Day Is Done Page #2

Synopsis: A smokestack stubbornly pierces the sky. Trains rumble by down below. Lights come on in the buildings as night falls. There is a man behind the camera, looking for an image -- of himself? Of the world? Of society? By day and night, in rain and snow, he stands filming at the window of his studio. Periodically we hear people leaving messages on his answering machine. They talk about the weather while on vacation and congratulate him on his birthday. His father dies, a child is born, the young family begins to fall apart. Time passes. Slowly the cityscape morphs into the inner landscape of the man behind the camera.
Genre: Documentary
Director(s): Thomas Imbach
Production: Other German Cinema Distributor
  1 win & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Year:
2011
111 min
Website
33 Views


a beautiful

Indian summer,

the kind where you can really

get warmed up again.

Well, you were here at

some point, I think,

probably for the Viper Festival.

So, we'll hear from you soon.

Ciao Thomas.

Hello, it's me.

It's quarter past one and

I just got back from visiting Ariane

and found your message.

I'm going to Tai Chi tomorrow morning

at 9 with Edith, so I thought

I'd leave a message

on your answering machine,

so you won't worry, if I'm still

not at home tomorrow morning

or already out again...

Bye. Have a good start

and get up well.

He told me

I responded well to chemo,

I didn't say anything and...

he said we could continue

or interrupt the treatment;

we have to make

an intelligent decision.

I told him

I was actually for taking a break.

So he said, well good,

he was too.

And now the fact is...

the tumors are smaller,

parts have disappeared

but some are still there.

For the most part a bit smaller.

So, I wish you a nice evening.

Ciao Thomas.

Hi Thomas, just to let you know

that Thom... uh...father is in

St. Anna hospital. We had to come

home by ambulance. So. Ciao.

Hi Thomas.

I just arranged for the urn burial

on Monday the 21st.

The latest time we can get

is at 11 o'clock in the morning.

I'll just set the date with everybody,

because otherwise...

It won't work in the afternoon -

they're all booked up...

So 11 o'clock on the 21st, okay?

Ciao.

Hello, this is Peter Brker in Zurich;

it's Monday and

I wanted to know how everything went.

The whole week and

if Well Done was a success,

if it was well received and everything.

Well now, he's probably relaxing,

on the Seychelles or something

and is getting tanned

and has his hair cut short

and God knows what else.

I just got the mail

and your letter arrived.

Among other things, there was

some information on this birth center

and it looks like

there's no postnatal care.

That means you're driven home

2-3 hours after giving birth.

Well, take a look.

Ready to go?

Yeah.

She thought it didn't look so good,

she was worried because the baby

is too low and

the uterus has already dropped,

which shouldn't happen

until the last month of pregnancy.

So she's

committed me to the hospital

because it would be irresponsible

if labor pains started again

and something really did happen.

So, talk to you later. Ciao.

Hi Thomas.

I saw Monika yesterday

and she's in good shape.

We had a good time.

I'll see you on Saturday and

maybe you can call me

before that. Ciao.

Hello Thomas. This is Jrg.

I just got back from Paris.

Are you out, because

the baby is already on the way,

or are you busy with other things?

I'm going to the Solothurn festival,

but probably only in the afternoon.

But maybe we'll see each other

anyway. Take care. Ciao.

Hi there, this is the

''Diaperland Mothers' Union.''

We wanted to see

if father's at home to say hello.

It's Saturday morning, 11:30,

and I wanted to see...

You're probably still asleep...

Ah no, you have to be somewhere

at 12, right? How stupid of me.

Hello Thomas and Monika and Noah.

I'm back from Paris with my family,

we would like to pay our respects

to the little prince.

Mr Imbach, this is

Mata Real Estate.

I hope you're still

interested in an aparrtment.

I have a beautiful offer:

4 rooms in Witikon

as of June 1st:
2500 francs

with a fireplace and

a view of the mountains.

Would you be interested?

Greetings from Mata Real Estate.

Goodbye.

Mr Imbach,

Matta Real Estate' calling.

Today, April 4,

this afternoon at 3.

