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NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

JUNE

Shit!

Thank you....Where did you...?

Oh, shit!

Did you see my bag? Shit!

Out of the train to Paris that just Ieft.

FiIe charges immediateIy.?? The poIice are over there.

Hurry, if you want to catch the guy!

Can I use your mobiIe?

VIadimir, pass me the sugar.

His phone's off.-What was his pIan?

To arrive this afternoon.

Thats what he's Iike, your brother

See you Iater.

Yeah, okay. We'II do that. Bye, Lucie!

Excuse me? -Yes?

Do you see the peopIe who exit here? -No.

Did someone run by here? -I didn't see anyone.

CooI dress!

AII my stuff was just stoIen.

3000 euros, my ticket to Lyon and...

Everything. -Go to the cops yet?

No. I can't.

Getting money back is hard...

But we might be abIe to get some of the other stuff back.

ReaIIy? -Sure.

Hi, I'm Rico. -CarIa.

Bert.

ShaII we start?

MichaeI! Where were you! -I took the next train.

Why didn't you caII? -No credit Ieft.

No credit! Then recharge it! I was worried...

So that's what you do in rehab? -Sure, why not.

Let's go.

I've Iived in nicer pIaces. -It's just for now.

StiII Iots of work. I can heIp too. -No.

You're not working here untiI the kitchen is done.

What's your pIan?

If we don't find my stuff, I'II need to make some money.

I have to get to Lyon. -To go to fashion schooI.

She can earn some money here.

How?.

We have a construction site going, but it's hard work.

You couId sIeep here.

Okay. I'II do any job.

I don't know... -Come on, Grandpa.

Come on, Iet's go.

Thanks.

Can I start working tomorrow?.

Sure.

Come on over so we can taIk Iogistics.

We can taIk Iike this.

WeII, then we have a probIem.

If you just need a pIace to sIeep,

there are a bunch of homes for runaway girIs.

Nice idea, but a hoteI wouIdn't even hire me as a dishwasher.

This might work: kitchen heIper. -''Kitchen heIper''?

Man, you're a cook! Don't stoop so Iow.

Without a heaIth certificate and permanent address, I have no choice.

Besides, any job wiII do untiI things get started here.

Yeah, you're right.

Look.

Bizarre.

I'II give them aII a caII tomorrow.

You can't go dressed Iike that.

You need a suit.

I'II get you one tomorrow.

Don't get dressed untiI I get back, okay?

Or shouId I hide these?

CouId you hand me that dress?

After you.

Watch your step.

So...

The toiIet...

There'II be a cIub down there.

Hey, guys. This'II be a 24-hour restaurant.

You can start up here.

The windows need to be cIeaned and the trash removed.

You've met Bert. He has work cIothes and tooIs.

This is Lucie, an oId buddy.

CarIa's going to work here for now.

Ask Lucie when we're not here.

You'II earn pIenty in two or three months.

Sound okay? Good.

Your time sheet. Just take a Iook.

Pick something out.

Where can I change? -Downstairs.

You'II start with this today.

Watch.

That's what you do.

Here you go.

You can go change.

Since when do Rico's girIs have to work here?

I work for money, just Iike you do.

Yeah, sure.

And I'm not ''Rico's girI.''

Just don't have a pIace to sIeep.

You can sIeep anywhere.

We can go now.

Can I sIeep here?

Great. See you tomorrow.

WeII...

My brother sIeeps there.

But not untiI the mornings.

This is for you.

CouId I borrow some cIean underwear?

You don't have anything?

CIean work cIothes are back there.

You can borrow some of my shoes? to work in.

I'm outta here. -A cooking job?

No, but I'm Iearning Kirghiz.

Might come in use some day. -That's CarIa.

Bye. -Bye!

That's my brother Micha.

Do you have sibIings? -No.

Did you have a fight with your parents? -With my dad.

The money I had was his.

I stoIe it from him.

It was aII he had Ieft.

ActuaIIy it was my mom's money.

She died Iast year. -Shit.

My mother is dead too.

But she died a Iong time ago.

Want to see a picture?

Are you crazy? -Why?

That's my mother.

That's my mother and me in France! -That can't be.

Where did you get this?

Do you have my money? -What?

Was there more stuff? -Yes, but I didn't know it was yours.

Give it to me.

Is it for that fashion schooI?

It's a private schooI.

I need money to study there

How do you know about it?

Do you have famiIy there?

No.

But I speak the Ianguage.

I Iearned it from my mother.

I just know I beIong there.

But you don't have anyone there.

I don't have anyone anywhere.

I beIong here.

Right. -I do.

My brother, Rico and Bert are here.

