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Synopsis: Hamburg, Germany. The small crime scene. Three friends: Gabriel from Turkey and just out of prison, Costa from Greece and together with Gabriel's sister, Bobby from Serbia and together with her best friend. Bobby wants to get more into organized crime and decides to apply for a membership in an Albanian gang. As a test, he has to beat up someone who owes his future boss. He can join. Later, when Bobby has to do a weapon's deal on his own, he tries to get his friends in, too. But Gabriel does not want to go back into crime, he is dreaming of a life at the southern Turkish coast, owning a boat rental shop. Costa, always out of money, joins Bobby for one last time before getting good. But before the deal is on, both women start leaving their men for others. And when the deal is on, it goes terribly wrong.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Fatih Akin
  5 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Year:
1998
100 min
47 Views


- And they got mad as hell.

- Did you say that?

- You said that to them?

- That's what I said.

Not bad.

And they believed every word.

I can't believe it.

Smack!

They all left running and I thought:

Not bad!

You're my man.

Admitted.

Come on, there's work to do.

What?

I have a job for you.

Thanks, but I'm not sure.

Don't give me that.

You wanted a job and you got it.

But not the Post office, man!

Don't give me that.

Fight a little, do something.

I can't go on stealing.

I can't go on stealing.

Who said that?

The guy up on the cross?

The guy on the cross

died for your sins too.

I have no sins.

It's a signal from God,

I can't go on stealing.

Well, be happy!

Right, but I need a hundred.

Wanted to get a bike.

Here.

I got more than enough.

Bobby, I'll pay you back for sure.

Thanks, dude.

I want you to have these.

Two 50's are not practical.

Take the bigger one.

Two small ones,

one for each hand, has style.

- Thats bullshit!

- Bullshit?

- That's bullshit.

- It's you who are bullshit!

Dudes, cool it!

Dudes!

This one for you.

This one for you.

And this one for me, OK?

Hello, Alice.

Looking good!

I have a really handsome boyfriend.

That's a lie.

I have a gorgeous girlfriend.

Do you know who's invited

us to dinner in an hour?

No. Who?

The Mafia invites us.

It's not a joke, I'm serious.

Don't feel like it.

Come on, my boss wants to meet you.

He's a very cool guy.

Don't feel like dining with the Mafia,

and I don't have anything to wear.

Nothing to wear?

If you find something to wear,

will you promise to come?

If it's something I like.

What do you think?

You're crazy!

Good?

Great.

- It's passable.

- Passable!

I could swim in a plate as this.

Only Italian restaurant in the area.

I know these guys well.

I was with them in jail.

Sicilians, right?

- Mafia?

- Car thieves.

And what do you do?

What do you mean?

I'm eating.

Bobby told me you're

an important man.

Is that so?

I own a brothel.

If I had known a pimp had invited us,

I never would've come.

What's your gripe with pimps?

It's a respectable job,

with many tax benefits.

Respectable job?

Didn't think you were so primitive.

Come on, Alice.

Are you on a hunger strike?

OK, let's start from scratch.

I'm Muhamer

I'm leaving, you coming?

Relax, woman.

Drink some wine, have some pasta, enjoy.

Coming?

Let her go.

Your girl thinks she's better.

If she gets silly,

give her a good smack.

And now eat.

Sven was so pissed off,

he wanted to go to the police.

- And you didn't let him.

- Right.

Thanks.

Never mind Sven,

I would have gone myself.

And they would have locked

you away for good.

Nice dress!

Feel like smacking

my boyfriend?

That handsome dude?

- He's not handsome, he's an idiot.

- What happened?

We went to have dinner with a guy.

Bobby says he's his new boss.

Turns out the guy's a pimp.

- It was too much for me and I left.

- And Bobby?

He just sat there.

What's the guy's name?

Muhamer... or A**hole.

Do you know him?

Heard of him.

Heard what?

That he's an a**hole, for example.

He spoiled my night!

Hey, the night's still young.

You're right.

You two should have met before.

Pity I never went to see him!

What will happen with Bobby?

