Meet Me in Montenegro (2014) - full transcript

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Let me begin by just saying this whole thing is incredibly out of character.

One, two...

God!

But this is the last time
I really felt alive.

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I honestly don't know
how to tell you this story.

Maybe I should just
tell you about Lina.

No, no, no, I...

That one still hurts.

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Hey, if we have kids,

you think they're going to
go through acne, end up with,

like, scars all over
their faces?

I can't even believe you would ask me that.
I mean...



Well, don't take it
personally.

- It's just acne. It's not a big deal.
- How can I not take it personally?

That's my face. What am I going to do?
I can't hide my face.

You know that they can--
They can fix that now.

It might be
good for you.

You could be really hot with smooth skin.
You just don't even know it.

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I wish I could
take you with me.

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From the first second
we met,

I felt something
I've never felt before.

You better propose to her.
- But...

- I have feelings for Ciara.
- Oh, God.

I love you.

But I love Ciara too.
- You don't even know her.

Hello? Sam?

Heya. No, I'm fine.

What?
That's fantastic!

You would be
perfect for this.

Berlin?

Look, it's fine.
I'll book a ticket tonight.

Okay.

I'll be there in the morning.
We'll go over the game plan.

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You gotta go in the room,
you gotta own it. You gotta run with it,

you gotta convince
these people.

This is your movie.

Do you still
want to do this?

God, yes, I'm not saying
I don't want to do this.

It's been years, Sam.
I mean, it's been years!

I'm going to Berlin. I'm taking this this meeting right?
At my own expense.

Will you stop
bitching?

- Travelocity! Travelocity! LA-Berlin.
- You worry too much!

- Stop worrying!
- I'm broke.

If this falls through I don't know what I'm gonna do.

Hey, Isabel, can you
get me a handkerchief?

I got to dry my eyes.

Is this about that girl?

The girl?

I don't know why I share anything with you.
No, of course not!

- Tell me the truth.
- It's about being broke.

Broke, broke, zero!

That's--
It scares me.

If this actor fucks me
over again, you know?

Listen to me.

You're going to
go to Berlin,

gonna hang out
with your buddies,

gonna have a few drinks,

you might even
get some pussy.

You know,
German girls are probably dumb enough to fuck you.

You're gonna have a good time then,
you're going to crush the meeting.

In 48 hours,
your life is going to be completely different.

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It felt strange to be so far away from the drama of Hollywood

and back in Berlin.

Last time I was here it
was so different for me.

You crazy American
beatnik mad man.

We don't want your kind
around here anymore.

How many times
do I have to tell you?

Get out of here!

Nein, Nein, Nein!

Can you please, man?
I've been on the plane all day. I'm so wiped out.

Oh, say can you see...
It's not funny, dude. I'm exhausted!

Go away, you're too American.

Dude, I've been
flying all day, man.

- Let's see you at the buzzer.
- Thank you.

- Go to the buzzer.
- Jesus.

Fuck!
You did it too fast.

Yeah, I didn't
go to the door.

I just let you go there
for sort of comedy, really.

I'm checking into an Airbnb place, man.
I'm done.

I'm coming, I'm coming.

- Hey, man, how are you?
- Oh, God!

- Good to see you.
- Welcome to Berlin, man.

Good to see you.

- You look really bad!
- Oh.

- Hey, welcome to Berlin.
- Hey, good to see you. Thank you so much.

So, the big news is...

- What's up?
- Yeah, well, um... Should I say or you'll say it? I'll say.

Rike and I have been thinking
about having a threesome.

Or a foursome or something.
Haven't we?

Stop talking about it.

I thought you were going to say you wanted to have a kid.

No, no.

I can talk about it. Come on,
I'm only going to talk about it when you're gone.

I don't think
you should do it.

Actually, you're right.
Why are we talking to him?

'Cause his love life is a disaster.
He doesn't know anything.

Wait. Now I'm interested
in what he has to say.

I just think if... You know,
when people do that they're just...

They're going
to break up.

That's a stupid thing to say.
If people that drink coffee break up.

Yeah, isn't it better than people cheating behind each other's back?

- Exactly!
- Which is what most couples do.

Yes, this is it.

Are you going to see that Lina girl?
Is that why you're here?

'Cause, I see her around
still, you know?

- She's still around?
- Oh, yeah.

- No, it's been just too...
- Messed up?

It was too much,
too much of an ending.

- I'm just here for the meeting.
- Fair enough. Sounds good.

What happened?

Don't bully him, now.
Come on.

No, it's fine.

Four years ago,
I came to Berlin on a little vacation.

And that's when I met Lina.

Fell madly in love with her.
Instantly.

God, she was this Norwegian
dancer. Smart and funny.

She was like physical
and present

in this way that just
gets lost in film making.

I mean, I was completely
head over heels.

So, we ended up hopping on this train,
down to the Balkans.

Spontaneously.

I mean, we barely
knew each other

and all of a sudden
we were just inseparable.

So, what was supposed to be a couple of days turned into six weeks.

But then, we make it down to Montenegro.
And it's magic.

At least it was for me.
I mean, clearly, this was one sided.

'Cause all of a sudden,
without a word, she just left.

Wrote a note that said,
"Let's end on a high note."

And she has no idea
how much that shook me.

You've never seen her again?

No, I called,
I emailed her and...

I don't know, mystery.

Oh, tea, tea,
bollocks, sorry.

Are you guys really going to do some kind of foursome thing?

Maybe.

If the vibe was right,
I don't know.

- You need to sleep.
- Mm-hmm.

I love all these cafes and they're on both sides of the canal.

There are so many,
it blows my mind.

Like, how can every one
of these stay in business?

Well, they can't.

Oh, man.
I'm sorry.

- I'm sorry, man.
- Wow, that's a little below the belt.

Boy, a lot of people must lose their shirt around here.

Yeah, really easy to go bankrupt.
I heard.

Oh, God.
How is your German by the way?

- Non-existent.
- What?

Six years, man!

- No, I decided I'm not going to learn it.
- I thought you were going to take a class!

Oh, no, no, no, no.

Just remind me never
to bring Friederike here.

How could you not love them?
Are you heartless?

Oh, I do love you
very, very much.