They're my famiIy.

Hey, I toId you I'd get you!

Lucie's hours are noted.

Good work.

Thanks.

What about yours? -I owe it to Rico.

Where's aII their money from?

You don't want to know.

In one and a haIf month...

... I'II have enough money.

What are you doing after this?

Micha and I are going to get an apartment.

I mean what you want to do.

When we're finished here,

I'm going to be the bar manager.

And then?

I'II be the business manager for Rico's other bars.

And then?

I'II buy a house.

And then? -Shut up!

I'II have a famiIy with three kids.

Oh great.

Hey, Dietmar!

Hey, it's Ms. Wotschak. -Hey!

May I? -Go right ahead.

What's up? ? -Can CarIa pick out some cIothes?

Sure.

If she Iikes any of them.

HeIIo. -HeIIo.

Wow. -They're aII yours.

Can I take what I want? -Sure, we have tons of it.

Great. -Is there any maiI for me?

I'II have to take a Iook.

Those are terribIe!

MaiI from the federaI pension fund.

So you'II get your orphan's pension one day.

I have no cIue. WiII you fiII it out?

But you can sign it yourseIf, I hope.

There are spots for dropouts in the work program.

Things are going fine. Micha and I are getting a pIace soon.

SeriousIy? -He's cIean.

Yeah, right. How many times now?.

For the first time! He was on it once and went right to rehab!

You can't be Mother Teresa forever.

And what's your story? -Mine?

I'm passing through. -Sure.

Let's go.

Hold stllll -Don't pull so tlght.

Hold stllll

Come on, hold stllll

Show me.

Looks great. No, reaIIy, it does!

You've Iooked better.

Want me to braid your hair too? -You can try.

Take a break now.

Looks good.

"0.8"

"0.9"

"1.0"

OCTOBER

"1. 1"

"0.8"

"0.7"

1 .2 is what we need. -I figured that!

We've been busting our asses for six months,

and aII you care about is the huII thickness!

The boat is aground! And it's a restaurant not a cruise ship!

Do you want me to add some Iife boats?

These bureaucrats don't know shit about anything.

I'm so pissed off!

What am I supposed to do now?. -Rico?

What? -I'm done for the day. I feeI sick.

It's no wonder! I toId you to stay with me.

Damn it!

Sorry.

You have to Ieave soon.

What do you mean?

Because of the authorities.

You have to find somewhere eIse to stay.

Okay.

You can stay with us.

I've had enough.

I want a reaI apartment again.

But...

... we're getting an apartment soon.

I have to go to that schooI.

At Ieast go see a doctor.

Sure. Or I'II just caII my dad and ask him to pick me up here.

I'm on his insurance untiI I'm eighteen.

Then use my insurance card.

How's that supposed to work?

Just show them my card.

Just to make sure you're okay. You don't Iook so good.

Lucla.

Wotschak.

Spelled wlth a "k".

My date of blrth?

August 23rd...

... 1988. -Good.

I'm getting some tea.

Hey, what's wrong?

Let me see. CarIa, Iet me see.

Come on.

Fourth month.

Whose is it?

Rico's.

If you want to have an abortion...

... then use my card.

You mean... you want to have the baby?

It's too Iate! -What?

It's too Iate to get rid of it.

My periods...

... were just traces of ''embryo nidation.''

I'm screwed.

Look.

The head.

The guy's name is Wienand.

BeIz Street, number four.

It's best to go after 5 p.m.

Is he a reaI doctor? -Yes.

Does it hurt?

He uses IocaI anesthetics for a scraping.

It'II burn afterwards, so drink some rum.

Scraping? -You have to go back if something stays inside.

And pay again. I've seen it aII.

It might not be your thing.

Sure.

ProbabIy better than having a baby.

Thanks.

How does a scraping work? -I don't know.

How do they scrape it out? -CarIa, I have no idea.

I can't do it.

You don't have to.

Just have the baby.

What wiII I do with a baby?

My mom quit university because of me,

and spent 15 years with my drunken father.

Besides...

... where wouId I give birth?

In the forest?

Or better yet: here.

Great.

Just to be put in a home.

Ever since I got on the train...

... everything has gone wrong.

CarIa.

Come.

Listen...

I have a pIan.

You keep using my card.

You have the baby under my name, and then I take it.

What are you taIking about?

You know how much it sucks to grow up in a home?

Give it to me, pIease.

Are you out of your mind?

OfficiaIIy I'II be the mother anyway.

And you can go to Lyon.

How is that supposed to work?

I'II get an apartment for us.

You just have to stay here untiI the baby comes.

We'II have to go away for a whiIe. -What wiII you teII the others?

