Nebelgrind

Synopsis: Farmer Jürg can't believe it: His wife Fränzi has had enough and takes off for two weeks, leaving him to look after their farm, the children and his forgetful father Karli all by himself. Jürg has no choice but to take things in hand. He soon realizes that his wife is right, his father isn't just 'forgetting on a bit' - he has Alzheimer. Faced with the challenge of a lifetime Jürg comes up with all sorts of ideas to get his father to do his part.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Barbara Kulcsar
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Year:
2012
17 Views


I won.

Enjoy your meal.

Good night.

FOGHEAD:

Good night, Emma.

Your legs, not your arms.

Right.

Right, my lees-

Not my arms.

You always take my stuff!

That's so not true!

Morn, she keeps taking my stuff!

- Where's my math book?

- In America, most likely.

Here it is.

- Hold your horses!

- See?

Bye!

Have a nice morning.

Frnzi!

Frnzi!

It's all right, Karli.

I'll stay here till

you've gone back to sleep.

28, 35, 42

- What is 7 times 7?

- 49.

- 6 times 8?

- 48. My turn.

- 5 times 9?

- 45.

7 times 8?

- 58.

- You're piling it on!

Better too much than too little.

How much too much?

Ehm...

Not that much.

Just a little.

What's wrong?

It won't hurt you.

Look!

Why don't you talk to Jilrg?

I've tried, but he won't budge.

Maybe you need to make things clear.

It won't get better

if you bear the whole burden yourself.

I went through that with my mother.

I'm sorry, Maya. I have to go.

- Do you know what happened?

- Yes,jonas told me.

Karli must never again

go off with Jonas.

Calm down!

Nothing happened.

Are you really not getting it?

- What?

- That your father is demented.

- What a load of bull!

- I looked it up online.

I think he's got Alzheimer's.

Frnzi, really!

We should have him examined.

If my father had Alzheimer's

he couldn't drive a tractor anymore.

- Can he do that?

- Indeed!

Don't you see all the things

he cannot do anymore?

That's perfectly normal at his age.

I don't think so.

- Super, Karli!

- A memory like an elephant.

- Well done!

- Thank you, doctor.

Jonas?

Wanna come to the forest with me,

Pops?

- Yes, let's do that.

- Good.

Don't let Karli operate the chainsaw!

Do you know how long

he's been handling saws?

Since I was 14.

Frnzi!

- Everyone is going to the concert.

- You're staying home!

- Grandpa

- But Werni is coming today.

- Daddy, please!

- Put on something decent!

No black stuff!

Green or white?

- Green.

- White.

- Hi, Pops.

- Hi, Werni. Hi.

- A new car, right?

- No.

We had it the last time we came.

- Hello, Jonas.

- Hello.

Right, come along!

Toni, I forgot the water.

Could you fetch it, please?

Enjoy your meal.

To Werni! He got a promotion.

Really? Tell us.

Nothing big.

Just the next step up.

Eat, Pops!

It'll get cold.

I refuse to eat this slop!

What's wrong, Pops?

What's the matter with him?

Toni!

What's going on?

- Grandpa threw his food away.

- Why?

That's what I'd like to know.

- Grandpa has Oldtimes.

- Jonas, cut it out!

Karli.

Morn said so.

This napkin rubs off, damn it!

Poor Frnzi!

I wouldn't want to be in her shoes.

It's Pops that's sick, not her.

Sorry.

What are you going to do now?

About what?

About the estate.

Isn't it time you addressed that?

- Do it while Karli is still

- Andrea!

Or you'lljust end up fighting.

It's wrong of you to

set the kids against my father.

I'm doing no such thing.

The kids themselves notice

what's wrong with Karli.

- Jonas

- Jonas loves his grandfather.

I love Karli, too.

Come on!

I just want to

Crap!

Damn slugs!

Karli, could you get rne

some yogurt jars from the storeroom?

I won't go in there.

- Why not?

- Because.

Come on! Get rne those jars!

No.

Okay, be that way.

- I have to go to the village.