I have a dream flat

for you in district 3,

a 4-room apartment, 120sqm,

1740 Francs, from May 1st.

It has high ceilings

with stucco work.

Munchkin is just waking up,

you can tell...

it's 6 and I'm going to air

the apartment, if you're around,

you can come too.

That's why I called.

But you're not there so

see you later. Ciao.

Hi Thomas,

this is Peter.

I heard terrible tales from 2 sources, that

you're having trouble riding a bicycle...

I wanted to ask

how bad things are.

Hi Thomas,

this is Rita.

I heard through the grapevine that

something awful happened to your arms.

If you can hold the receiver,

I'd be glad if you would call.

Hello, it's me.

I wanted to see how you are.

Munchkin is saying hello too,

you can hear him. See you soon. Ciao.

Hi Thomas. I've just been to see Granny

and she asked me again

if you could come by with the baby.

I said

I'd tell you.

Come soon if you can,

and maybe for dinner at my place.

Let me know.

Ciao Thomas.

Hi Thomas, it's me, Steffi.

I told you I would call again.

Actually I wanted

to talk to you in person,

but you're so hard to get hold of.

Hi Thomas,

we were supposed to

have a shoot today...

Techno...

It won't work out, because

since Wednesday, he's been...

in the hospital.

He has...

Hi, it's me, Steffi...

I just wanted to ask

about my sister's 200 francs,

if you've already transferred it?

Because she's in the red...

It has to be paid

within the next 5 weeks

because, if not

she'll have to pay even more.

Thomas, this is Xhumi.

I wanted to tell you,

there'll be 10 of us coming

to the Solothurn festival.

Sorry I didn't call earlier.

Ciao.

I just wanted to call and say,

it's time for you to look after your child.

This can't go on.

I really need to get

some work done.

You just have to do your share.

Everything else pisses me off.

I don't know where

the hell you are, but if...

I don't have

any more to say. Bye.

I just wanted to know

if he slept at all this morning

when you were outside with him,

so I know what to expect.

Could you call me back? Ciao.

Hi Thomas, this is Claudia;

it's 6 and I'm still in Meilen

and have tons to do, but I'm not

in the mood. That happens.

I'm having dinner

at Josef's tonight at 8:30...

and we have to figure things out.

I don't know where

you are right now, and everything...

I hope you had a nice day.

The weather was so beautiful.

When I jabber on your

answering machine,

I wonder how many people

hear me and everything...

...don't feel like talking.

I'll try again or you and we'll see.

I'd love to chat

a little with you.

So. Bye.

Hello!?

- Huh?

- Did you say hello? -Huh?

Did you say hello?

Say hello again!

Noah wanted to say good night.

Ciao, ciao...

Say ciao, Noah, ciao!

I wanted to ask what the story is

this morning, because you said

you would take him.

I'd like to know. Bye.

Hey you, it's me.

I already called the

mixing studio twice

and you're always

behind closed doors

and I can't reach you.

And by the time you're finished,

I have to go to work again

and I'm hard to reach, too

so I thought, I'll just babble

on the answering machine,

at least you can listen to it.

But I'll be home tonight.

I'm having a TV night and

folding the laundry,

an easy peasy Claudia night.

So we can probably speak then.

Okay?

Hello?

Say good night to dad.

Good night!

Daddy?

- Daddy isn't there.

- He isn't?

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Thomas Imbach

Thomas Imbach (born 1962) is an independent filmmaker based in Zürich, Switzerland. With his production company Bachim Films, Imbach produced his own work until 2007. He then founded Okofilm Productions together with director/producer Andrea Staka. All of his films have been released theatrically and Imbach has won numerous awards for his work, both in Switzerland and abroad. With Well Done (1994) and Ghetto (1997) Imbach established his trademark audio-visual style, which is based on a combination of cinema- verité camera-work and fast-paced computer-controlled editing. His fiction features Happiness is a Warm Gun (nominated for the Golden Leopard at Locarno International Film Festival), as well as Lenz (2006), I was a Swiss Banker (2007) and the fictive autobiography Day is Done (2011) all premiered at the Berlinale. His latest feature film Mary Queen of Scots celebrated its premiere in Locarno and at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2013. more…

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