Berlin Calling Page #2

Synopsis: A man tours clubs around the globe with his manager and girlfriend. On the eve of their largest album release he is admitted to a psychiatric clinic after overdosing at a gig.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Director(s): Hannes Stöhr
  4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Year:
2008
100 min
145 Views


We can go into overdraft.

I am worried about you.

Don't exaggerate.

Take a look around.

The album is what's important.

It'll be super. Then a vacation.

Let's wait for the results here

and then get outta here.

What are you doing?

- I'm setting something.

Was that chick your girlfriend?

- Yep.

I'll give you a tip.

Watch out for that doctor.

She'll drive you crazy.

I'm taking you to movement therapy.

No way. I've got an album to finish.

May I hear some of your music?

It's probably better on the dance floor

than in the loony bin.

I find it very dark, almost depressive.

You mean melancholy...

Want to hear something depressive?

I want you to come to

movement therapy now. - Nope.

Stop saying no to everything, Mr. Karow.

We breathe in and close our eyes...

Michael, close your eyes.

Very calmly, try to close your eyes.

You can do it.

Very calm, Michael.

Breathe in and out and close your eyes.

Michael, stay calm.

Think of the black BMW.

Think about the black BMW.

You're not afraid, close your eyes.

And we reach for the stars...

Stretch, stretch...

Reach for the stars...

Exhale and...

inhale and stretch.

Mr. Karow, I know you're not used to it,

but you could try

to feel your body more.

You are completely tense.

Inhale and stretch.

And reach for the stars. And exhale.

Inhale.

Yes, Mr. Karow, that's good.

Michael, you have made progress.

We're going for a walk tomorrow.

We're going outside.

Thank you for your contribution.

Pete, it's your turn.

I told you everything last time.

What am I supposed to say?

We had gotten to where the entire

Leipzig police force was after you.

That's not true, but it doesn't matter.

My problem isn't the Leipzig police,

it's your f***ing pills. Without 'em,

I'd be out doing my apprenticeship.

The police aren't the problem.

You're the problem.

- Pete, we've gone over this.

I'm done till you stop giving me pills!

Fine.

And you, Mr. Karow?

Don't you want to sit on your ball?

No way!

Fine.

Man!

Pete, what are you doing?

Man, what are you looking for?

- My USA T-shirt.

What shirt?

- My USA T-shirt!

It's gone!

Pete, you're wearing your USA T-shirt!

Pete, everything's okay.

How is he now?

- He's asleep. He took his pills.

What's wrong with him?

Crystal Meth.

Crystal is hardcore.

And him?

He's called Gebhard.

Goa Gebhard. It took a year

for his parents to find him in India.

He never came off his LSD. His friend

drowned while they were tripping.

He's never talked since. Nothing.

Straight-AA student.

Night, Icka.

- See you tomorrow.

Icka, what's wrong?

Is the TV too loud?

Everything's full of water.

- What?

We have to do something.

Here?

Jamal, what's going on? You alright?

Water everywhere.

- Wait, I'm coming. - Water all over...

Turn it off.

Turn the water off.

Here... Open your hand.

Yes...

You've got everything on the market

in your bloodstream: THC,

ketamine, MDMA, MDA, amphetamines,

cocaine...

Everything except heroin.

Your cocaine levels

are extremely high, Mr. Karow.

The pill's results

are also very disturbing.

Instead of MDMA,

the pill contained 100 mg of MDA.

And what upsets me the most

is the 40 mg of highly toxic PMA

in the pill.

PMA is a strong hallucinogen

and causes a large increase

in blood pressure and body temperature.

The substance PMA

has also been known to cause death.

Mr. Karow...

You are free to leave any time,

but I strongly recommend...

you take some time off.

Under our supervision.

We're stopping the promo

and the album goes on ice.

You can't do that.

- Mathilde, I already stopped the promo

and pushed up another production.

When Ickarus finds out

he will totally freak out!

Icka has to learn to drink water.

Are you worried about your job?

You could help me manage

Mike or Patricia.

They're easier to handle than Ickarus.

This is not about me, Alice.

And I am not interested

in managing another DJ.

Let's wait two weeks...

- No. When Ickarus is back to normal,

we'll talk about the album.

So we've cancelled

Ickarus' record release party

and move this.

- Do you have a job for me?

I mean, just for a while.

- Door or bar?

Door.

Door with Corinna like the old days.

Want one?

Icka always had

everything under control.

What was that pill that nailed him?

The pill was a bastard.

The doctor said it had PMA in it. - PMA?

What is that?.

- It is some bad, bad sh*t.

Where'd he get it?.

Here?

I can't allow that.

I don't want bad pills in my club.

Who is selling them?

Erbse!

Hey, Pete, it's no fun this way.

Man, Pete, play right!

Don't just smash it all the time!

I'm tired of this.

Alex, I need to go out for a while.

They're driving me crazy.

Can you tell the doorman?

Did you talk with Dr. Paul?

- She's not here.

This is an open ward,

not a prison, right?.

It's better if Dr. Paul knows.

- But she's not here! How can she?

Come on. I want some cigarettes.

Gotta lose these crazies for a while.

Yes... but not for long.

Come right back, okay, Icka?

10 minutes!

Erbse!

Hey. - Hey. Sorry about that pill.

I didn't know they were so bad.

You have to choose one of three jobs.

I have to collect the empties

in a liquor store. I stand around

and have to take the bottles

out of the machine...

The other day, some guy had the wrong

bottles, the machine was beeping...

I told him through the slot,

"We don't take them! They're not ours!"

He flipped out,

starting throwing bottles.

10 minutes later the police came.

I only just got my 'stuff' hidden.

Why do you do that job?

I have to do it to get my welfare money.

But it's cool,

I even get my 'stuff' delivered there.

Nobody notices. But I'm quitting.

I've got a buddy who is

getting me a real job. - What?

He works in insurance, pension plans,

car insurance, life insurance...

Might be good for me.

I know lots of people.

I know how to sell...

Subscriber present.

Alex? To the hospital? Now?

No way. I'm in a meeting...

The album... Ciao.

Idiot...

Do it, it sounds good.

Hey, Icka!

Jenny! You here, too?

I just got here.

Where've you been all the time?

London, Brussels...

Just got back. And you?

I'm alright.

How is it? You got any party powder?

Party?

- Yeah. - I'm up for it.

And your girlfriend?

- No idea.

I see. Well then...

Got it?

Another line?

- No.

I'll have one for myself.

Oh God...

Did you see the Japan mix?

2002?

Look at me.

F*** off, Icka.

- I need that recording!

Hello? I just told you to f*** off.

I am so sick of your ego trip.

- Do I tell you what to do all the time?

Do I say anything about Conny? No.

You can f*** who you want. I don't care.

But I have a problem if you act like

you're a saint and order me around.

It's annoying.

I'll be off then.

The new album

is going to be so massive.

Really great stuff.

We have to talk.

Alice stopped the album. Pushed it back.

Stopped the album? Pushed it back?

Tell me it's not true!

Tell me it's not true!

Calm down. She wants you back to normal.

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Hannes Stöhr

Hannes Stöhr (born 1970) is a German film director and screenwriter. He studied Scriptwriting and Directing at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin from 1994 to 1999. In 2006 Stöhr was a Villa Aurora grant recipient and lived for six months in Los Angeles, California. Hannes speaks German, Spanish, English, French and Portuguese. Stöhr is member of the European Filmacademy, lectures film at Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin and the Goethe Institute. He lives in Berlin. more…

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