But, unfortunately,
I can't just

commit to staying put
for twenty years

to take care of what is effectively just a small,
moving pillow.

So, until they invent one of you that lasts for six months,

there's not much
I can do.

You just live too
long, love. Sorry.

I told Stephen I needed
to be alone,

go to a cafe to work on my notes for the next day's meeting.

But I found myself heading
to that little theater

where she always went
on Friday nights.

I convinced myself that I just wanted to see a movie.

She probably wouldn't
even be there.

And if she was...

Who cares?
No big deal to me.

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- Hi.
- Hi.

It's nice seeing you.

- It's been a while.
- Yeah.

Um, if you want me
to go, I'll just bug off

but I would love
to buy a drink.

Well, you may as well buy me a drink before you bug off since we...

We know you're good
at bugging off.

Wow, so,
we're there already.

I mean,
it's the big elephant in the room.

At least, emotionally,
for one of us.

Isn't that the whole point
not talk about the elephant?

True.

Except when the elephants are really emotionally scarring and bruising.

And the person just
dumps you on the beach, yeah.

Then they just come up.

Well, that
might be true.

Um, cheers and
welcome back to Berlin.

- Thank you. Prost.
- Prost.

I didn't expect
to see you.

So, what is going on with you?
I thought you'd be in

Paris and have
your own dance studio.

Well, I've been here and working a lot of different projects but, um...

Now I got accepted for this dance program in Budapest,
at the university

and I leave in
a couple of days.

So, this is my last

couple of days here
in Berlin now. So...

Days in Berlin. Right.
Well, cheers to. That's wonderful.

- So, funny that you're here.
- Mm-hmm.

I'm really happy for you.

Do you have plans
for later or?

Well, I'm supposed to meet somebody here in, like,
30 minutes

so maybe... Sorry,
I already made plans with her.

But let's definitely keep in touch on email this time.

Yeah, sure.

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I figured it was all
for the better.

I was in Berlin
for the meeting.

I couldn't afford to lose.

This was about business.

And of all people I knew,
I couldn't trust her.

So, where's your girl?

Really?

Yeah.

I'm going that way.

Going to meet up later,
actually.

What are you doing
here in Berlin?

Work.

It's three days,
I'll go back.

Cool.

Hey, I didn't want it
to go like this.

Me either.

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- Super Collider. Wow!
- Yes!

That's the movie.
But it's gonna happen this time.

- Really?
- Yes.

It's crazy.

It's like deja vu.
It's like last time we met,

you were just about to have a film made.
And we met at Mind Pirates.

Mm-hmm.
Yeah, my life is stagnated.

Thank you very much
for reminding me.

No, no, no, no. I'm just...
I'm really impressed.

It sounds like it.
Let me tell you.

No, I'm...
I am happy for you.

It's just a shame you had to give up that great romantic film.

Yeah, yeah.

That movie will never be made now.
Romance is dead.

- Hmm.
- But the new one's going to be cool too.

I'm sure.

If you believe in it,
it's going to be great.

Yeah, yeah.

It's funny to even hear that kind of idealism anymore.

I mean,
no offense, but

in the real world,
we make compromises.

Hey, listen.
My friend is probably waiting at this point so...

I should get back
and really

hang out with her.

Okay.

You know I've got this
goodbye party tomorrow night.

It'd be really nice
if you could come.

Oh. Cool.

Yeah, maybe.
I have something I have to do tomorrow.

But maybe I can
at least stop by.

Yeah, well, I know
you're busy but, um...

If you can come,
it will be really nice. I'd be happy.

All right.

Thank you.

- Well...
- Take care.

Yeah.

- Have a good night.
- Good luck!

Thanks.

- Bye.
- Bye.

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It's pretty high.

Yikes! Woo.

Why... Why...
Tell me, why is this fun?

I don't understand
why this is fun.

You know, when you jump that cliff,
you will have fun.

I am so not jumping this cliff.
I am going to crawl,

slowly but surely,
back to the bar

on the beach.
Let's go.

You know,
sometimes you have to get out of your comfort zone,

- even if it's scary, to have fun.
- Oh, my God. Careful, careful.

I promise
you'll have fun

Okay, okay,
let's go back.

'Cause you're so
idealistic and beautiful.

Oh, my God!

Aah!

You know, there's a reason
you have a comfort zone!

Because it's comfortable!

What's wrong with comfort?

One, two...

Good lord!

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Hey, I found this ad that might be interesting for us for this week.

- Wow.
- What do you think?

Um...

Yeah, I mean... It'll be...
It'll be pretty mad.

I've been working a lot.
I think we should go.

There's going to be, uh,

a lot of fat, old guys
dribbling on you.

I know, but
I've got you, you know?

- Right.
- I'm used to it.

Yeah.

I also found something interesting to wear in the store and...

- Oh, yeah? What?
- I think you'd

be excited about it.

You already found your... What... What...
What did you get to wear?

I don't know. Something sexy
that you're gonna like.

Can... Can...
Can I see it?

It's a surprise.
You better find something for yourself.

At Kit-Kat Club, in two days,
their theories would be put to the test.

And as much as Stephen pretended to be confident and joke with me,

I could tell he was scared to death.
And I didn't blame him.

Friederike really seems
determined.

Of course, Stephen's nerves
made my own even worse.

I was trying to distract myself from the day's meeting with him.

But all I could
think about was Lina

and what she said
the night before.

She knew exactly what to say
to send me into a tailspin.

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By the time I was walking
into this meeting,

with ten years of work
hanging in the balance,

I was on my second
bottle of vodka.

And I had absolutely no idea what I was going to say.

Jason,

- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you too.

- Super Collider.
- Super Collider.

Here we go.

Uh...

I ...

Are you...
Are you feeling all right?

I'm fine. I'm sorry.
I just...

Here's the thing.
I'm so sorry for this.

I feel like I'm ruining this before it's begun.
Okay?

No, I know what's
going on in your mind.

You think I'm crazy and, oh,
he's an alcoholic. And I'm not an alcoholic.

I... There's nothing wrong with being an alcoholic.

I mean, it's just that
that's not my problem. It's...

I...

The reality is,
I've never drunk before a meeting.

