Cuba Libre (1996) - full transcript
Tom is constantly running into problems and gets beaten up time and time again.
Number 9
That's beautiful
I've seen you before
That's possible
I commute. I'm on my way home.
I've an hour, let's go to a hotel.
You know
At home my yard wants digging up
Kids with braces
A wife, a non-alcoholic beer
And a dinner table
Bread with sesame
Margarine, lowfat ham
I'm hungry
You can eat as much as
you want. Later. Let's go
What's your name?
Tell me
Tina?
How many do you see?
Two
And now, how many?
Four
What's today's date?
I don't know
- Where are you from?
- Don't touch me
Gerd, can you come upstairs?
That's alright, I'll take
care of this man
I'd dump him in
the gutter if I were you
Well you aren't
Come
I follow my own philosophy
These are hard times
One ought to preserve one's strength,
no undue strains
I can see where your philosophy got you.
Do you need to see a doctor?
Where do you live?
Nowhere
I tell you what, you can
stay at my place for now
My name is Jimmy.
Tom
They call this the Honeymoon Suite
Well
I like it
Who did that?
Tina
A woman
Tina
Your girlfriend?
I don't want to talk about it
Did you hurt her?
I told you, don't want to talk about it
What are you, crazy?
Quite right, it's my heart.
A girl broke it
At some stage these stabs began
And then one time I woke up suddenly
With a tingling in my arm
The nurses whispered and walked
up and down on their toes
You see, I've money, quite a bit, but
Are you sleeping?
Shit
In the car she used to
snuggle up in the fur coat
What kind of car was it?
Mercedes
Convertible
A white one with read seats
Leather seats?
Exactly
And when we used to come down from Montpellier
And our house was just ahead
I'd get such a homely feeling
Do you know the sound
when you drive off the tarmac
And into the driveway
And the gravel crunches beneath the tires
Of course I know it
What kind of a house was it?
A villa
White villa
With one of those
Flat red roofs and
a little tower on top?
Exactly
Life
is strange
This means we used to be neighbours
You owned the house with that
incredible marble verandah?
Exactly
And down below was the sea
Yes, the sea
There's no ocean at Montpellier
So?
Are you going to Cuba now?
Come visit us in Montpellier
We can go swimming
You followed me
No
What are you doing here?
Was checking
the timetables
Going somewhere?
Yes
To Nice
Nice
There's work there
Hotel caretaker during the winter
Or what they call winter
But you don't know any French
And the food there
And it's warm there, too
And the sea
Cigarettes are cheaper there, too
Shit
Yes?
Nevermind
There's an ocean there!
Hurry up
The hotel is behind that parking garage
I've to go to my car first
What car?
You said you commute
You see now
This is a big town
And in such a big town
A certain law exists
There are those who are
responsible for the water supply
Others
maintain parks and public spaces
And yet others
are responsible for
public water management
And I
You know
I'm responsible for this train station
And who's in charge of the fire brigade?
Thanks
Pig!
I hate you
Not as firm as the last one
I want my money
Did you waste it all? My money?
Do you think I've more?
Dammit, I don't have any more.
I'm a wreck
A total wreck
Where do you live?
I've a locker at the station
I want to sleep
Sleep a long time
Let's go to a hotel
You're the second to say that today
What did you do?
Back then?
After you took it all
And left me lying there
Did you look at me once more
While I slept?
Did you think of me
after you took the money?
When did you forget about me?
Cuba, at the beach?
Or in Germany already?
Cuba is beautiful
What are you, a travel agency?
I didn't make it to Cuba
One morning I woke up
in the port of Vera Cruz
I was alone
The sea was calm
Empty bottles everywhere
My room had been cleaned out
My money gone
My friends gone
They abandoned me
The visa had expired
In the end they deported me
Deported to Germany
I thought
I'd work one or two years in Germany
And go back
That should do it
But it got worse
Homeless
Lingering
No jobs
No strength
What do you want to do now?
Come crying to me?