Nothing. Let them think that I'm pregnant.

I think you can get in big troubIe for something Iike this.

How wiII we get an apartment? Pay rent and stuff.

Dietmar, naturaIIy.

He's a sociaI worker. He has to heIp.

Look where I am now...

Sorry for getting you invoIved.

It's okay. Don't worry.

ShouIdn't I teII Rico?

I mean, it's stiII his kid.

You weren't going to teII him about the abortion either.

I'm the mother now, so we can't teII him anyway.

But I have to teII MichaeI Iater.

No way.

Of course I'm going to teII my brother. -Lucie!

If we're going to do this, it's nobody's business but ours!

I'II try it on. -Come here.

It doesn't Iook very reaI.

Yes, it does. Just wear a Ioose sweater.

But stiII.

Is it okay?

Don't make it so tight!

Do you have the needIe

What's up? -HeIIo.

Want a cigarette? -No, thanks.

What's up?

TeII me. -I'm pregnant.

ReaIIy? -Yes, I'm five months aIong.

But you don't Iet anyone touch you.

Who's the father? -Who cares, it sucked.

Crazy. Time for an apartment then, huh?

I need to teII you something.

We can't move in together now. -Why not?

I'm going to Iive with CarIa.

Just untiI the baby arrives. Then she's Ieaving.

And then we can Iive together.

I'm so happy she can stay for a whiIe.

Did you want the chiId or just not notice?

I was too Iate. But I'm happy now.

Okay, we'II get you a spot in the mother-chiId home.

You can have your chiId there in peace.

And stay as Iong as you want afterwards.

Can't you heIp me get an apartment instead?

You don't reaIIy want a kid.

Why not? Can you heIp me or not?

Finding an apartment won't be your probIem.

You can't handIe a baby.

Do you even reaIize what it means?

StabiIity is reaIIy important.

Your Iife has been a mess for years...

Ran away from the orphanage. And from another one after that.

Assisted Iiving... -Aborted. No new address.

You sent me to a stupid farm! Having a baby is different!

Who's the father?

Who? -Rico, but I don't give a shit.

Oh great! That asshoIe!

He fIooded this whoIe neighborhood with drugs!

Who got your brother hooked?

You're having hls kid? No way! -Let's stay objective.

But I don't want Rico to know. -Game's over.

Next week I'm pIacing you in a home.

I want nothing to do with your sociaI crap!

PIease sit down. We'II taIk about it.

Great sociaI workers you are! Won't even heIp me get an apartment!

Oh shit!

And your day? -Just great.

I Iooked for apartments.

What can you afford?

Not much right now. -Right now?.

Man! -My money's for Lyon.

I know. -Okay.

I'II get a job when we have the apartment.

Bert can't do this to us!

Your sister's pregnant, you know. -Sit up front, Lucie.

Why are you here?

Why not? For a job. -And the restaurant?

I don't feeI Iike any more. The Kirghiz are back on the market. I might heIp them.

Today you're heIping me.

When wiII the woman be back? -She got caught with a bunch of heroin.

She has a new home now.

Great. You have the keys, right?

-No probIem.

This is it.

Take a Iook around.

We'II keep on Iooking, huh? -Why?

This pIace is fine.

Just Iook around for what the woman might need.

Shampoo, Shoes, TeIevision

We'II take it, but can we get rid of some stuff? -No.

How about this? -Toss it in.

It's yours for 300 euros a month. -Okay.

AII incIuded. -Great.

I have to use the bathroom.

Thanks, man. -Give me a hug.

Micha...

Bye.

Oh God.

There's pots and pans and everything here.

Shit.

Bert's waiting.

The door. -I can expIain...

Open the door!

PIease don't teII anyone.

Sorry.

Get in.

I'II waIk. -No, you're pregnant.

Sorry, CarIa.

You must be joking.

What? Take it easy, man.

We'II fix it up. -Fix it up?

You can't fix it up. -Come on.

It just needs to be cIeaned up a IittIe.

Thanks for the mattresses. Bye.

No way. -Dietmar!

Thanks.

What's that?

Are you ready?

And...

Throw it away.

The whoIe thing!

Get two gIasses out.

JANUARY

I'm caIIing about the 'work from home' ad.

Yes.

No, we don't have a IandIine.

Bye.

The slze of the head ls normal. Very nlce.

The head ls now faclng down nlcely.

Not too far down.

But the head ls posltloned ln the pelvls.

Great.

It aIso turned since the Iast time.

Do you want to know what it is? -No.

Okay, then you can get dressed again.

I wrote you a prescription for iodine and iron tabIets.

PIease take one every morning and evening.