I... But I saw this girl
last night, okay?

And it's someone I had
a thing with a few years ago.

And it was really intense
and I really fell for her.

It ended badly
and I haven't seen her since.

And then last night,
I come to Berlin

to have this meeting
and I run into her.

Of all people, like,
the person that can shake my confidence, okay?

And, you know, it's one thing to be rejected, like, "Oh,
I don't want your genes in my gene pool.

So, goodbye." But...

It's like seeing her reminded me of who I was at that exact moment.

You know, like, I was still full of all that idealism,
you know, making these small little films.

And then, "I'm going to make one in Hollywood,"
and I had this passion project

- that I really, genuinely believed in, right?
- Mm-hmm.

And then, it fell apart.

So, when I see her again, it's like,
"Whatever happened with that film?"

"Oh, no, I'm making
something new."

"Oh, a sci-fi film.
Oh, really?"

"Yeah, Super Collider."
"Oh, really?"

You're getting that kind of vibe from her,
you know? And you're just feeling like,

"You don't know what it's like.
You don't know..."

Like, I gave that up, so
no more indie bullshit.

Then I get here
and now all I'm thinking is,

"Oh, my God. She's right.
She's right. I'm the guy who is taking

meetings that are
for this ridiculous concept?"

You know what I mean?
Like, my heart isn't in it.

But I'm thinking
I need the pay check.

And I do!
I need the pay check more than anyone and...

And that's what I'm thinking.
I'm like, is that...

Is what she was judging me...
is she right? She's right!

Oh, well...

First of all,
that's the worst sales pitch I have ever heard.

Um...

I like the script.

I loved your last film, um...

Usually, in these types of meetings,
people come in, they're super confident.

They want to instill confidence in the other person, so,
they overdo it.

Everyone's... I'm bullshitting them,
they're bullshitting me and...

I actually, really
appreciate you being honest.

I actually find this
kind of comforting

and refreshing.

And I think it'll make
you work harder

and make the kind of
movie that you want to make

and that's the movie that
I would like to do.

And as long as we're not
bullshitting each other,

I'm not wandering around
Berlin seeing the sights.

My girlfriend thought
I was...

Doesn't matter.
My girlfriend doesn't want me to come home.

But I like your honesty.

I think it will make us both work really hard.

I'm in.

Yes?

Yes, yes.
In other words, yes!

- You want to do this movie?
- I want to do this movie.

I'm taking your word that you're not a real alcoholic.
I believe you.

What?

And I want you to go
back to that girl and say,

"Oh, it turns out I made a really awesome movie in Los Angeles."

So, let's do that.

This is crazy!

I would have never had the nerve to show
up at Lina's going away party had I failed.

But, given that it was
all set now,

I had no hesitation.

Besides, had I not seen her,
none of this would have ever happened.

Care for another shot?

Of course.

Oh, I'm going to miss you.

I'm gonna miss you too.

Of course, I only knew
half the story.

Otherwise, it might have all ended very differently.

I'm so glad you could make it!

It's perfect.
Congratulations.

And for you too.

Mmm. And how did it go
last night with that girl?

Oh, you wanna know the truth?

If you had sex with her, no, no, no.

Okay, the truth,
get read, it's hot.

- Yeah?
- I went home,

and I played Bejeweled
on my phone.

And I spent so many hours,
unable to sleep...

...that I beat
my high score.

That felt pretty good.

Wow, you like
to brag.

Oh, it was... Ooh!

- You did not just throw a tomato on my face.
- No.

- I don't know what you're talking about.
- You didn't?

- No.
- I didn't think so because...

That seems like it would be really wrong to do that.

I would never do that.

- It's wrong.
- It's wrong.

- I would never do that.
- And people are starving, so...

It's just a matter of time.

Oh, shit.

This is not high school.

I never went to high school.

Okay, truce, truce,
truce.

Okay?

No, no, no.

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I love this big room
It's gorgeous.

Yes, it's nice now.

Got rid of everything.

Only few boxes left.

Congrats on this purchase,
by the way.

Thank you, it took
a long time to get that one.

You have no idea how much
I want to listen to this.

Father Abraham
and the German Smurfs.

Hmm.

Are you still mad at me?

I mean...

I think what happened in Montenegro,
the way you left

and then didn't take a call or email,
that was just kind of immature.

Well, how mature have
you been during your break ups?

I just didn't know
we were breaking up.

So, how is your
love life now?

I like my independence.

Still do, huh?

Yeah, how's your
love life?

My love life now is

finally a bit more
independent.

Totally independent now.

I got involved,
really involved with someone that was really wrong.

Hm.

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I'm gonna be responsible

and go.

Okay.

- Have a good travel.
- You too.

Okay.

Okay.

- It's late.
- Okay, I should go.

Okay.

Okay, well, Sunday nights,
let's Skype.

We'll Skype.

- Bye.
- Bye.

Are you serious? You don't
have a condom with you?

Yes, I was not expecting
to get laid tonight, okay?

Well, you're not laid yet.

Mmm.

I'll be right back.

Now, as fate would have it,
it was apparently some religious holiday.

So, all of the stores
are closing early.

I mean, places that are
normally open 24 hours a day,

are shutting their doors as I'm running up to them.
It was a nightmare!

Fuck religion!

And then I started to wonder if God was
trying to prevent me from returning to Lina.

I'm a horny atheist,
running through Berlin,

debating whether some God could
potentially be intervening in my sex life.

Fucking nuts!

Do either of you have a condom by any chance?

- Sorry.
- Okay, thanks.

I had never wanted
to learn German so badly.

Sprechen Sie Englisch?

What's the word? Condom, condom!
I thought it was the same in German. Condom?

Condom, condom?

Sex, uh...
When you have sex,

you put on a piece
of plastic, plastique?

Penis, plastique?

If you don't want herpes.
No herpes, then you get a con--

Self respect was out
the window.

They just pretended like they didn't understand.
To screw with me.

And then it occurred to me,
this might be the perfect way

to get revenge for the way
she left me in Montenegro.

She's in a room, naked,
expecting me to return, willing to have sex,

and I just never show up.

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Oh, Jesus,
why was I wasting time?

Montenegro meant absolutely nothing to her.
I had to accept it for what it was.