Sleep with me?
Make me turn tricks?
I want to pay back everything
Why?
Contrition
Poor boy
I'm about to start crying
I'm leaving for the seaside
When?
Now. Soon.
Why?
I've to get to the south
I can't manage another winter here
And where exactly?
Nice
There are jobs there
Hotel caretaker
And the cigarettes are
cheap there, too, sure
I know
I've heard this once today already
I don't give a shit whether
it's a rumour or not
I'll get there somehow
I'd rather croak it by the sea
Back at home my front
yard wants digging up
Kids with braces
A wife
A non-alcoholic beer
And a dinner table
Linseed bread
Margarine
Lean ham
The firebrigade has arrived
Gone to get your things. The train
to Nice departs at 8pm. Wait
outside of the hotel. Everything is
going to be fine. Tom
She's in Nice
What?
So she said
When?
Yesterday, day before that,
what do I know?
By train?
You know how much train fares cost?
As much as flying
You know how much this tea costs?
It costs the same at the airport
I could throw up
Only the rich manage to get away
And how will she manage to get to Nice?
Hitchhike?
With her ass?
What exquisite coffee
What is it you want from me?
I don't have your money anymore.
I've nothing at all.
Only decaf espresso is worse than this
Are you gay?
Listen, my situation is bad right now
There are better washed and younger options
I'm not gay
I may be a little melancholic
and sentimental
And calculating
What does that mean?
I could use a friend
Fine, and why me?
Why not?
You see
This morning you did not steal from me
That's progress
And what is the friend supposed to do?
Be friendly, have faith
I didn't ask how he is meant to be but
what he's expected to do
To drive
You could be my driver
Fine, I'll be your driver,
but not your friend
If you like
What is our destination?
We should drive to the doctor one more time
Why, something wrong with your heart?
It's your bladder that concerns me
We've had to stop at every service
station so that you could use the toilet
There are 6,700 service
stations between Berlin and Nice
You're searching that girl, aren't you?
Had you planned to go to Nice together?
Yes
With my money?
Yes
Drive, please
What were you going to do in Nice?
Work
Like what, grape harvest?
Hotel caretaker during the winter
Taking care of hotels in Nice
Interesting pastime
So that they don't fly away...
Say, Tom, is that you?
You'll have to excuse me but
You smell like an old bed
Even in the open air
I understand how much you
enjoyed running around like that
Like a total wreck
Don't want to join
the rat race, am I right?
You're a proper psychologist
Do you know what I consider mean?
The first time I had some money at hand
I went to a tailor and
got myself the very best
English fabric, Italian
shoes, and so forth
But do as I might
I always looked like an
errand boy who had made it
And looking at you
You look like an impressario
I tried everything
But I never shed the errand boy
I bought one of the most
stylish and beautiful
automobiles on this planet
Modest
Clear lines
Rather a car for those who've
found their inner centre
And what will be my duties?
To be your impressario who
assists you locating your inner centre?
That's good, why not
I thought I was meant to be your driver
Driver, impressario, friend
As you like
Is she still this beautiful?
Give it to me!
I'm asking whether
she's still this attractive
I said give it back!
I don't know
What's that supposed to mean?
We're driving from one
service station to the next
Searching for a woman you're
no longer sure is attractive
She's been through a lot
Like you?
Yes, like me
Since when?
A few years
That's a long time
May I take another look?
Do you suppose she
still has all her teeth?
And her hair?
Beautiful hair
Maybe jaundiced eyes
What's the point of these questions?!
I beg your pardon, we're
driving all over
I want to know what this woman looks like
Well look at the photo!
If she's as wrecked as you
She'll never make it to Nice
No truck driver would pick up a homeless tramp
Am I a bum to you?
Forget about Nice
She'll be back in Berlin before long
- But she has to get to the sea
- Why?
Because her lungs are trashed
The poor always end up back
where they were poorest
You're firing me?