And from now on, come every two weeks.

Are you staying tonight as weII? -Don't you Iike me?

What's going on? -He has no where to sIeep in the winter.

And I have to stay because I'm your confidant.

So...

Here we go.

This... is ''EIf EIIie.''

EIIie has bIond hair, a green dress and a swing.

EIIie aIso comes as a speciaI edition with braids

and a yeIIow dress, okay?

Then she's ''EIf EIIie B.''

Braid the hair very carefuIIy. It tangIes quickIy.

Every fifth EIIie comes without a swing.

Mark the box appropriateIy.

This is ''EIf Betty.'' She has dark hair,

and a yeIIow dress.

''EIf Betty B'' has braided hair,

work carefuIIy here too, and a green dress.

Every third Betty is deIivered without wings.

Then she's just ''DoII Betty.''

Then there's ''EIf AngeIa,'' she's easy.

AngeIa aIways has dark hair, and a green dress.

AIways a swing. AIways wings.

The heads with the brown eyes...

... aIways get brown hair. The bIue eyes aIways get bIond hair.

That's it. -And we onIy get 1 ,45 Euro for each doII?

That's a Iot of money for such work.

Just be gIad they're assembIed here and not in China.

The ad said we'd earn 3000 euros a month.

You can if you're wiIIing.

We have three famiIies who do, and...

... diIigence shaII be rewarded.

Which is aIso my personaI motto.

How many doIIs each month then?

About 2070, which means 69 a day.

At tweIve hours a day, that's six an hour.

No need to take notes, here's a manuaI.

You shouId hang it up over there.

Do you have tape? -Do we have tape?

I wiII Ieave the sampIes here for one week.

With time you'II grow to Iove the IittIe Iadies.

I hope you have fun working and...

... that everything works out for aII parties invoIved.

Good bye! -Good bye.

Why don't you do the head?

And I'II do the braids. -ReaIIy?

We had pIans once, Lucie.

Here, braid her hair.

Where are you going? -To cIear my head.

What's wrong?

Doesn't matter.

Forget it.

MARCH

What's the matter?

Nothing.

Are you okay? Come.

Come here.

What's wrong? -Everything's fine.

Push, push! I can see the IittIe head!

Yes, that's good. Push!

Now pant.

WonderfuI.

Ms. Wotschak.

Ms. Wotschak!

Your IittIe monkey...

... is waking aII the other babies up.

Now you're with your mommy.

There we go. That's the way.

Ring here when she's fuII, then I'II get her.

She's been sIeeping aII day.

You and your wife have to sign this form

in order to register the chiId.

Okay. I'II add the postaI code Iater.

I can't Iist you as the father without the marriage certificate.

I can onIy give you a birth certificate. -''As father?''

You are the father, aren't you? -Yes, but...

Can I get the marriage certificate to you Iater?

Sure, it's up to you.

Wait...

What's the chiId's name going to be?

Frank. We want to caII him Frank.

Frank...

... Wotschak.

Here you go. -Thanks.

Here. -CooI, thanks.

Her name's supposed to be Martha! -So?

Martha CamiIIe. -What?

CamiIIe. It's French. I'II speII it.

"Frank?"

Here.

You're not serious. -Do it.

Martha CamiIIe instead of Frank?

My wife didn't Iike Frank.

Is the baby Ms. Wotschak had Iast night a girI?

Thanks. -Said so.

Now everything's okay again.

Listen to you. -She's teIIing a story.

And she's tired. ReaIIy tired.

Looks good, Lucie. -Thanks.

I brought her a gift.

Cute. Thanks. -Now it's down to business: paperwork!

Let's go sit down. -Yes.

Who was that?

She has your eyes.

You want her back? -Just Iay her down.

Time for take off.

What about Rico? Is he paying?

He's... everything's fine.

Here are the forms and appIications.

HoIy shit. -Hey, Dietmar.

MichaeI! HeIIo.

I'II heIp you.

Sign where the marks are, and I'II do the rest.

I have the birth certificate... -How much dough wiII we get?

"Maternlty allowance."

" Appllcatlon for baby supplles." I have everything.

" Acknowledgement of paternlty?" -I'II take care of that.

No probIem. -Great.

Isn't the apartment a bit smaII? -In the Iong run.

As soon as we have the Iease, I'm going to renovate.

Great, Lucie. I'm happy for you.

CaII if there's a probIem.

And you'II bring me the Iease?

Bye.

Wait, I'II show you out.

Hi, CarIa. Where are they?

This is for you. -Oh, thanks.

You're so sweet. -Let's take a Iook.

Here she is: Martha CamiIIe. -WeII, heIIo.

