All language subtitles for Europa.Passage.2022.ROMANIAN.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP2.0.H.264.en

For several years a group of Roma has been shuttling
between their Romanian homeland and Hamburg.

Their home is a Roma settlement near Nămăieşti,
a village in the Subcarpathian mountains.

- Cross here!
- There?

- Be careful!
- I'll be fine.

Push the button!

I better leave the cup outside.

A donation please, madame...

Family problems.
Thank you.

Hello. Please help, Mama.

All the best for family.

All the best!

Six, seven, eight, nine...

...eighty, ninety,... one euro.

Ten euros and fifty cents.

How long have you been coming here?

At least... five months.

It's been a year!

- How are you being treated?
- Decently.

They have bought me coffee.

Food too...

Very decent.

All the best!

Please. Thank you.

Please. All the best
for family.

Do you miss Nămăieşti?

It's better here...
A thousand times better.

Here's my cup!

You won't get anything,
as long as we're sitting here.

Look at them staring...

- Who?
- The old folks.

All the best.

Please.

Nothing yet...

Maria, tell me...

Why did you cry this morning?

Because he doesn't want
to take me home.

I miss Ioana, my granddaughter.

He said,
we should stay here longer.

I miss my granddaughter.

Because of her.

- Since when has Ioana been with you?
- Since she was born.

And how was your childhood?

What can I say...

I was twelve when mother died.

She poisoned herself.

Her life was bad,
father beat her.

That's why the poison...

We were six children.

I raised the youngest
until she turned four,

then father died.

A few months later,
I think it was in...

March, April, May or June...
I got married.

Because you had to?

Because of love.

He was...

younger, more sensible
more agreeable.

Was Ţîrloi ever sensible?

Yes.

The drinking ruined him.

Only that.

I gave him four children,

spent all those years with him.

We were never apart
not even an hour.

That's just the way it is,
you love and you fight...

Up until today.

Just look,
how beautiful this city is!

- This is Muşavela's spot.
- Who? Muşavela.

- At Wandsbeker Chaussee.
- At the subway exit?

We get off at the next stop.

Is someone begging there too?

Is anybody there?

We really need to talk
about our return trip.

If the agency doesn't
give us a ticket,

we'll go on our own.

I've had enough.

I have a headache.

What an ugly beard!

Will you shave it already!

Well.

Such is the artists' lot

funny in the night,
in the morning, nought.

How can you be funny,

when you sleep in the dirt.

But at least we're on film!

Ţîrloi's aunt and uncle

- You want me to come in?
- Yes.

Dady...

How much for both?

This is chai.

Together...

2,20 .

Give me your change.

10 cents back, thanks.

Is it cold?
Do you have firewood?

Then tell him to get
firewood for us too.

I'll pay him.

Good... Is Lili awake?
Does her foot still hurt?

Is Gigi's boy still coughing?

When will this flu finally pass?

The old man is back.

We're not getting rid of him.

I'm going to stand here a bit.

Over here.

Nina, sit next to the sign.

50 metres away.
50 metres...

He's not allowed to do that here.
This is my spot.

I am the Money-Man.
I'm allowed to work here.

He's not allowed.

Just keep moving!

Keep moving, okay?

The only spot worth begging,
is where the old man is sitting.

I won't get anything here.

He's sitting there like a guard dog.

Hello Boss. Madame.
Hello...

Hello, thank you.

He's a beggar too.

- What?
- He's begging too.

How was your first time begging?

Terrible.

I felt awful.

I was forced to come
here to beg,

due to the hardship and poverty.

I was used to working...
not begging.

A labourer.

I feel like a...

failure.

The hard worker of old,

that's how I saw myself then,

became a beggar.
It's terrible.

Since the end of communism
we've been suffering.

We have to come to Germany
to beg.

Had there been enough work,
the young ones would have stayed.

They would be employed.

50 metres away.

See how rude the old man
is to us.

- Keep moving. 50 metres away.
- Okay.

How he chases us off...

Get back to your spot!

Then he'll turn those
others on us.

His clique.

One went to the old man earlier.

The one with the white trousers.

The old man pointed at us

and the other went like this.

After the guy left,
the old man made this sign.

If I come here again
he'll kill me.

We're all related.

Not just us here,
elsewhere in Hamburg too.