He's been getting on

my nerves lately.

Sometimes I think he lives

on another planet.

I don't understand him.

We're traveling different roads.

I don't understand him.

Neither do I.

- "Svenin-guy"

- Sven!

- Hi

- Hi, Alice.

- How do you know she's Alice?

- You told me.

- Hello.

I'm Gabriel.

Sven.

I'm sorry about the nose, dude.

I'm sorry about the lip.

Ok, we're splitting.

- Where are you going?

- Somewhere else.

I'm hungry.

- Didn't you have dinner?

- I didn't eat anything.

- OK, let's go.

- OK.

Coming.

- You really want to go back to Turkey?

- Yes.

Why?

Thought about it in jail.

You're there, in a cell,

all alone.

They tell you when to get up,

when to move, when to eat.

Everything.

What they can't take away

from you is your dreams.

In Turkey, you're never alone.

Everybody knows each other,

there are relatives,

it's hot, it's full of life...

And how will you make a living?

I've always wanted

to have stall.

Somewhere in the southern coast.

Spend the day on the beach,

rent boats, watch

the girls go by.

I'd spend all day

by the waves.

You know what's so

beautiful about waves?

They never end.

Can I ask you something?

How did you and Bobby meet?

- Why do you want to know?

- Just curious.

Ceyda and I went to the movies, she

brought Costa and he brought Bobby.

And then?

Don't know, I liked the guy.

On the one hand he

was fun and charming,

and at the same time

he was macho.

Do I seem macho?

A bit.

- What do I owe you?

- Pardon?

You're a taxi driver.

You've been driving me around.

It's free.

Thank you.

- Good night, Gabriel.

- Good night.

- Happy dreams.

- You too.

- Where have you been all this time?

- A kiss!

- Stop it with the kisses.

- Give me the money.

- Is that all?

- That's all.

I'm here for an hour for 30 marks?

- I'm sorry, dude.

- What have you been doing?

Just caught two little

fish all night long.

Two little fish?

- Don't get angry!

- I'm not getting angry!

Why do you keep smiling?

Are you high?

I'm not high, I'm happy.

- Good tits?

- Yes.

She's a cutie from Altona.

She better be, leaving me

waiting for an hour.

- I'm really sorry, Cenk.

- It's OK.

- What's that on your lip?

- A pimple.

I used to get them myself.

Do I know her?

I don't think so.

Is it serious?

No.

Do you like her?

Do I like it?

I love it!

Then buy it.

How much?

It's... 500.

They're hard to get.

But you young ones

want a bargain.

I like you.

For you it's...

This boy will come up the ranks.

Sure you need it?

It'll bring me luck.

Got any more?

Right.

What you do with

them is your thing.

It's all the same to me whether

you whack the competition,

pack your boys

or sell them.

I don't give a sh*t.

I'll give you a good price.

Let that be clear.

This is good stuff.

Really good.

Have a look.

If you like it, buy it.

I can sell these anywhere.

I think we're starting to

understand each other.

- Can I ask something?

- Ask away.

Let me take care of this business.

I knew you'd say that.

I think you're nuts. Takes years

to pull off something like this.

Why? I've got my

guy on the boat.

That's what you think.

But he wanted to sell for 500!

Listen up.

My father used to say:

"Big businesses

make big men."

- Think you're a big fish?

- No, but I'll get there.

I can learn a lot from you,

I'm good.

Am I an academy?

Do I look like an academy?

No, but you're something

like a teacher.

At least let me try.

Let me try.

You're like me when I was young:

A cocksucker.

I'm a little bit like him.

We can't go to my place,

I sold the VCR.

Not my place either, or I'll

have to pray with my father.

Let's go to Alice's house, I haven't

seen her since last night's f***ing dinner.

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Fatih Akin

Fatih Akin (Turkish: Fatih Akın, born 25 August 1973) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer. He is of Turkish descent. He has won numerous awards for his films, including the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for his film Head-On (2004), Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival for his film The Edge of Heaven (2007), and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film for his film In the Fade (2017). more…

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