I was older and more mature.

I could have meaningless
nights like this.

- Do you by any chance have a condom?
- Condom? Yes, of course.

Oh, God, yes!

- Here you go.
- Thank you.

And then finally,
I got lucky.

Literally.

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Thank you.

This is exactly what
I need right now.

Perhaps, I can interest you in something slightly less boring.

How slightly?

That depends on your mood.

You know what mood
I've been in lately.

Your mood begins
with an "H."

Maybe you should.
My boyfriend is coming back.

- When?
- In five minutes.

- You like that? Huh?
- Yeah.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

You want to see me fucked?
- Yeah.

I'm gonna see you fuck
someone, yeah.

Yeah.

I love you.

I love you too.

What do you think
about maybe

trying to have kids
at some point?

Are you kidding me?
I thought you hated kids.

I don't hate kids.
It's just...

I don't know.
I'm not saying necessarily at this second but...

For sure want to have
them at some point.

Yeah, yeah. I mean, for sure,
at some point. Sure.

I mean, we've been
together for seven years, so...

Yeah, and they've been amazing

But the whole point was that we were
free to do whatever we wanted and

travel, you know?

Yeah, but we didn't travel
in over two years.

Give me a break, all right?
We will travel.

Wherever you want, soon.

We're just kind of
a little bit caught up with

the whole cafe thing back there
for a while, yeah?

What, just out of the blue,
you want to have kids?

I'm just feeling moody.

Come here.

Big decision.

I think this one is better.

What is it?

Love is a drug that
makes us come together

so we can mate and reproduce.

It actually even
decreases your IQ,

- so, we would do this.
- Hmm.

But, for thousands
of years,

we only lived until
we were 30 years old.

So, now,
we've completely outlived our capacity to love.

So, like, the idea
of a lifelong

love is just
a complete fantasy.

Isn't that what you
want to hear in this setting,

just when you're starting something with someone.
It's just...

It's so beautiful.

Starting?
We're 17 days in!

Oh, Hey, Mr. Stay out
all night in Berliner.

- Oh, yeah.
- You dirty dog.

- Mm-hmm.
- Huh?

So, come on,
I want to hear everything.

Who was she? No secrets here.
I want dirt.

You know, it was a good
night out, it was fun.

They love your accent,
I bet, though.

That American accent.
Oh, so sexy.

"Oh, this is so sexy,
the American accent, yah.

Oh, you want to go to bed with me?"
Did that happen?

Hold on, hold on. Stay there,
stay there, Let me just get this.

Sleep. Sleep.

Hello, mate, this is
Siemens Mobile Australia.

Now they were one day closer
to going to the sex club.

I could tell that Stephen
was in full panic.

I had no idea why he wouldn't just tell Rike he didn't want to go.

But maybe it was because he used to
be the dominant one in the relationship

and things were starting
to change.

When they met,
he was working as an architect and she was a student.

Now she was a teacher,

who'd started to have
her own circle of friends

and influences outside
of his world.

At the same time,
Stephen was struggling.

He had quit his career as an architect and tried to open this cafe.

He put all of his money into this big architectural idea

to have coffee cups go up the entire side of this building,
five stories.

In the process, he spent so much,
he had to go bankrupt before ever serving

a single cup.

Since then, he's kicked around
doing Skype customer service

and selling silk screen
t-shirts he's made.

His best seller is the vagina,
we are all made here.

Maybe this whole thing would surprise me and bring them together.

Or they would back out
before it was too late.

But, in the meantime,
I went shopping for sex outfits with Stephen.

And tried to pretend
I wasn't counting the minutes

until I could see Lina again
before I left.

- Would you do me in these?
- Ooh. Uh...

- Would you do me in these?
- No. Not right, not right.

- No?
- No.

- Keep looking.
- Why not?

I don't...
That's not sexy.

They're not sexy because nothing is sexy for a guy.

What is sexy
for a guy?

I mean,
she's just going to look like an absolute bombshell

and I'm going to look like
an absolute bellend.

- Do sit ups, I don't know.
- Do sit ups? That's your advice?

Do sit ups
and then what? Go naked?

I don't think you should
go at all.

That's really gonna
turn everybody on, innit?

Ooh, I like this. Excuse me?
- Who is that for?

Uh, actually for Lina.

Oh, yeah, the girl
you're never gonna see again.

Yes, but it's a good thing.
I mean, it was brief, you know?

I'm going back to LA for the film,
she's going to Budapest.

Just time enough to rush back for a bit more punishment and then...

- Yeah, but, it's not punishment.
- Ah, right.

It's true. Maybe when I was young,
I could, you know

fall in love at the drop of a hat,
but as you get older you just...

- You don't feel as much.
- You don't feel as much.

Yeah, I'd love my heart
to race, but it just can't.

I've got something
that will make your heart race.

Would you
fuck me in this?

- That's the one, man.
- Yeah?

Yeah, definitely. That's...
I would definitely...

I would fuck me in that.
Okay. Brilliant.

Hi, guys.

Hey!

Oh, good to see you.
Thank you for making it.

You must be the one that leaves people on beaches?

- Oh!
- Oh.

Someone's
been talking.

Whoops, don't listen
to him!

- Let's open this bottle of wine.
- Now, that is cool!

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Okay, I can only take you
to one museum

and then I have to go back
and get my stuff in order.

So, this is how you can tell
that all the artists are men.

How's that?

You see
the small penises?

Hmm. I don't really...
They all have small penises?

- Yes.
- All of them?

Yeah.

If you have a look,
you can see that all the penises are smaller than the balls.

They would do this
to trick the woman

to think that
whatever she had

was better than this
at least.

This will be... Yeah,
this will be like her reference.

Her penis guide.

- Wow, that's great. That's what yours says?
- Yeah.

- Doesn't yours say that?
- No.

- Look at that guy now. It's tiny.
- All right, I give you that.

- I'll give you that one.
- Tiny.

- There is a female artist.
- One.

She's got a couple pieces.

Big pieces.

Hey, I got this dance
performance tomorrow night.

Would you like to come?

I'd love to.
It's my last night in town.

It's actually your last night
in town too.

Yeah, don't remind me.

I have too much
to figure out.

