Breathing Page #2

Synopsis: Through his work at a morgue, an incarcerated young man trying to build a new life starts to come to terms with the crime he committed.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Karl Markovics
Production: Kino Lorber Films
  18 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
66
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
NOT RATED
Year:
2011
94 min
Website
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F*** you!

What's going on here?

F*** off.

What happened?

-F*** off I said.

Where's your tie?

Forgot it.

I'm coming!

Good morning, MaIeschitz.

Sorry I took so Iong.

Schorn, Vienna Mortuary.

My condoIences.

Thanks.

Do you want us to

take the deceased away now?

You can bring her cIothes

to a customer service office Iater.

She's not wearing cIothes?

A nightgown.

That wiII never do.

We can dress the deceased here

if you Iike.

I'm not going in there.

You just have to teII us what we need.

WeII, I don't know...

Anything dark.

I think she had a gray outfit.

We'II find something.

We're doing it here.

Where?

-In the bedroom.

How Iong wiII it take?

Because of parking.

How Iong is your permit?

Just haIf an hour.

Look in her wardrobe.A gray outfit.

We shouId be done by then!

Put on your rubber gIoves.

This one?

-Yes.

You'II manage, won't you?

-Yes, of course.

Come here.

If you have a ceII phone,

you can wait in the car and I'II caII you.

Come here.

Get me stuff to wash her,

a tub of water, toweI, face cIoth.

Bathroom.

Thanks.

Excuse me, where is the bathroom?

Straight ahead.

Maybe you'd Iike to sit down after aII?

no thanks, I'm better now.

It's just...

I aIways have to do everything.

It's tough, I know...

It's his mother after aII.

Set it down there.

Find me some underwear and stockings.

Look in the dresser over there.

What good is having chiIdren?

HonestIy.

If you die aIone in the end anyway...

Can you heIp me with her bIouse?

PuII it down.

Just puII it down.

CoIIect the wash things

and put them away.

WouId you Iike to see the deceased?

When's your thing again?

For your paroIe.

-The hearing.

How shouId I know what it's caIIed?

Monday.

And do you think they'II give it to you?

I don't know.

I don't know.

ProbabIy depends on the judge.

Sure, bIame it on other peopIe.

HeII is other peopIe.

HeII is other peopIe.

It's reaIIy true.

Drop me off up here.

Put this in Wesnik's box for me.

See you tomorrow.

-See you.

Good-bye.

Yes?

He can't taIk right now. What is it?

You're kidding?

I'm aIready on my way back.

What about Juranek?

And what is it?

We just have to pick him up?

Where?

Come on.

Sh*t.

-no!

F*** off!

F*** off, you bastards!

You stumbIe?

F*** off!

Why don't you bury him right here?

Go ahead!

You'II hurt yourseIf.

I'm sure it's just...

What do I do with her?

TeII her to shut up.

You shut up.

What did you say?

-Mr. KogIer.

What did you say, kid?

Can you give me a hand, Mr. KogIer?

Good, I thought so.

But stay cIose by.

How oId were you back then?

Fourteen.

And the guy you murdered?

I didn't murder him.

He died at the hospitaI.

What's wrong?

He's stiII warm.

Want to switch sides?

That's OK.

Good evening.

Coffee, coId drinks, sandwiches?

no thanks.

Or give me a beer too.

Thanks.

Keep the change.

Thank you, sir.

Have a nice trip.

Cheers.

We're Iate, KogIer. What happened?

Mass fataIity incident?

We were about to start a manhunt.

Feet apart and bend over.

Cough.

Stand up.

Did I say to get dressed?

Breathe.

Again, harder and Ionger.

What did you drink?

Come on. I've got a 0.2 reading.

What did you drink?

A beer.

WeII, weII.

Are we aIIowed to?

I asked if you're aIIowed to.

no.

Then why do you do it?

Must I write you up

the day before my vacation?

Look at me when I taIk to you!

ShouId I write you up?

You grew up in an orphanage, right?

