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Synopsis: A nurse from the Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Ulrich Seidl
Production: Movienet
  2 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
84%
Year:
2007
141 min
Website
60 Views


Straighten up again, and I don't want you arguing with my children.

Where is his phone?

- I not know.

Look for it please, and straighten this up!

Pauli?

What's the 27th?

Hey!

What's the 27th?

My birthday.

Exactly.

Aren't you going to ask what I want?

Ask me what I want.

What do you want?

- A blouse.

Can you tell Michi?

Or he'll get me something useless again.

Look!

Look!

Look...

Page 44.

I marked the page.

You got it?

In black please.

Lisa? Johannes?

What are you doing down here?

Playing.

- Go play in your rooms! Go on!

No playing here! March!

You too, Johannes.

I don't want the children playing in this room. Is that clear?

Good thing you're here.

- That's mine.

May I look?

Interesting.

Have a seat please.

What you look for?

Nothing, I came to tell you you're leaving tomorrow.

Pack your things, you'll get paid tomorrow.

And that's the end of our work agreement.

Do you understand?

No, I not understand. What is wrong?

I don't have to tell you my reasons. I just changed my mind.

I can hire you and fire you. That's how it is in this country.

I don't understand. It was such a good job.

Everything was paid for. It was a great job.

Here it is, the special job for the Ukraine.

This?

Holy sh*t. A real Methuselah!

For them it's good enough.

Only the finest for the Russkies and Yogos.

Holy sh*t.

And a big motherf***er too.

Yeah, but there are two of you.

We'll manage. Pauli, hurry up!

By myself, or what?

You can do it.

Each of you grab an end!

Alright, all set.

Out we go.

Careful!

- All clear on my side.

Now right, Pauli!

To the right, that's it...

Sh*t...

Careful, careful!

I can't get out.

OK, all set.

Head first.

There. Now, lift it...

Wait!

Go ahead!

- Careful!

We got it.

Don't worry.

Alright...

Push her in!

A little more...

Very nice.

Here only fat girls wear pants.

Fat girls?

Turn around. Great!

- What if I put my hair up?

Yes, maybe.

Great!

Done!

- Cleaning lady.

What's your name?

Olga.

Last name?

Guseva.

What?

G U... One more time.

Guseva.

- Yes, Guseva.

Good. You'll show her the ropes?

- Yes.

We start at 6! On the dot. Not 6:30, not 6:05.

Otherwise, you can leave right now.

Ladies, see you tomorrow morning.

Twas the night before Christmas...

and throughout the house...

not a creature was moving.

not even a mouse...

Wonderfully lit...

Please, St. Anthony...

Please take me to my mama.

She asked about you right away,

How you are,

what you've been doing,

and lots of other questions...

I lost my heart in Heidelberg.

On a warm summer night.

I was head over heels in love.

Yes, nice lady,

or are you a man?

Please take me to see my mother,

and you will be showered with gifts.

All the things you like...

We have a big garden,

and my father has to give it up.

He can't do the work anymore...

or pay the help.

It's too expensive.

Lunch is ready.

Lunch is ready?

Lunch is ready now.

Please, please, please.

What are you doing?

Me?

You know that's against the rules, hm?

You're the cleaning lady. Did they forget to tell you?

I was nurse in Ukraine.

Maybe in the Ukraine, but here you're a cleaning lady.

It's against the rules.

Here only trained nurses are allowed to touch the patients.

Olga sweetheart,

you like having your hair combed.

What a pretty Olga, hm?

Let's part your hair down the middle.

Now isn't Olga pretty?

Very pretty! Gorgeous.

She's gorgeous today.

A gorgeous chick.

A gorgeous chick.

You're a gorgeous chick.

Hey, Schandl!

Bring me that beer!

Bring me that beer! It's on the table.

Get it yourself! I'm not your servant.

- One bottle...

Are you new?

From Serbia too?

You come from Serbia too?

No.

What?

- Ukraine.

From the Ukraine.

I'm Andi.

Andreas.

There's another way.

Glove...

Hi there.

- Olga.

What? Olla?

- Olga.

One bottle...

Nurse, one bottle.

It's non-alcoholic.

Good man.

It's non-alcoholic.

I bought it myself.

See a street sign anywhere?

Sproznishna.

The language is a throat disease.

Stick that back in!

Hurry up, Paul!

Money bag!

Come here.

- Not exactly a jackpot.

I'm...

Michael.

Magda.

My pleasure, ma'am.

How do you say...

'Michael'?

What do you want?

You gotta help me.

Ask her how you say 'Michael' in her language.

Mischo.

Cheers!

Is that right, Paul?

Nastravje.

You have very...

Very pretty eyes.

I'm falling in love with your eyes.

- I lost!

It doesn't matter, Paul.

Paul, how do you say 'eyes'? She's got pretty eyes.

I don't know.

That's my son,

my bambino.

Did you understand?

You have beautiful eyes.

Ask her:

When we come back, will she go to the disco with me?

I don't know.

- C'mon, ask her!

I said I don't know.

- Help me out a little!

But I don't know how to say that.

And I don't speak the language.

I don't speak the language either.

- It's part of the job.

Get off my back!

Why should I help you hit on her?

Besides, I don't know how.

Why did I even bring you along?

- I don't know how.

Nice of you, thanks. Then I'll do it myself.

Good idea.

And if I get her address?

Then good for you.

When I returning...

I go for work...

Roboti...

Roboti... Work... Car...

And then I returning.

And when I come,

we meet,

drink,

disco,

and a little kissykissy.

Bubitchku.

Good.

I know that one, I know 'bubitchku'.

Ask her if she has a boyfriend!

How do you say 'boyfriend'? Ask her that for me!

That's your business.

- You're an a**hole.

You're a real a**hole.

You'll see, we'll meet babes...

that will make our mouths water.

We're here to work.

It's part of the job.

If we joke around...

and get in good with them,

- Yeah, you're right.

it's better for the job.

And stop looking so grumpy all the time. It makes a bad impression.

What'll Mama think when she finds out?

- Who cares?

This is business.

- You don't care?

It's business, Paul.

- Terrific.

Besides, she doesn't know.

- Exactly.

Besides, I'm not shagging her.

I'm just having some fun.

You just don't know what fun is.

- I know what fun is.

Zero sense of humor.

You can't tell me that.

Zero charm.

- She's not my age, why should I be charming?

It's not about being charming, it's about putting

All smiles and sunshine. Maybe it's freezing outside,

but so what?

- You sound like a dictator.

I'm not a dictator, I'm just explaining the job to you.

Yeah, but that wasn't the job...

If you're good, you can work more...

and have money for a change.

I just don't like you hitting on other women.

You're living with my mama...

How can a young guy be so conservative?

At your age I shagged everything.

Not me. You know I'm not like that.

- That's your mistake.

Why mistake?

- That's why you're always so grumpy.

I've got other values.

I'm not just looking to get laid.

- What are your values?

Other values, OK?

- Like what?

Harmony. With myself and my surroundings.

Harmony? What harmony? You don't even have any money.

Oh, money is harmony to you, or what?

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