- I want to come, too.

Hey!

I want to go to the village, too.

Come on, let's get those jars.

Goddamn jars!

Don't be afraid.

Crap!

Karli!

Karli, open the door!

The key]

Open the door!

Get help!

Open the door!

Hello, is this the way to the village?

To the village?

No, you'll have to turn around.

- Where do you want to go?

- To the Ochsen Inn.

The Ochsen?

Can you give rne a ride?

So, the other guy asks:

"Which would you prefer?

Which illness would you choose?

Alzheimer's or Parkinson's?"

He says:
"I'd prefer Alzheimer's.

I'd rather forget to pay for my beer

than spill it. "

- See you tomorrow.

- Okay, see you then.

Have a nice day.

- Next time it'll be my turn.

- That's okay.

- Don't you have to go home?

- I do.

You need to walk up that hill.

I'm such an idiot.

Frnzi?

- Where's Frnzi?

- I don't know.

She didn't tell me.

Where could she be, darn it?

Frnzi!

- Where are you coming from?

- Me?

- You know very well.

- Have you been drinking?

Yes, and I didn't pay, either.

Frnzi!

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What were you doing in here?

What happened?

Frnzi!

- What's wrong with her?

- No idea.

I guess he didn't notice

the door had slammed shut.

Fair enough.

But why didn't he go for help

when I was screaming my lungs out?

I don't know.

Because he didn't get it.

Do you know

why he left rne down there for so long?

Because he forgot.

Because he is ill. Alzheimer's!

Right. Can't you stop drinking?

Karli no longer understands

what's going on.

We don't put our folks in homes

just cause they slow down.

- Did anyone mention a home?

- That's what you're driving at.

But I'm not going to budge.

This modicum of care should be feasible.

Frnzi!

Frnzi!

"Dearjiirg,

I'll be back in two weeks.

Meanwhile you will handle

'this modicum of care'.

Kisses, Frnzi. "

Goddamnit!

Where did she hide the damn coffee?

Frnzi!

Go see what Pops wants.

I have to milk the cows.

I won't, I'm late already.

Where'sJonas?

Jonas, get up!

It's 8.30.

- Where's morn?

- Yes, where is Frnzi?

Dad, where is morn?

She's gone.

She's on vacation.

- Why did she

- Get up!

You drove her away, you idiot!

- That's bull!

- Don't you talk to rne that way!

I'm off to the cowshed.

- What about my snack?

- You won't have one today.

- I didn't have breakfast.

- I can't do everything.

- Grandpa is going off to the village.

- So?

He's still in his PJ's.

Pops, what is this?

Where are you going?

- To the village.

- Like this?

Go get dressed!

- What's the matter?

- Today I'm staying in my PJ's.

I see.

At least put your boots on!

Oh no, not that!

Bloody hell!

Pops]

- Lorli's got milk stasis.

- I see. She'll need thingy

- Thingy.

- Curd.

What's for lunch? I'm hungry.

Go wash yourself and get dressed.

You can't go to choir practice like this.

- When is Morn coming back?

- In two weeks.

Only?

Be happy, you don't have to tidy your room.

- I want Morn to come home.

- I'm not a wizard.

- Where are the darn scissors?

- Hanging there.

You might have told me.

Hey, it's not my fault Morn left.

Well, are you getting dressed?

No.

Grandpa?

Do you have some money for me?

What for?

Don't you remember?

Get rne my... money thingy, will you?

You know, thingy.

- There.

- Thanks a lot.

Good night.

- Hey,Jilrg. Not thirsty?

- No time.

- Is Karli sick?

- No, that is, nothing serious.

Tell us if you need help,

now that Frnzi is gone.

Where did you hear that?

Bloody gossips!

Frnzi!

Come on, will you?

Frnzi isn't here.

Why don't you get it?!

Go back to sleep!

What's the matter?

He gets scared unless there's music.

Good night, Grandpa.

It's always daylight somewhere.

Not here it ain't.

Damn machine!

The third time in six months it's broken.

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