So, you heading back home now?

Not just yet.

There's just one more thing
I really want to do.

It's this East German amusement park.
It's closed down now.

Come on, before anyone
sees us.

They don't have security
around here?

Well, they got dogs.

Dogs, are you kidding me?

Nobody's getting in this.

- Wow!
- It's insane!

My God! Look at that.

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Hey, so I've got
a question for you.

Yeah, what's that?

Why did you leave me
in Montenegro?

Dumped me?

Ditched the old Anderson?

Really?

Yeah, I mean, you know...
When you left...

Think of all the things that went through my mind,
on that boat ride back.

"Does she have some boyfriend that she wasn't going to tell me about?

Is she secretly married or..."

Man, I was crazy about you
and I thought,

"God, I can't believe how much I misread the situation."

I just feel

really bad for telling you

like this, now.

But, when we
were traveling,

I got pregnant.

What?

I was a dancer.

I really couldn't
be pregnant.

When I found out
I was so ashamed, so...

I just left.

God.

I feel horrible.
Why didn't you tell me?

At least I could have helped.
We could have talked about what you want to do...

I probably should
have told you.

But...

It wouldn't have
made a difference.

Like, I'd known you
for three weeks.

And you were about to have your film made in Los Angeles.

And I'm a dancer.
I was going back to Berlin.

I had all these plans
and dreams for me too.

It's...
None of us wanted kids.

That's the reality.

So, there was
nothing to discuss.

And if I told you,
you would just

felt bad and guilty
and distracted, so...

I just went and
took care of it.

Put it behind me.

I thought I would
never see you again.

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I was shocked.
What I had been offended about years ago seemed so frivolous.

I immediately felt
bad for her.

Having to make that decision,
go through it all alone.

At the same time,
I was also hurt

that she would make
such a big decision without me.

But she was so young
and probably scared to death.

Could I hold it against her?

And I knew she was right.

Probably wouldn't have
changed anything.

But could it have
changed everything?

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But, in the moment, you never
really, fully know the story,

in yourself
or in the other person.

Hey!

Scheisse.

Hi, love, I'm really sorry.

What's going on?
I thought you were making dinner.

Yeah, I was.

Anderson came over and, you know,
he had a fight with that girl and I just

needed to take him out
and, uh...

I'm sorry.
I'll make it up to you tomorrow, love. I'm sorry.

Okay, but you should have told me.
I could have grabbed something.

No, I just left
without thinking.

You know, I'm sorry.

Okay, I'll talk to you later.

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I love Berlin.

Ich bin ein Berliner.

You know that means,
"I'm a jelly doughnut," right?

What? That's what
Kennedy said.

Yeah. What Kennedy
wanted to say is,

"Ich bin Berliner."

"Ich bin ein Berliner" means
"I'm a jelly doughnut."

My God,
it's like the most famous line from the American foreign policy speech

and it's "I'm
a jelly doughnut"?

Did you not learn that
in school?

No, they very conveniently forgot to put that in our text books.

- It's funny though.
- Let me try your wine.

Yeah.

It's nice to share,

you know, when you have
the same taste with somebody

and you share their food?
It's like, oh!

I'm getting a call.

This is about the movie.
I got to take this.

Hello, Sam?

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Anderson?

Anderson. Hey.

What's going on?

The studio backed out.
The movie is over.

Oh, my God.
Why?

Why? You met the actor
and it was on yesterday.

- How can it--
- The actor backed out.

He said he liked my honesty,
but apparently it just scared him to death.

It's crazy! Why can't you
just get another actor?

They've lost interest
in the movie.

It's been turned around.
It's done.

Wow. That's...

Can't you get
another studio?

No, God, please, Jesus!

It'll be ten years
since I've made a film, Lina.

In this business, that's it.
You're done!

I have $35,000 in credit card debt at this point

that I poured into
this freaking movie.

It's gonna happen.

One way or the other,
I'm sure.

It's like I bet on myself and I lost.
That's the truth.

You haven't lost.

You think it's lost now,
but you've got so much going for you.

What do I have? Please--

- People will recognize it.
- Please, tell me... Recognize what?

Recognize what? Because you can try and try
and try and then you can lose and then it's over!

- And that's what happens. End of story.
- That's what you...

- End of story is, it didn't work out.
- I don't think it is.

Sorry, boy,
that could have been something and it didn't work out.

You have more than
just this film.

You can do another script and then you can do this film afterwards.

With $35,000 of debt at 22 percent interest,
what exactly am I going to do?

I'm going to be living my life to pay off my credit card every month.

I've been living this,
believe me.

Without health insurance,
I was missing this tooth.

For two years I was just walking around like a fucking homeless guy.

For two years! It's like--

It's funny when
it's not your life, okay?

That's the goddamn truth.

- I'm fucked--
- You're gonna make it. I'm sure it's gonna happen.

What do you know about having to take shit?

What do you know about people backing out
and fucking you over and just leaving you?

Nothing.

You know nothing about that because it's just easy for you.

You've got a university just taking care of all your shit.

You've never had to eat shit,
you've never had anybody just back out on you, ever!

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I felt like a complete asshole.

She didn't believe in long term romance for anyone.

So, it wasn't a matter
of if but when.

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Hello?

Hey, I'm sorry.

I really am sorry.

Where are you?

- I'm in the U-Bahn, I'm taking a train.
- Ugh...

I'm so sorry.
I didn't mean any of this.

I'm just so frustrated, I can't even tell you.
- It's fine.

Let's just say goodbye, now.

I have a lot of things
to figure out.

Please, I can't stand to
lose you like this, tonight.

It was completely unfair
to take out on you.

I'm just...
There's no excuse for that.

I'm sorry.

I know you're
gone tomorrow and...

I mean, this would just stay with me forever,
from just,

this is how things ended between us.
I mean...

At least have one last
kebab with me.

You can even throw
the kebab at me.

It's perfectly okay.

Assuming I have enough
change to buy a kebab.

Okay.

My art residency
got canceled.

What?

What do you mean?
What happened?

I got a letter

in the mail,
totally out of the blue.

And all funding is gone!

What? I mean, you were
supposed to start in like...

Two days from now,
three days?

I know!

