Aloys

Synopsis: Aloys Adorn is a middle aged private detective who lives and works with his father. He experiences life from a safe distance, through a video camera he keeps recording 24 hours a day, and the massive collection of surveillance tapes he organizes and obsessively watches at home. But when his father dies, Aloys is left on his own and his sheltered existence begins to fall apart. After a night of heavy drinking, Aloys wakes up on a public bus to find that his camera and precious observation tapes have been stolen. Soon after, a mysterious woman calls to blackmail him. She offers to return the tapes if Aloys will try an obscure Japanese invention called 'telephone walking' with her, using his imagination as their only connection. As he is drawn deeper and deeper, falling in love with the voice on the other end of the phone, the woman opens up a new universe that may allow Aloys to break out of his isolation and into the real world.
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Tobias Nölle
  6 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
Year:
2016
91 min
50 Views


Your email is missing.

No longer valid.

Excuse me?

I didn't get that.

No email.

Urn to keep at home...

Aloys?

Just give me the payment slip.

Julie Kramer...

We went to school together.

We don't know each other,

young lady.

Sorry.

Can you feel him kicking?

He wants to get out.

He can barely wait.

It must be a bit lonely in there.

I'm getting cold, darling.

Can we go to your place, please?

I'd rather not, Kathrin.

We always meet outside.

Do you have something to hide?

- What do you mean, "hide"?

- You never take me to your place.

Hello?

Mrs Schoch, you shouldn't contact us

during the observation.

Mrs Schoch? She's pregnant.

C'est la vie...

I beg your pardon?

That's French.

Get that son of a b*tch on the phone!

We don't interact with out targets.

We'll get back to you tomorrow.

ADORN & SON

PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS

First new message:

This is Julie Kramer

from the crematorium.

The cremation is confirmed for Friday.

I'm sorry about earlier.

It was the wrong moment.

We'll see each other at the cremation.

Let's chat then.

I'm curious about what's become of you...

Message deleted.

I'd like to order something.

Hello, Mr Adorn.

I'm sorry about your father.

One portion of rice to go.

In China, when somebody dies,

we get rid of bad spirits

with fireworks.

We don't need that.

Hello, Mr Detective.

Evening.

Is it true that you catch missing cats

and don't bring them back?

No.

Hello.

You're even more friendly

than your father.

Oh I'm so cold.

Touch it.

Do you have a vacuum cleaner?

Mrs Schoch...

My boss isn't available right now,

but we'll intercept Mr Schoch.

At 4pm, on the dot.

Yes, we thank you.

Hello?

Our camera bag was stolen

on the bus.

Including 9 DV tapes.

Strictly confidential material.

As well as an ID card from the

Swiss Association of Private Investigators.

Issued to Adorn Junior.

Yes, hello?

I imagined your voice would be different.

Say something else.

I like it.

But it's obvious

that you don't like talking.

Who are you?

What do you want?

Is it OK to call you Adorn?

Aloys feels too personal.

You stole our camera.

I watched your videos.

Your dead father.

The people you spy on.

Your cat who, incidentally,

has a magnesium deficiency,

and who will die soon too.

You even film me and Rolf.

I don't know anyone called Rolf.

Do you know anyone at all?

Adorn?

I thought I'd send the videos back

to the people you secretly film.

You could apologise to them.

- To me too.

- No, young lady,

you'll hand over these items

to lost property office,

or we'll inform the authorities.

I picture you...

in your blue jumper,

with your sad eyes.

Good night.

Believe in your invisibility -

it is given to you.

Avoid mirrors,

shadows and echoes.

Be quieter than the wind.

Testing... testing...

Testing... testing...

Hello.

We'll work out a practical solution

both parties can agree to.

Very good.

The secret lies in the filtered frequencies

through the phone.

What?

Phone-walking

was invented in 1984

by a Japanese neurologist.

A practical solution, young lady.

For shy men.

How's your cat?

Do you give it magnesium?

Listen very carefully, young lady...

Just listen.

You've pictured a train, right?

That's how phone-walking works.

You picture a face.

No, a definite no.

I'm tall...

slim...

with black skin...

an ample bosom...

Attention, passing train platform 1

Hello?

Hello?

Adorn, you clever fox.

You hear my voice,

but you don't know who I am.

Throw yourself under a train.

What did you say?

Go and throw yourself

under a train.

The secret lies in the filtered frequencies

through the phone.

Phone-walking

was invented in 1984

by a Japanese neurologist.

...by a Japanese neurologist.

...black skin...

...black skin...

Watering can,

apples,

four beers,

gardening magazine...

...tights.

Yellow tights.

Melon flavour.

I'd like to invite you for a drink.

OK.

THAT'S NOT ME.

AND THIS PLACE MAKES ME SICK.

- Hello.

- Return our items.

- What?

- Return our items!

You want me to return what?

Miaow...

- Miaow!

- Go away, I don't have a cat.

Come on, drink!

Here. Drink!

You stupid pig.

You're a stupid pig!

Adorn and son.

Please leave a message after the tone.

We thank you.

The first time is always painful,

but unforgettable.

The easiest way...

...is to press your forehead

against the wall.

Then you picture us

meeting on

the other side of the wall.

Through the wall

into the forest, for instance.

Then you picture us

meeting on

the other side of the wall.

Through the wall

into the forest, for instance.

Our voices generate an image.

Our words set them in motion.

Besides one's imagination,

hearing is the most important thing.

It's the interface

between our thoughts.

Technically speaking, phone-walking...

We're in the forest now.

Things are creeping and crawling

in the forest.

Trees, wood...

- The wind is blowing.

- Out of yourarse.

You don't even have the imagination

to picture a fir cone. Bye!

Wait, young lady.

I wasn't focusing.

Take a deep breath.

Three...

two... one.

You feel the leaves

under your feet.

The more you relax,

the easier it gets to stay inside.

What does it smell like?

The tree sap is thick and sticky.

The camera and the tapes!

I smelled your tummy on the bus.

It stinks of rotten apples.

Why don't you throw yourself

under a train.

Hello?

Mr Adorn?

This is the caretaker.

There's a parcel

for you down here.

I'll bring it up for a beer.

Should I bring it up or not?

Over.

No, we thank you.

Over.

ADORN & CLONE

Mrs Schoch speaking.

I wanted to thank you

for the tapes.

The divorce has gone through.

I hope your boss is feeling better.

Goodbye, Mr Adorn.

We have the sheep

and are coming down.

She stole it from the children's zoo.

See you later.

You've got something

in your hair.

Harald was an honest employer

who stayed true to himself

and his employees until the end of his life.

May he rest in peace, amen.

First new message.

Hello, it's me again.

I wanted to apologise

for the phone terror.

I just wanted to talk a bit.

Take care of your cat.

It helps against melancholia.

Bye.

If you ask me,

I think we came too late.

A bottle of booze and

seven grams of tranquillisers.

She worked at the zoo.

They usually use this stuff

to put down gorillas and cats.

What will happen

to the iguana?

I'll probably have to deal with it.

Do you have a vacuum cleaner?

Cat?

Yum-yum.

Eat, eat!

Munch...

Excuse me...

Mr Adorn, what's the matter?

I just wanted to ask

what's going to happen to the iguana.

The one from the lady

from flat 146.

It's downstairs, in the basement.

The Salvation Army

doesn't want it.

Could you hold this?

Nobody got in touch.

No relatives, nothing.

Why are you asking?

Do you want to feed it?

You'd be welcome to do that.

You'd be doing me

a huge favour.

I'll bring it up in a minute,

including the feeding and watering plan...

No, you got the wrong end of the stick.

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