Cousins, uncles...

This one, sleeping next to us...

Bebe... He's our daughter's
brother-in-law.

Ţîrloi is my nephew,
Muşavela my cousin.

Everyone's related directly
or by marriage.

Is there anyone in Nămăieşti,
who takes all your earnings?

Never.

That wouldn't be right.

Not among relatives
or neighbours...

He can't grow a beard yet here.

So?

Why can't you find work?

Because of the language.

And because we
don't have any papers.

- We have no address.
- Right...

To register...

What address am I
supposed to give them?

The bridge where the trains
thunder past.

- And in Romania everything's going...
- A shame for the youth.

All our factories are broken:
the Jeep, the textile factory, even the plant.

All the factories
in our area closed down.

Only the cement combine Holcim,
which belongs to a German.

But only specialists
still work there,

who can operate
the electronic equipment.

They don't hire anyone
like us anymore.

If at least the young people
still had work.

You can't even find anything
as a day labourer.

- Do your children go to school?
- Yes, yes!

They shouldn't end up
illiterate like us.

But it's hard for them,
being at home alone.

We'd starve without the ten,
fifteen euros a day here.

What is he doing?

He's looking for his ticket.

For the subway.

He can't find it.

- Are you from Romania too?
- Yes.

- Do you live here?
- Yes.

Isn't it too cold
to sleep outside?

Yes, we're all sick.

But they turn us away
at the emergency shelter.

Some got a referral
for a warm room,

but there you're only allowed
to sleep sitting up.

They're messing with us.

- We'll come here...
- There in the hut.

We want to spend the night there,
like we did in the fall.

The owner chased us away.

Let's see what's left.

- The blankets are still here.
- This is where I slept.

That was his spot.

What are you doing?

I'm tidying up,
so I'll find it again.

You think?

Sure, if I hide it properly.

Stop.

You stop!

- The windows are broken.
- The door too.

- Don't cut yourself!
- I'll be careful.

Here anyone can overpower
and murder you.

The shelter
won't take us anymore.

Even though we spent
many a winter there.

They're saying, the residents
complained,

there were too many beggars.

They say there was a beggar
at every street corner.

The main train station was packed,
the Jungfernstieg too.

So some of them started a petition
against us.

It's raining.

How are things at home?

Many can't find work
or employment...

They just squat
by the side of the road.

All they need is a beer
or schnaps to turn wild.

Then they molest
old folks or children.

I'm afraid to send my granddaughter
to the store on her own.

I'm afraid,
that she'll be molested.

Is poverty to blame
for this demoralisation?

Poverty and schnaps.

The alcohol is not to blame,
it's the people.

One little glas and
they start talking big.

Since when are you dry?

I'm in my fourth month.

Since September.

A buyer is here...
Do you have brooms?

Yes.

She has many.

- Thirteen.
- Good.

Just that.

Give me money too!

I'll get branches this weekend,

the brooms will be ready next week.

60 cent.

Are you joking, Irina?

Give me your telephone
number too.

I've got Irina's number.

I'll let you know.

Then I'll make some this week.

50 brooms.

- Fifty...
- Of course.

Very good and beautiful ones.

Last time they were thicker.

50 brooms...

40 cents a piece.

You always bought from me.

Don Andrei,
are you coming to our place?

Maria's friend

Summer and winter
always the same.

This is all, we can do here.

Do you get unemployment benefits?

Yes, for me and my daughter.

- How much?
- 85 euros.

- Together?
- Yes.

The last utility bill was so high
that my brain exploded.

Electricity, garbage disposal
and much more.

You first.

And up.

I live here together with
my daughter and my husband.

We do everything in this room.

We don't have a bathroom
or any other rooms.

I've always worked hard.

But a day labourer
doesn't make millions.

A few euros.

During hay harvest
you can make 10 euros a day.

That's enough.

One more.

That was my father's profession.

He was a smith?

No, carpenter.

That's what he was.

We live a day at a time.

If you don't earn
anything tomorrow,

there's nothing to eat
the day after tomorrow.

It's a shitty life for us here.

None of us learned anything.

Making brooms
isn't worth it anymore.

And there's a steep fine
for logging now.

It's empty...

Then drink juice!

Come on already!

Shut up!