I called to find out
what happened.

They told me because of the austerity cuts.
That was it.

How frustrating!

I've given up my job,

my place,
I used all my fucking money to get into this residency.

Is this a joke?

As you know, like,

Olivia threw this
huge goodbye party for me.

And you just decided to go through your party, anyways?

Yeah, I just...

God, I didn't have the energy to go through it.

Like, tell everyone how
it fell through.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry to laugh,
but it's horribly sad.

It's embarrassing.
That's what it is.

Like, it seems like everyone has interesting things going on in their life.

And you were going off
to make your big film.

I felt like
a complete loser.

And when you first start lying you just kind of have to go on with it.

I probably just have to go back and beg for my job at the cupcake place.

My manager will love
rubbing it in my face.

I can't do that.
- Are you going back to Norway?

What is your plan now?

No, no,
I don't have any idea.

I think... I think we really
found each other.

- Think we really did.
- Oh, boy!

Wow, what a disaster.

You know what
you're gonna do?

Well, I'm gonna finish
this pita.

Mm-hmm.

And then I'm gonna

start my plan.

My life plan right now.

Well, no,
then I'll probably start panicking about how I'm going to pay off my debt.

But you've got some money in the bank,
don't you?

Yeah, a little, a little bit,
but that won't last long.

And those credit cards,
those are American right?

Yeah, they're American.

Well...

We're not in America.

This is true.

You're a little devil.

- I'm just saying.
- A very sexy devil.

We should go to a club,

dance all night and just

forget about everything else.

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Let's take a train back
to Montenegro.

Yeah, that would be fun.

No, I'm serious.
I mean...

- Really?
- We could do it.

We could do it pretty cheaply. I mean,
ride share and hostels and, you know.

I mean, why the hell not?
We don't have...

We've got no places and no jobs tying us down,
I mean...

You are serious.

Yeah.

I'm, I'm in.

Oh, my God.
Okay.

All right,
we'll be on one of these trains tomorrow.

This is crazy.

Morning.

Sorry.

Sorry, I was trying to be quiet,
didn't wanna wake you up.

Good job.

I'm headed to work.

Okay, I think I'm headed
to sleep.

You must have had a lot of fun,
last night.

Oh, I drank too much.

Feels... I feel really shit.

Oh, I'm so sorry for you.

I'd really appreciate it if you'd cleaned up after yourself.

Oh.

You don't take responsibility
for anything in your life

and I'm sick of you
wallowing in your failures!

- Oh, come on!
- Get over it!

Wait, I didn't wash the dishes
for one fucking night! Come on!

Don't bring up the whole
Five Stories thing, Jesus!

Oh, fine, let's clean!
Let's clean the house!

I'm leaving.
I have to go to work.

I paid my way up. I paid the rent for years,
you know it. Now just...

Let me get back on my feet!

Ah, fuck.

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- Bye-bye.
- Bye-bye.

Now I'm gonna take
very good care of you.

For all your...
Are you listening?

Thank you. For all your life

and I might even love you
a little bit.

My name is Stephen.

What is your name?

You don't have a name
and you can't speak.

Well, that's all right.
Friederike will give you a name.

She's brilliant.
You're gonna love her.

And I've been being
a bit of a prick lately.

So, you're gonna have to make it up to her from me.

We'll do it together.

For... Uh, don't do that.
Not on there.

For a long time.

Do you do anything else?
Just run around.

Wax on. Hi-yah!

Oh, God.

Have you seen The Karate Kid,
the original?

No.

- It's how you learn how to kick ass, by painting walls.
- Like this?

And then you stand like this and then you kick them in the face.

That's it.

- Do you think we're gonna get this all done?
- Don't worry. Yes. Go to your rehearsal.

I am gonna go to
the Turkish market.

So when you come back from rehearsal,
we're gonna sit right here,

have a nice meal.

You're gonna go to your show,
which I cannot wait to see. I've been dying to see this.

And then tonight we'll get some Club-Mate and
vodka and just have an all night paint party.

We'll walk to the train
in the morning.

- We'll sleep on the train?
- We'll sleep on the train.

Thank you.

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Hey, Sam.
What's going on?

So check it out.

Amy Adams read your script
last night.

She likes it.
She wants to meet you.

Wow.

She going on publicity tour right now in London.
She wants to meet you for dinner tonight.

My office is booking the flight right now
and you gotta go to the airport right away.

Wow. Uh...

I mean, that's... It's great,
it's great news. I don't know what to say.

I mean,
I can't really just run off right this second. Is it...

It is a fucking miracle that Amy Adams read this script and wants to do it.

I appreciate it.
I appreciate you getting her to read this. Fantastic!

It's just that, like...

I'm with my friend.
I really care about this girl.

I'm going to her performance. I mean, I don't understand
why I have to run out the door right this second. I mean...

Wait. Is that the same
girl as before?

Last time I remembered
she dumped you on a beach.

You know how these things go.
She's a big star.

She wants to meet you now.
We have to seize the moment.

I feel like I've heard this
a million times before.

I mean, I don't want
a wild goose chase.

We've a lot riding on this.

Do you know how hard it is
to get her to read a script?

Do you know how many directors
would give their left arm

to have a meeting with her
on a movie? This is our shot!

She'd be perfect.
She would be perfect.

Get on the fucking plane!
This is what we do.

Get in the cab, get to London,
go get the actress,

get back to Berlin and go get your girl.
It's fine. You're losing time.

We don't have a choice.
Let's face it,

if this falls through, you're done, it's over.
No one will even bother taking a meeting with you.

Eight years since you worked.
Your career will be done.

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I'm sorry.

I'm sorry too.

This is so nice. Thank you.

It's the least I could do.

What I said wasn't fair.
I know it's been a hard time for you.

No, I was being a prick.

Now come and sit down.

I've spoken to the chef and he'd like to come and
introduce the dishes to you himself, personally.

Hi, salut.
It's been a pleasure to cook for you this evening.

Let's start with a little stuffed something, uh,
followed by, uh, this, uh, thing here,

which we have made and also one of these which
you would like very much, and you eat all of it.

- Honey, you didn't have to do all that.
- Yeah, I did.

One more very, very
important present.

