Day Is Done Page #3

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


- It's just the tape.

- Where?

In Dad's studio.

You can say good night to him.

Huh?

You can say good night

on the tape.

Don't want to... hang up.

I'm going to sit in the tub and read

in about 5 or 10 minutes

and will probably be finished around 11,

hairdried and everything.

And then heading for bed,

I hope you can call me by then.

Hi, it's me.

I just wanted to ask...

I don't think you'll

be home for the night;

I might go and sleep

in your bed,

because my room

is so smoky.

Just in case

so you know.

Hi Thomas,

this is Irene.

I spoke to the Zurichsee paper,

they want to do it mid-September,

so a week before the film launch

I could make a cover for you,

with you, about you, for you, no...

Call me sometime.

I'd love to have a video too

to watch it again and then

I'd like to meet with you, okay?

Thomas, hello. This is Jo Lang,

your former teacher.

We'd like to organize something

with you and your film

a tour vocational school in Zurich.

One of your leads

is an apprentice here...

he's going to school here,

and I think your film - Ghetto -

is very, very good.

Thanks. Ciao.

Hi, this is Jrg. I've been trying

since 6 and it's always busy.

Did you just run off to a date?

Hi Thomas, this is Claudia.

It's 10 past 6...

I'm not at home, I'm out

with Corinne and I've decided

I can't go on like that.

It nearly knocked me out this afternoon,

when I was running around

for the holidays.

It's just too much, too hyper,

I can't stand all the stress and...

...oh, I don't know.

Now you got exactly

what you wanted.

You got me to leave my desk.

You said

I'd start screaming and you bugged me,

until I did and Noah woke up

and then you just split.

The kid starts screaming,

because you think

you have to discuss things.

And then you just split.

It's impossible.

You haven't got a clue!

He keeps waking up

and crying all night. You don't know

about it because you aren't here.

Hello Thomas, this is Jrg,

I've just seen the most exciting film.

I think it's one of the best

I've ever seen.

It's so encouraging and

it's already given me a lot of ideas.

So...

I'm sure it'll give us a kick

for our own film.

I just wanted to tell you. I'm getting

ready for Paris and for Tuesday.

I look forward to the shooting,

it's going to be great. And...

Have a great weekend.

Hope you're alive

when I see you again. Ciao.

I don't know where you are,

since you're not in the studio.

You're probably bumming around.

I just can't take it anymore and I...

It wouldn't be right to get

together with you tonight...

I'm suffocating,

it's choking me to death.

I feel stifled somehow...

All of a sudden I can't take it.

Maybe it was easier before.

Maybe the more you want,

the less I can give.

It's like a fire burning down.

It's no good.

It makes me want

to run away.

And I...

Oh God. Maybe the machine

isn't even recording all of this...

I don't know.

I'll try to call later.

You'll be in the studio by then,

I don't know.

Is that all right?

Bye.

I wanted to sort out how it'll

work this week and I suggest,

...or rather, I'm just going to do it.

I assume you'll look after him

Friday morning, as you said,

and on Wednesday

and on Thursday night.

I won't be around those two nights,

and I won't pick him up either.

If you don't do it,

I guess he'll have to stay in daycare.

I'm sorry we have to do it this way,

but I guess it's the only way out.

Actually,

I don't understand why,

in such a tense situation

you can't manage

to do just the minimum

of what I think you should.

Daddy,

Emanuel and me had a fight

and then Emanuel...

kicked me where

I had a boo-boo.

He scraped my sore

with his shoe.

So we washed it off again. Ciao!

This is Noah. Ciao!

Bonjour Captain Thomas,

I'm reporting back.

I'm in Ksnacht

and about to take a bath.

I'll go shopping and

get back to you later,

in case we need

to hang around.

Talk later.

Hi Thomas,

this is Peter.

I didn't realize until I got home

that I just ran off

and someone else

had to take the tab. So...

I didn't mean to, I don't know

if you paid it or who ever.

Maybe I can make it up

with a beer or wine.

Give me a call,

I'm here most of the time.

You know, in the editing room...

Speak to you soon. Ciao Thomas.

I would like to inform you

that you still owe us

13,176.25...

I'm sending you a big, big hug.

I've got such a happy Thomas feeling

in my stomach right now.

Hello, what are you doing?

Ciao.

Daddy?

Okay, so...

I want to go

swimming with Mommy first

and then you come and get me

and Mommy will leave.

Is that okay? Bye.

Bonsoir, mon amour...

Right now, you are not where

the phone is ringing, that's why...

I'm calling some place else

so that you'll hear me...

namely your mobile.

I wonder what you're up to.

I'm coming over tonight. Bye!

Hello?

Hello?

Nice holidays!

Hello, it's me.

Just calling to say

that we are fine and maybe

I'll try again another time. Bye.

Hi Thomas, you know, today's the

anniversary of father's death, on the 7th...

...of February and it's been 7 years

and I thought,

I won't call your mobile.

Well, you probably thought of it too.

Enjoy your evening.

Talk to you later. Ciao Thomas.

Bonjour Monsieur Thomas.

Wake up! Time to work!

I saw a light,

but on the second floor...

Don't you answer the phone there?

You have to take the phone,

I can see that you're at home.

You can't say you're not there

and that the answering machine...

because I see you,

stark naked

walking over to the kitchen...

And now back again.

I saw you.

Hello Thomas, my sunshine.

I just finished singing at the studio.

I'll bet you're on the roof

playing and splashing around

and annoying the neighbors...

I'll call your mobile.

Okay. Bye.

Hello, it's me, Noah.

I want to come to your place

to play.

To do something with you...

And so, ciao!

It's me, Noah.

Hello, this is Eva.

It's incredible:

even the messages on answering

machines are in Swiss German.

My voice wanted

to brush your ear for a second,

but apparently you're already out.

So we'll speak later then. Ciao, ciao.

Thomas, this is Noah;

guess what!

I lost my tooth.

So. Ciao!

Hello, it's me...

I hope you're not pissed off.

Hello, wake up!

Are you already asleep?

Are you out?

Hello. What are you up to?

So do I have to call your mobile?

All right then, okay.

I'm good and sick of

the answering machine,

I mean

I'm not interested in talking to it.

Yes!

Well then, so be it. Okay?

Hello Thomas.

This is Herbert.

I'm in bad shape,

my leg hurts like hell

and now I'm

scared shitless because

you haven't given me a contract.

And I'm not insured.

And with no insurance

it means I'm screwed.

I don't have a contract. I've asked you

2-3 times and I still don't have one.

I could kick myself

for shooting yesterday.

It hurts like hell and above all

it's not getting any better.

God, I'm screwed.

Okay. 'Til then. Ciao.

Ouch, Daddy,

my weenie is burning so badly.

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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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