We'll see what happens

Maybe steady employment.

Ţîrloi's cousins

Or maybe they'll kick us out
immediately.

But the agency gave us
this list of companies.

Let's just try.

And if they send us
to a slaughterhouse again?

We won't do it.

A nursery or forestry work...
That would be good.

Demolition too...

But not a slaughterhouse.

What was wrong
with the slaughterhouse?

We'd never done anything like that.

And then butchering cattle...

The very first night.

There's no sign.

Not here after all...
It's at number 77.

Which floor?

No idea.

Maybe we'll get lucky...

Those idiots at the winter
shelter programme.

No work without language abilities
or qualifications, my ass.

Damn it.

They wanted to get rid of us.

Especially us Romanians.

They kicked us out of the shelter
after one week.

This isn't a hotel, they said.

All they gave us
was this list of companies.

And at midnight
they kicked us out.

Now we're on the street.

This damned blade...

What happened?

There were no trains,
we almost didn't make it.

Her suitcase is heavy.

What's in the suitcase?

All of Germany's garbage...

Let's see where we can
fit this stuff?

So much luggage.

Careful with that.

Don't damage all my sweets
and my shopping!

Leave some room for my bag.

Careful where you hang about.

- Where?
- Sit down with the others!

Eighty for her.

What did he tell?

The policeman?

He told me to move on...

He says sleeping there
is not allowed.

We left there that same evening.

- That was Friday?
- Yes.

He gave Florina a note.

There...

You see...

- Florina gets things done.
- For sure.

Did you read it?

It's in Romanian.

If we haven't found work
in one month,

we have to go home.

We need a registered address.

And have to organise
the required papers.

That's all it says.

Worse than in Romania.

To chase someone away...

If they catch us sleeping there again,
we'll be in trouble.

They'll arrest us.

Look, someone's hung
clothes there.

Washed...

My goodness...

Who hangs their washing like that...

This was all we found here.

We've been here since March.

This is not a public spot.

There's no access from the street.

We weren't bothering anyone.

And didn't leave any rubbish.

What's Maria doing at home?

She's taking care of
the grandchildren and Ioana.

He doesn't know
what else she's up to...

How many grandchildren is
she caring for?

Four... or five,
with my son's youngest.

Whose children are they?

Three from my daughter...

Ioana has become
like a daughter.

And the youngest from
our son Alin.

A band of five.

Five all together.

Our gypsies think,
we're off to Germany...

With the film team.

We'll reach the border
in six weeks.

Pretty cold.

Nine Lei (two euros).

Are the bananas for them?

Yes, give the children some!

Throw the branches
on the other bank.

Don't leave that rubbish
on my bank.

Can't you see that
I'm being filmed?

Here, take this.

The people further upriver
throw that in.

I cleaned up at your place too.

- Why do you have to do this?
- For the unemployment benefits.

For the unemployment benefits,
nine more days.

- Community work?
- Yes, for nine more days.

The shared kitchen in downstairs.

- Here you go.
- Thank you.

This is the bedroom
and living room.

And this is the bathroom.

- It' okay?
- Yes, super.

No, not always
a kiss on the hand.

You'll sleep fine here, no?

Yes, unbelievable.

You are in violation of
established law...

... coercive action.

All this needs to be
legalised quickly.

Yes.

The main thing is you've
got some peace and quiet here.

Of course, I will pay rent,

as soon as I make some money.

We'll see...

I've had it
with sleeping outside.

I'd take in my son Alin,
if he came, but just him.

He won't let
anyone else sleep here.

Except if his son Alin...

Or Maria.

He should just let us know.

We need to know
who's staying here,

since there are
a lot of lodgers.

Now would be
a good time to smile.

Very sympathetic.

- Alsterdorf.
- That's where he'd like to go.

Your've got the
train station there.

Then at the
Kaufland Helbingtwiete.

A seller told me
it wasn't a good spot,

but that's nonsense.

Let me see.

Then it'll be
the Kaufland Helbingtwiete.

- I'll pop by again later, okay?
- 6409.

This bag cost normaly 1 euro,
now it is free.

When you come
and get new papers,

- The new ones cost 1,10 .
- I know...

Then you sell them for 2,20 .

- Good luck.
- Have a nice day.