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Oh, my God! Thank you.

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- Hello. Anderson?
- Lina!

This is Anderson's agent.

Sorry to call you out of the blue like this, but, uh...

He gave me this number
for emergencies.

Why are you calling me?

Well, I just wanted to see...
Do you know if Anderson got on that plane today for London?

What? I don't know.

I've been away from my phone
for a couple of hours,

but as far as I know
he is in my apartment, cooking.

Cooking, cooking.

Um, can you help me find him?

I need you to get him
on that plane.

I'll tell him, but I'm sure
he can make his own decisions.

Listen, Lina,
I mean, uh...

We don't know each other
really well and...

I don't what to say
it's your fault.

Okay? But let's just
be honest here.

It didn't work out
last time with Anderson.

You're together now,
you're having fun.

But all good things
are gonna come to an end.

What do I have to do
with any of this?

You know,
it's not a coincidence

that the two times this has happened,
he's been with you.

Now look,
I'm sure you guys are having a great time,

but Anderson has dedicated
seven years of his life to this.

And you may be running around,
you're in love, et cetera.

But he's gonna wake up one day and he's gonna realize he doesn't have

a career anymore,
and he's gonna point the finger at somebody.

He's gonna point the finger at me and he's gonna point the finger at you.

So why don't you think about that and help me get him on this plane.

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What do you think?
You like it?

It's... I love it.

- It's, um...
- I bought it for tonight.

You... Good. Wow.

So, what do you...
You want to go to that thing?

Yes. Don't you?

There's... There's something I wanna talk to you about.

Oh, if this is something serious, please,
let's talk about it tomorrow.

Just that I really really want everything to be
open and honest between us, you know and...

Oh, come on, we're over the fight.
I love you and you love me, don't you?

Yeah, more than anything.

So then?

So then let's go out
and have some fun

and kiss and make out.
Just enjoy the night.

And it's like you said.

The reason for not having all these attachment was
that we wanted to be free and do whatever we want.

Uh, yeah, but we do have an attachment now,
the little fluffy, white, moving pillow thing down there,

who doesn't even have
a name, I might add.

Um, I think, Charlie?

Charlie.

Charlie can take care of himself for a few hours.

Besides, you were out all night yesterday.
It's only fair that I get some fun tonight.

And where else am I
gonna wear this costume?

I'm going to put it on.

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Like Stephen and Friederike,
I wanted it all

and knew I was
risking having nothing.

But I couldn't stop myself.

So, there I was, in London,
waiting for Amy Adams,

when reality finally hit me.

Who was I kidding? This was just like ten years,
the meetings before,

destined to be
a wild goose chase.

She couldn't have liked Super Collider.
This thing is a piece of shit.

I mean, she probably
hadn't even read it honestly.

She was just meeting
with me as some favor.

And I knew how this would end.

While the woman I was falling madly in love with back in Berlin

was doing what it was
that inspired her.

Like I used to make
low-budget independent films,

before moving to Hollywood and taking meetings that go nowhere.

And for the first time,

I started to analyze my own life,
like I would a story.

And I asked myself,
if I were writing this as a scene for a character,

and not for me in real life,

what would I have him do?

In screenwriting,
there's this things called the "MacGuffin."

It's the thing about which a character is so obsessed,
he'll do anything to have it.

But usually, it distracts you from what the story is really,
ultimately about.

And I finally had
to ask myself,

"What do you want?"

I wanted her.

It all became so clear.

This film was my MacGuffin,
Super Collider.

I needed to walk away.

Forget Hollywood, if it's gonna drop me,
am I ever gonna get this made, forget it all.

I needed to have faith in myself again like I
did when I started from absolutely nothing.

But I just sat
there, paralyzed.

In a script, there are no consequences,
it's all just fantasy. So, it's easy.

I knew that If I got up,
that was it.

Ten years of work, gone. All of my ideas,
who I was, wrapped up in it.

I knew if I stayed much longer,
I was gonna miss that flight.

It was a decision, not about a story I was hoping to sell,
but about the story of my own miserable, cowardly life.

When crazy, romantic ideas
pop up in your life,

like hopping on a train together to Montenegro,

you jump at them
or they just disappear.

Taxi!

My agent kept calling
and I just ignored it.

And for the first time,
since standing on the cliffs in Montenegro three years before,

I felt alive.

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Sometimes you just have to get lost in the
wilderness to find what it is you really want.

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Can I have a vodka cranberry
and Whiskey Sour, please?

- Hey.
- Hey.

- How you doing?
- Good. And you?

- Good.
- I love your... What is it, a corset?

Yeah, corset.

- Yeah, it's hot.
- It's amazing.

It's very tight,
I can breathe barely, but...

- Yeah?
- I like it. Thank you.

This is my boyfriend,
Stephen.

- Hi.
- Hi, I'm Patrick.

- Nice to meet you.
- This is my wife, Katherine.

Hi.

Hey.

We were just talking about
how hot you two look.

Oh.

Well, Rike looks amazing
but, um, I look like an idiot.

You look hot.
I love your lederhosen.

That's really not...
Thanks.

- Cheers.
- Oh, cheers. Cheers.

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You guys,
uh... Do you guys wanna dance a bit?

Uh...

Sure. Why not?

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Rike.

Hey, hey, hey, hey. What's the matter?
Did he do something?

No, he was fine.

I think I freaked out because I saw you with this girl.

I don't even like that girl.
You're my girl.

I think I wasn't prepared.

You wanna go?
Me too.

Let's go home.
It'd be nice.

You can do me
a private show.

- I will.
- Yeah.

Besides, we've got responsibilities,
that cat's gonna be worried.

I'll get my coat.
You wait here.

Okay.

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What are you doing here?

Well, I thought about it and I think we should maybe have another drink.

It's cold outside
and it's a long walk home.

What... Hang on, hang on.

Are you sure this isn't just
some reaction to the, 'cause...

I'd... I'm happy to go home.

No, no, no. I had fun,
I just freaked out for a second.

Let's go inside.

One more drink.

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...the sky right now.
Just look at those snowy scenes on the ground there at Heathrow.

Piles of snow accumulating
and it just keeps coming.

Terminal 7 is closed and now in the last
hour or so Heathrow has closed completely.