You've never reaIIy been outside.

Exciting.

Done?

-Yes.

Windows on the inside too?

See you tomorrow.

You can go.

no one eIse is dying today.

You just missed her.

She just Ieft.

Did you want to try?

I'm done anyway.

Ms. KogIer?

Yes?

Mommy, can we buy this?

-Konstantin, put that back pIease.

PIease!

-Put it back!

So how are you?

Great.

Job?

What do you do?

Diving instructor.

In the summer in the Danube,

in the wintertime ...

it depends.

SeycheIIes, Mauritius, new ZeaIand.

I'm going down there again next week.

To Mauritius?

-new ZeaIand.

Is that inAustraIia?

You're Iucky.

next week it's supposed to

get coId again here.

Do you dye your hair?

no, why?

Short hair suits you.

I shouId have my hair done again too.

How oId are you now?

Where did you get my address anyway?

ChiId weIfare office.

And the phone caII

this morning was you too?

Yes.

ShouId we go?

Where?

I thought you wanted to buy a mattress?

WeII?

I shouId get it, right?

Makes you feeI Iike never getting up.

What are you doing here?

HeIping someone carry something.

Do you reaIize what time it is?

I have the Iate shift this week.

Daddy, who is that man?

An acquaintance, Roberta.

I think that's us, I'II go see.

Is that her?

Yes.

Daddy, who is that woman?

-Just a sec, Roberta.

I hope you know what you're doing.

Come on Roberta, we have to go.

Where are you going with that?

Just to the bus stop.

Is that your mattress?

Yes. My oId one is aII worn out.

And who is the man?

Which man?

In front, is he your boyfriend?

Roberta, caII mommy and teII her ...

we'II be a IittIe Iate.

About Monday,

wear a dress shirt.

Hi Mommy, we'II be a IittIe Iate.

Do you have one?

-no.

Daddy said ''a IittIe''.

Can you get one?

At IKEA.

Hey!

I don't know, maybe.

not maybe. Borrow one from someone.

It makes a good impression.

We're taking home a Iady with a mattress.

Mommy wants to taIk to you.

Yes?

I don't know.

What do you want me to do?

I know what we said,

but it ended up taking Ionger.

Yes, sorry, because of my stupid kitchen!

Daddy and Mommy are fighting.

no, I don't think so.

She can stay with me tonight.

Yes, McDonaId's!

no, Roberta.

We're not eating at McDonaId's.

It's over here on the right.

I can't taIk right now.

Bye.

-My pIeasure.

Don't forget the shirt.

Just put it down anywhere.

But it's stiII wet.

That's OK, it's Iaminated flooring.

What about the oId one?

I guess I'II put it in the basement for now.

If you want, I'II heIp you carry it down.

no, Ieave it.

I've stiII got time.

-no thanks. I'II do it Iater.

Or I can unwrap the new...

Forget the f***ing mattress!

Why did you give me up?

What?

Why did you give me up?

It was the best thing I did in my Iife.

KogIer, teIephone!

KogIer.

Same here.

Do you need something?

CouId you Iook up a name for me?

Martin Stuppek.

What about him?

-nothing.

Just wondering where he's buried.

Stuppek?

-Yes.

With two p's?

I think so.

Martin Stuppek.

Born on 4/26/1992,

died on 2/4/2006.

JedIesee Cemetery,

row 14, section 2.

Have a nice weekend. Bye.

See you Monday.

That's my hearing.

Then see you Tuesday.

Write it down?

What?

-ShouId I write it down for you?

Yes pIease.

WeII,

what are you going to do

if they Iet you out?

Come on, come on.

Isn't there something you want?

Everyone wants something.

What about you?

A IittIe Ducati Monster.

They don't have a big one?

Very funny, on my saIary.

The big one is for dreamers.

You gotta wish for what you can get.

You know?

I thought you got that anyway.

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Karl Markovics

Karl Markovics (born 29 August 1963) is an Austrian actor and film director. more…

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