Day Is Done Page #4

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


I wanted to ask you

if you can help me.

So, ciao Daddy, ciao.

Good morning Thomas.

This is Linda.

It's just after 10,

you're probably still asleep.

The thing is we have to be

out of the hotel by noon.

But I'd like to meet you for

a cup of coffee anyway,

around 12.

I don't think it makes sense

to work today...

I can't put myself

in Petra's shoes today.

First I have to get rid of this poison...

Hello, it's me.

I'm at home now, so you

don't have to worry about Noah.

But what I really want to say is that

I need to have my CD-Roms back...

because I've got a virus...

If you leave for the weekend tomorrow,

that's not so good.

So I thought

you could come for dinner

and bring the CDs along. Bye.

Hello Daddy,

I want to say goodbye

because I'm leaving for camp at 9

and I wanted to say goodbye.

So, goodbye poppypappy,

you're my most favorite daddy

in the whole world.

Goodbye. I'm leaving for camp now,

at 9 o'clock.

So ciao.

This was Noah speaking.

Hello, Mr. Director.

I know it's very late,

but I wanted to call anyway,

because I just saw a wonderful,

absolutely fabulous film.

I'm sure you've heard of it,

by Wong Kar-Wai,

In the Mood for Love.

It's about a kind of love

that is unbelievably inspiring.

I have the feeling it's exactly

what you need at the moment.

Just watch it.

See you soon.

Okay, Thomas? Ciao.

Hello, it's Noah.

I just wanted to ask,

we got a piece of paper today,

about if I want to keep

taking English or not.

And I don't really want

to take English anymore.

And I wanted to ask you,

what you think

because Mommy

wanted to decide by herself... Ciao.

Hello you battered bear.

This is Olsansky again.

I just had

a long talk with Herbert.

Thomas, just get

as much rest as you can;

you can be incredibly

proud of your work.

And you can count on Herbert and me,

no matter what.

So call me

when you've rested up. Okay?

See you very soon.

A big hug. Ciao.

Hi Thomas, I just heard

that you're being interviewed

on the radio at 11

and that you won the Zurich Film Prize.

I always hear everything from strangers,

you never tell me anyything.

Are you feeling better?

I hope so. Ciao.

Daddy, it's me.

I just wanted to say

that I want boxing gloves

with a punching bag for Christmas.

Bye.

This is Noah...

Hello? Mommy, do you know

what I got from Daddy?

I just unwrapped it,

you know what?

A playstation.

I know, he's filming it.

So you can watch it later.

Why?

But then we won't be able

to play anymore.

Ciao.

- Her feelings are hurt.

- Hurt? Why?

But since we're filming it...

Originally published 28/01/2014

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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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