It's the end of your shift
I understand you well enough
Germany, a cold place
Where money counts
Long-term deposits, garden
and wife, that was
repugnant to you, correct?
Sure, that's a lot to swallow
What have you done to her?
I stole from her
And I think I broke her heart
Why?
It's easy to be friendly if one has money
We didn't have any
Therefore I couldn't be friendly
The money would never
have lasted for the two of us
So I took it and left her behind
I think I stuffed up
Why didn't you wake me?
Calm down, you were
sleeping so peacefully
I looked around
And?
She wasn't there
This is beautiful
Right?
I own it
And this
Is the key to my fortune
It fits into a bank deposit box
In Belgium
You have a dream
And so do I
Oh yeah?
And what's my dream?
Some country of which
you believe that it's not
corrupted, let's say Cuba
I must be talking in my sleep
Do you still have any
relatives here in Germany?
There's nothing left for you here
Except for the girl
You wanted to go to Cuba together
A fresh start, a real life
And then you abandoned her
I'm tired
I'm going back tomorrow
To Berlin?
Do you know how to forge a signature?
Take a look
Now simply copy the lines
Here, take it
Just like that
Voila
Take it, it's a salary, sort of
Now listen to me, Tom
If everything turns out fine
Our little trip would earn you so much
That you could start over
Cuba
Fine
I'll wait in the car
Yes?
This hotel has a hair dresser
"This piece, like all of the composer's
works, reflects nothing more than
the characteristic spiritual
awareness of this artist"
"The struggle against fate and the
triumph of joy over pain"
What's in it for me in all this?
How much?
Let me think
How much?
Turn off the freeway
There you are
And I'm going to kill you
I've got your money
Almost 20,000
I've been looking for you everywhere
This time I'm leaving you behind
There are cheques in the bag
What am I supposed to do with them?
I could exchange them for cash
For you
Fine
The banks open at 9am
We'll continue then
What did you do to him?
It was an accident
Did you bury him?
Yes
Who was he?
An errand boy
Tried to change your identity, did you?
I wanted money
His money
Is that why you killed him?
I didn't kill him
Right
It was an accident
I forgot
What did he want from you?
To be his friend
He was crazy, I guess
His heart was trashed
This is an opportunity
The last
They money is enough
For the two of us
We could leave
For Cuba
Away from all this
Maybe purchase a small hotel
Your money
You can trust me
I trusted you five years ago
And woke up alone in some dive
A few days ago I trusted you again
But you never came back
You're a liar
That's ancient history
You say he had an accident
But you're wearing his clothes
Have his passport
His blood is in this car
You're a liar, you always were
Maybe
But I'm changing
You're not keeping any secrets from me?
No little schemes?
No
The deposit box key
I forgot all about the key
Must be in his clothes
October 4
Knokke, Overseas Bank
Deposit box 120
The key
That belongs to me
And what happens next?
It seems we're going to
stay together for a while
You're going to play Jimmy
And I play your girlfriend
During the day
What does that mean?
We'll go shopping, we'll
play the couple in love
I need new clothes
We'll go to shops
You'll wait while I try on clothes
The sales women will place
them in very beautiful bags
That have French words printed on them
And you're going to pay
You think I'm poor and he's rich
And that I've to spread my legs at night
He doesn't get a thing from me
Nothing at all
And at night?
At night you make yourself
comfortable in your seat
And for how long will we
play the happy couple?
Until you walk into the bank in Knokke,
present Jimmy's passport
and retrieve the money
from the deposit box
That's a long time
Are you afraid?
Well then run off
Write a little note and run off
And then?
What will happen after the bank?
What do I know
You'll have money, a new identity
Maybe you'll become a
good person in a hotel in Cuba
And you?
How long does a woman's revenge last?
Who is the subject of her revenge?
I am
For what?
I stole from her
A year
And abandoned her
Forever.
You seem to love that money
You don't?
What were you talking
about with the sales woman?
I asked her how long
a woman's revenge lasts
And what did she reply?