Great. We'll get along all right.

Bye.

- Hello.
- Yes...

Let's see what the others say.

Are you going to stop by today?

I want to get my flip flops.

Of course.

To show off...

Right.

I'll stop by.

Or else they'll think,
I'm a backstabber.

There's still stuff lying around.

- Give me a cigarette!
- Just a second.

Now he's even scrounging...

- Where are they?
- In your bag, where else.

Here you go, boss.

Do the others know,
that you've moved?

Everyone knows...

It's better for me.

How's it going with Hinz&Kunzt?

Well...

Not so great.

I need to find another spot.

- Where are you from?
- Close to Piteşti.

There's a lot of you around.

Do you have a euro?

Thank you.

Only 30 cents.

This heat...

Why are you so late?

The bus got stuck in traffic.

I have the keys.

Construction sites everywhere.

Have you been waiting long?

A whole while.

You can't film me at work.
I'm afraid.

They'll kick me out.

Only on the street.

The packaging hall
is swarming with overseers.

We wanted to ask...

Even if you ask,

they'd keep a close eye on me.

I don't even want to
speak about work.

Not at all.

- To scared?
- For sure.

Let's talk instead about
the bad sales spot for Hinz&Kunzt.

Outside the Europa Passage...

Where I sell a newspaper
every three hours.

We would like to get
our granddaughter to join us.

But this place is small.

At least during school vacation.

If that's possible.

If not, then not.

What does the parish
say about that?

I haven't asked yet.

Haven't asked.

It's difficult in a foreign place.

He's gotten used to it and
doesn't want to go back home.

I keep returning
home and back alone.

The room is too small.
It won't work.

I asked Regina.

If it wasn't for the girl,
I would stay.

- It is expensive...
- Where will I get a big flat?

Always this back and forth...

After a month he gets lonely
and calls me back.

Who will cook for him
or do the housework?

He also needs
someone to talk to.

Hello..., please madame.

Hello, madame, 1 please.

Hello, please, madame.

All the best for your family.

My cellphone.

What did you manage today?

Ah, it's you...

Ioana, what did you do today?

What did you eat?

Did you go to school?

You too?

Enough... The people see me
on the phone.

She hung up.

My granddaughter...

Why are you still begging,
when he has an income now?

I have to send money
to my granddaughter.

She needs to buy food
and clothes.

Urgently.

I can't stand
being pinned down at home.

I would go crazy
and have a stroke.

A stroke, from what?

From doing nothing...

I need to go out.
I need it.

Where else should I go?

Happy birthday!

You too...

Neighbors from Nămăieşti

- A glas for a billionaire!
- Take it, Nelu.

To a long life!

- May God give you health!
- Many happy returns.

After church
there wasn't even coffee.

- Such a jostling crowd!
- Did you make anything?

On Whit Sunday they're stingy.
Only acquaintances gave something.

Especially this one woman
who always helps me.

- How much?
- 10 euros.

As good as at
my mother-in-law's wake!

Can you give me a few spits
for the others?

There's enough to go around.

Go ahead.

Yes, Claudia...

We're making a film.

Don Andrei is filming us.

What happened?

Are you all right?

You have to learn to deal with it.

At some point you have to.

Look what's left of my home.

God will help you one day.

Who knows when

- What's wrong?
- Give me that.

Sit down and
don't play the cook!

Everything's burning.

Florin was almost naked,
when we came out.

And barefoot.

Look, Onea is waving his arms.

Thank God, you're still alive.

Houses can be rebuilt.

Who is that screaming?

- We are...
- It's your mother's voice.

If your father sees this,
he'll be sick.

He won't stomach it.

How long are you
staying in Germany?

- Until Christmas.
- That long?

- Then we'll stay here at yours, mother.
- Yes, stay.

We haven't even finished
paying off the tiles.

Do you have money
for the return trip?

I'll pay once I make money.

I don't have it.

I don't even have money
for the girl.

I have to pay
to keep supporting her.

That's why I want to
bring her to Hamburg,

and I need an authorisation
from her father.

Will Ioana be happy in Hamburg?

I don't know...
Whether Ioana will be happy.

Just come around.

This one.

- Here you go.
- And coffee.

And coffee.

- Coffee with milk and sugar?
- Yes.

Milk? Sugar!

