet!" "That'sthewashing machine." "Come here, come here!" "And nowit'stime for a shower." "I have to go." "I'mthe DJ tonight." "At 21stCentury." "It's gettingtoo hot here." "Fourweeks in one city is enough." "They have to forget my face." "We'll keep intouch, right?" "Right?" "What areyouthinking?" "lwonder if it makes a difference... whether you go through a time like this or not." "Yes." "TheArabs don't consider time to be a measurable flow." "Not chronological like the course of a river." "For themtime is like the tides of the ocean." "Their language knows no future tense, only present." "Go on." "I thinktheArabs are right." "Cold?" "Many people diewith tons of money and no heir." "lllegitimate children." "Broken homes." "Klose isyour surname." "Paul Klose, your grandfather, will be the uncle of the deceased." "Andyour family tree is complete." "Richard Klosewasyour father." "He disappeared 30years ago." "It leavesyou asthe sole heir." "And if not?" "The tax authorities are breathing down my neck." "Then it goesto the state?" "Howmuch is it?" "430 000 marks." "Youwon't be a millionaire, but it's enoughto live." "It won't hurt anyone." "No." "Andyou could stay." "No." "No?" "You shouldn't get into trouble." "It's safe, trust me." "No." "Man, you're stubborn!" "Andyou're not?" "You could comewith me." "Iwon't leave this place." "What areyou afraid of?" "No!" "I've made up my mind." "Okay." "Let's leave it at that." "Okay." "I'm sorry." "Out!" "What?" "Get out!" "What's going on?" "You're getting on my nerves." "What did I dowrong?" "l'mfed upwiththis." "Max, I mean it." "Why don'tyou calm down?" "Mad." "Get lost!" "Get lost!" "Just get out of here." "lwantyouto leave, Max." "So?" "What doyouwant?" "Have a drink." "And now?" "." "I'm sorry, I..." "No, stay." "Whenyou'reyoung, nothing's inyourway." "All doors are open andyou're alwaysfirst." "You're just lucky." "Age doesn't creep up onyou fromthe inside..." "Slowly..." "No." "It suddenly hitsyou." "From one day to the next." "Howdidyou get in?" "You left the key inthe lock." "Man!" "We'll searchfor your father inthe papers." "If he's still abroad and not in Berlin... it's unlikely he'll respond." "So he's excluded fromthe inheritance." "What next?" "Your birth certificate needs your grandfather's name." "That makesyouthe sole heir." "Where did our little snail go?" "Stop it." "Come on." "Stop it, please." "I have to sort out a fewthingsfirst." "What doyoutwowant from me?" "lwant nothingfromyou." "You can readthat?" "I needthevolume for 1875." "No problem." "Please, sit down." "Thankyou." "I'll be inthe garden if you need me." "Coffee here or inthe garden?" "l'm almost done." "lnthe garden." "It's stillwarm." "Made from our own apples." "Milk?" "Yes, please." "I have to tellyou something." "What is it?" "The money's gone." "Canyou hear that?" "It'syour blood." "Life goes by so fast." "You knowwhat?" "I'm really lucky." "Why?" "I nearly missed it." "Ripped by southside"