Hurrah, hurrah! -Cute, huh?

Are you caring for her aIone? -CarIa and I are.

A kid needs a father.

I'II drag him in up here by the baIIs.

Can we get a Iease for the apartment? -Sure.

Just come by this week. -CooI.

Can I have a sip? -Sure, take mine.

Here. -What the heII's this?

How's the boat? -Great.

Baby has to go to bed.

Okay.

ShouId we go to the pharmacy?

I think she just needs some fresh air. -Yeah?

No dinner again?

You're the cook.

Hey, Lucie. -Hey.

What's up? -Looks Iike we can open next week.

We'II get the permit next week if aII goes weII. -Great.

I fiIIed out the Iease. WiII you sign it, pIease?

Just hurry. -Let's get out of here.

Thanks.

What's your probIem?

I need coffee. -It's in the kitchen.

Where?

You Iive here, eat here, sIeep here.

Either you make doIIs or you move out.

Who put you in charge?

You're stinking up the whoIe pIace! Martha smeIIs it too.

Then go. Weren't you going to Ieave your kid here anyway?

But not in some pigsty!

Hey, llttle one.

MAY

I Iike being with you and Martha.

I do too. -Yes?

Then Iet's go to Lyon together.

The three of us.

I'II go to schooI, and then we'II meet in the park.

It's much nicer there, beIieve me! Not so trashy.

I'II teach you French.

What'II I do there? -Same as here.

You can take care of Martha, or we'II do it together...

... and you can work as a bar manager.

I won't know anyone.

And here?

Here?

Rico's pIace is opening, and Dietmar is reaIIy heIpfuI.

It's just because of MichaeI, right?

So what?

Micha was the onIy one who used to visit me in the home.

I wouId've croaked without him.

Okay.

If you want us to be together, you have to make a choice.

I can't Ieave here. This is my home.

Oh no.

Shit.

Is Rico here?

No.

I don't know when she'II be back.

Is that Rico? -No.

HeIIo?

Sure, I'd Iove to.

Do you want another baby?

How stupid are you?

He didn't ask about you once aII the time.

I wasn't interested.

He's not interested in you.

Or in Martha. He just wants to fuck.

We're aII Martha has.

And you're destroying that.

Stop messing around.

Let me pass. It's my business!

Just take a Iook around.

Besides, Rico is the father.

Why can't I be?

I have to pee.

I'II take her out.

She's staying here.

No.

What do you want anyway?

Get out of here.

You didn't even want her.

Without me, Martha wouIdn't exist.

She'd be dead.

Besides, I'm the mother. I have that in writing.

You know, you two are so...

Whatever.

Do you want to give her the bottIe?

What the heII! -ExactIy!

You said I'm the father? Now they want money!

CaIm down! -You're not getting one cent....

Rico! The Ietter's from Dietmar.

Dietmar wanted to know who the father is and I named you. Sorry.

And now I'm supposed pay? -No!

Take care of it, Lucie. -Rico? -What?

Martha is our chiId. -Nonsense.

Where's your kid? -Lucie doesn't have a kid.

You rotten cunt! Conniving bitch!

This is aII fucked up! Shit!

I don't have a kid with either one of you!

And it says here...

... the chiId's name is Martha Wotschak.

You don't even exist.

I don't give a fuck what you're puIIing off,

No way.

Where's my money?

Martha's staying here.

SweIIing in the Ieft brain.

No hemorrhaging so far.

Ms. Reiche, we're keeping your daughter in intensive care.

In case of secondary hemorrhaging.

Give the mother some VaIium.

Yes? -I want to see my daughter.

Of course.

Here you go.

Go on in.

Bert?

Shit!

Shit!

Lucle.

Oh no.

Ms. Reiche? -Yes?

When did you give birth? I can't find your fiIe.

The midwife shouId recognize me.

I had the chiId... but under a faIse name.

Can I make a phone caII in a minute? -Sure, just come to the office.

UnbeIievabIe.

Does Lucie know Martha's okay?

Where is Lucie?

No idea.

Okay.

I don't know what to say just now.

This is a bit over my head.

This is a very deIicate matter.

It has to be deaIt with correctIy.

By the right peopIe, agencies and departments...

So you two don't get a misdemeanor.

Do you understand?

Someone took a big risk for you.

Is she heaIthy?

Yes.

She had a concussion, but she's okay now.

What are your pIans now?.

Mother-chiId home.

There'II be IegaI issues...

For the baby, from Rico.

I'm going to Lyon to take a Iook around.

I can't stay here, you know.

My year with you was the best I ever had.

SubtitIes: Stephanie Huffman cine-lesbian