Sugar!

Here, your energy drink.

Let's go outside.

Show me.

Our children at the school,
at the graduation ceremony.

- Is that your daughter?
- Yes.

Here she is.

The one in blue...

Look, my litte crazy one.
All alone...

Oh, thank you. Please.

- Bottle, bottle...
- We need them also.

Let's each grab a lady
and dance.

I didn't even dance
at my own wedding.

Look, how pretty...

Great.

Let's keep going.

The blond one...

We're about to hit the ocean.

Hold on to that boat...

And in you go!

Keep moving with your camera
when I'm using soap!

Why?

The people will notice.

How was it?

Not too much.

Enough.

Please!

Should I serve everyone?

Wait for Gigi.

I need to go soon.

- How are you, Cousin?
- I need to go to work.

You're shoveling...

Excessive as always!

- Where shall we sit?
- Here.

Push a little.

Ow, my leg.

- Cousin, how is it going?
- I have to go to work.

Good that you have work.

But it was tough to get.

I got on their nerves for so long,
until they took me on.

I'll take some cabbage, no meat.

- Are they still looking for workers?
- As if...

They got rid of the third shift.

Give me something spicy.
Peperoni?

She doesn't have any.

- Praised be the cook!
- Thank you.

- Couldn't they find use for us?
- I'll ask.

I don't know...
I'll ask the boss.

And if they lay some off?

They've thinned us out already.

There used to be three shifts.

Now there's only
one and a half left.

If I take more than
two sick days...

- ...I'm out.
- And if your mother dies?

That's how it is here.

What if your mother dies?

I won't go.

- Cheers!
- See you soon in Romania.

More likely in Germany.

At the River Elbe...

Don't do anything stupid!

Come Gigi, I'll show you
the new flat.

First we were in the small room.

Now we're under the roof.

It's bigger...

The bigger bedroom.

Not bad

- Pretty good, no...
- Great.

Comfortable...

Another room.

Even a bathroom.

This is our kitchen.

I cooked here earlier
and brought it down.

That's it.

- I'll come by to shower.
- Yes, do that.

Curious eyes everywhere.

Throw it already!

Is somebody watching?

What did that guy say to you?

- Some bullshit.
- He thought you were crazy...

When you were up there.

Hurry up!

The black bag.

Wait until the people are gone.

Should I ask them
to keep moving...

Let's go, to the five star hotel!

Others would pay
a whole lot of money for this.

Enjoying the comfortable warmth...

- I traveled here just for this.
- Exactly.

You've qualified for
the job as beggar.

Didn't want to learn
anything practical.

Let's get up.

It's seven already.

Shitty weather again.

Money, money, money...
always money.

It's not enough
to make ends meet.

As if they talked it over beforehand,
no one's giving anything.

Maybe others are more lucky.

Sometimes I can't
be bothered anymore.

Always this "Hallo please...,
Hallo please..."

They're probably fed up.

He used to be able to give me
something from time to time.

But with this rent
that's no longer possible.

I gave you enough.

- I furnished our house.
- Blew my money...

I bought groceries.

Groceries...

I built you a new fence
and a bathroom.

And another room.

How long haven't you
been at home?

One and half years...
almost two.

What was the house like before?

In danger of collapsing.

- You weren't any help for me.
- I need to go.

Get dressed, it's ten to.

- Are you going to Aldi?
- Yes.

I'll get dressed too.

- Bye!
- See you, bye!

Maria and Ţîrloi's granddaughter

Exactly, a bee or bikini...

You can make a line here,
and write "bee" next to it.

For D you have dolphin...

Great.

A piece of melon, exactly.

Now, let's remember
which words we know.

Summer.

That's our subject.

We're looking for a word
that starts with W.

- Water?
- Exactly. Great, water.

And 20...

What's number 20?

- Beach chair.
- Beach chair, exactly.

- Which one is a beach chair?
- This.

Exactly, the last one here.

A chair you can sit
and lie on the beach.

A beach chair.

Hello, madame.

Thank you.

All the best. Thank you.

Something that you like.

As if...

I'm sure you'll like it.

Do you know it?

Sing along...

I can't, it's very old music.

My father listened to this.

When he came home drunk,
he put on that record.

Two, three times in a row...

After mother died.