Three to four weeks
Since we met you haven't laughed once
And what was there to laugh about?
A little smile once a while
You mean a little married bliss smile
"Dear, thank you for
the beautiful dress"
Even though I had
to force you at gunpoint
The good intention was there all along
Let us go to Cuba
That sank into the sea long ago
You had a map of Cuba in your locker
For what purpose?
To look for you
To drag you across the island on your balls
And why did you want to
learn English instead of Spanish?
You've looked at my
stuff rather closely, right?
I thought it would take longer
To get away from this shit and to Cuba
That the Americans would be there already
And then English would be ideal
I always wanted to comprehend the lyrics
They're very good, you know
Yes
Did you actually love me?
Don't touch me
Now listen to me
I waited for three days
in that hellish hotel
In that shitty town
I found a job at the department store
Cement floors, neon lights
Choleric customers
And on my feet for
eight hours, the whole day
I went to the doctor
I still had health insurance
And he prescribed
deep vein thrombosis stockings
Do you know what that means,
deep vein thrombosis ?!
At 25 years of age!
I had to sit down once a while
So they fired me
Couldn't meet my rent
So I ended up in the street,
and my lungs are fucked
You can't imagine that
And you want a smile?
Here, look at it
Vitamin deficiencies
These are not my teeth
I don't want to kiss with this mouth
It's not my mouth
I want it to be like before
My legs
My lungs
My teeth
I will get back my body
That's my personal social justice
And I'm going to get it
Maybe I'll treat you nicely then
When one is beautiful and rich
one may become more generous
Perhaps
You don't have to get surgery
on my account
Oh really?
I love you as you are
You mean for my inner self?
You don't know the
least thing about that
To look exactly like that
What does that cost?
Better don't overdo it
So tell me, can you see my inner self?
Do I look like I used to?
Different
Meaning not as good as back then
Well, different
Which is it?
Make a proper smile
About what?
A cockoo is flying across the ocean
He meets a shark
Says the cockoo
"Hi"
Says the shark "Cookoo"
I learned a few for your amusement
But you're the one who's all finished
In Vera Cruz I used to sit
by the sea all the time, too
Cuba was on the other side
Vera Cruz, Cuba, all shit
I think you still want to get there
That's long finished
And where do you want to go?
It's become all soft
Mudbaths every day
Oxygen
You've been here before
Tell me
Were you just going
to push me down there?
Get rid of me, just like Jimmy
That gun is just an imitiation
I'm afraid
Of me?
Of myself
And my revenge
I want more and more
I want to see you finished,
in the gutter
Like in Berlin
I was worse back then
I want to be rich
Beautiful
I want to be happy
I want to see you all the
way down in the gutter
And that makes me afraid
Power is so sad
When does it open?
In five minutes
Here's the key and the passport
This is your passport
Where do these come from?
Shit
Do you see those men?
They're waiting for something
They're waiting for someone called Jimmy
Who'll enter the bank
Present his passport
Be taken to the deposit box
He opens number 120
He takes out a package
The man called Jimmy
Leaves the bank
The men surround him
They drag him into their car
And drive out of town
A lonely road
The door flies open
And the man called Jimmy
Lands in the ditch
Without the package
And next?
The correct Jimmy would have come
He would have killed you
He slips you the fake passport
Why should he con me?
Why did you con me?
It's over
We'll separate
Everything alright?
Yes
Hide!
Do you have any money left?
200 Mark, do you need any?
I saw the car
The dealer told me you work here
My second day here
Dayshift
I'm Tom again
That's good
Would you like a coffee, Tom?
Breakfast?
It's on me
I've the money
In that?
Yes
In here
He had a second key around his neck
I was meant to be the bait
But you haven't been to Cuba yet?
I bought two tickets
I don't want to live near
a lonely hippie beach
You don't have to
I want to live in a proper town
Havanna
We'll go to Havanna
When?
Now
I live over there, I'll get my things
This time you'll wait, right?
Subtitles for KG by stefflbw (2010)