The authorities are saying...

...it will be shut
until least 3:00...

Hello. Lina.

Hey.

Hi.

I'm so sorry about
last night and...

I had to go to London and I could not get out of it and I just,

I feel horrible.
I've called you a million times, but...

I'm actually snowed in
right now.

I'm not gonna leave till 3:00,
which means I'm not make our train to Montenegro.

It's fine, like
it really doesn't matter.

No, it's not fine.

I already looked it up online and I can take
a plane directly from London to Dubrovnik

- at 4:00 p.m.
- Anderson...

- So if you just get on the train...
- I got a really good news.

They got funding back for my residency in Budapest.
So...

Some kind of
emergency loan.

I still got my plane ticket,
so I'm going right now, actually.

Oh.

That's... great.

I couldn't be happier for you.

How did your meeting go
with Amy Adams?

Yeah.

Yeah, my meeting
went great. Yeah.

Couldn't have
gone better, so...

The movie's back on.

That's perfect.

Can't wait to see it.

Yeah, I can hardly believe it.

Yeah, I guess Montenegro wasn't meant to happen for us.

Back to plan A.

Yeah. Back to our plan A.

Yeah. I gotta go.

I gotta get my plane.

I guess just keep in touch,
call me when you get there.

Yeah. Let's do that.

- Bye, Anderson.
- Bye.

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- Rike.
- Mmm.

Rike. Wake up.

- Come on, let's go.
- Okay.

I don't think
we should do that again.

No. I won't ever do that again.

Can we, can we sit
for a minute?

Uh, grab a coffee
or something like that...

Stephen, let's get home.
It's cold and I'm freezing.

I know, I know.
I just really... Can I just...

I want to just talk
to you for a second.

I want one, one second
to talk to you properly.

I just want you
to know that, um,

I'm really excited about us
and about our future, and...

- Stephen--
- Hang on. And...

I want you to know
that I don't need anything,

or want anything apart from you.

- Stephen, stop--
- Just hang on because--

My family doesn't express
feelings and you're my family

and we do express feelings
and I want to, so just let me.

I want to be the best boyfriend that I can for you and,

if it's something you would like,
the best husband as well.

- Wait--
- Thinking about everything that we talked about and...

I don't want anything more in this world than to have children with you

and be the best
dad that I can.

Stephen, I don't know.

You don't know what?

I don't know
if I want this anymore.

Because of last night? 'Cause that was...
We'll just forget about it. That was...

It's not because
of last night.

I think I don't
love you anymore.

I'm so sorry.

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- Hey, man.
- This is for your cafe?

Yeah, just, um...

Just started to
look at it all again.

Are you needing anything from the store?
I'm gonna go.

Yeah, can you get some, um,
cat food? Cheers, man.

Anderson?

- Oh, hey, Olivia.
- What are you doing here?

- Oh, well...
- I thought you were in Montenegro with Lina.

Well, yeah, it's been
a change of plans.

Um, her residency,
the funding came through again, so...

- What?
- Yeah, so she went to Hungary instead.

No, she's...
She's in Montenegro.

Yeah, no,
we were about to leave because her funding fell through,

but then she...
It came back.

- They worked it out.
- But she emailed me yesterday. She's in Montenegro.

She sent me a picture.

From Montenegro?

Yeah, and I thought
you were there, too.

She sent you a picture
yesterday, from Montenegro?

- Yes. Yes.
- Yesterday?

On the beach.

Yeah. What are
you doing here?

Get up!
Gotta go to the airport.

What? Why?

Move, asshole!
Move, asshole!

Asshole!

Oh, God!

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- You've got everything?
- I got it all, man.

Hey, listen.
Don't fuck it up like I did, yeah?

Okay? And shave on the plane,
you look like shit.

- Go on.
- Thank you.

Go! Go! Go!

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Hey, this is Lina.
Please leave a message.

Hey, Lina.

This is Anderson, um,
I don't know if you've gotten any of my messages yet,

but I'm in, uh, Montenegro,
in Perast.

And I've been looking for you.
I'm assuming you're here. I thought you were here.

I don't know if
your phone's working yet,

but, uh, I'm sure
I'll see you soon.

All right.

I hope you're here.

Okay. Bye.

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What was I doing here?

I'd called her, emailed her,
called all of the hostels,

and nothing,
not a word.

I mean,
what are the chances she didn't check her email or phone at this point?

It all became pretty clear.

She just didn't
want to talk to me.

So here we are,
right back where we started.

It's impossible to stand in that very spot
and not think about what could have been.

She had it right all along.

Love is a drug that makes us come together so we can mate.

Well, I guess that's
the whole story.

I was dumped in Montenegro.

Twice.

If I had gotten on that train,
maybe all of this would've been different.

There's a moment when people open up and things are possible.

In all honesty,
I wanted to get away from the movie business,

out of the rat-race.

And back to who I was
when I began all this.

Of course, I didn't expect to lose Lina,
ruin my career

and be on my way
to bankruptcy.

Well, I guess you can't have your cake and eat it, too.

Here I am,
playing out one half of a very romantic scene.

The sad truth is,
people in the movie business are right.

Good old-fashioned
romance is dead.

Of course, even in
the most cynical world...

Can't lose 'em all.

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What are you doing here?

Oh, I came to find you.
God, I've been looking everywhere for you.

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So what about the film?

Oh, fuck the film.
I'll write something better.

And that's the way
that two people

who don't
believe in long term love

found themselves kissing in the setting sun in Montenegro.

If you don't believe me,
I've got the credit history to prove it.

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Do you guys take Visa?

Of, course,
it's everywhere you want to be.

I cannot believe
we got a boat.

I can't believe
that guy took Visa.

Who would've thought?

It's incredible.

- It's incredible.
- The world nowadays.

The fisherman
pulls out his iPhone

and goes,
"No problem, no problem."

Wow. I can't believe
that we are actually

sailing off into the sunset.
Come on.

Come on, who do you think we are?
We're not sailing off into the sunset.

No?
- We're not those kind of people.

Hell, no, we're rowing
off into the sunset, okay?

It's completely different.

The next time we're gonna live out a cliche,

can we at least
include a motor?

I'm with you.

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