Struggle (2003) - full transcript
Ewa, a young Polish woman, works from one job to the next - picking strawberries, working in a poultry slaughterhouse, scrubbing the swimming pools of the rich. Her existence is driven by the hope of finding better prospects for her and her little daughter. A recently divorced Viennese real estate agent begins haunting swingers' bars, hoping to fill the emptiness that reverberates through his new life. He does not have Ewa's financial anxiety, but he struggles for basic human contact. Both Ewa and Marold are physically vulnerable. When they meet, their desperation carries them to even greater extremes.
-...an uneasiness...a yearning for...
for death.
- Hm-hm
...want to kill myself..
- Can you describe this yearning
more precisely?
- I'm tearful.
- Yes.
I'm getting more and more calm.
I stop talking.
I stop eating.
There are doctors who want to talk
with you about that.
I think, this is very important for you.
And how are you?
Good day and welcome!
My name is Novitsky.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
as you know this is our trip...
to Austria, where we are going to
harvest strawberries.
Your are working for six weeks.
this time you will do piecework.
which means you will get payed...
for the amount you harvest.
You get 25 cent per kilogram.
Each of you will get a number.
So we can find out...
how much you have picked.
And that's what you'll get
payed for.
Your working time will be from
5 am to 6 pm.
If you can afford it, you can take
as many breaks as you want.
But don't forget that you do piecework.
If you harvest 200kg in one day,
I don't exaggerate,...
you will get 50 Euros.
So now, my friends...
you can only pray to god
for a nice and sunny weather.
Dear friends,
welcome back on board.
We will soon arrive the border
crossing point Drasenhofen.
Please have you passports ready.
Afterwards I'll hand over your wages.
When we arrive at Katovice,
take all your things with you.
The only thing you can leave behind
is your money...
I know what to do with it.
Thank you for cooperation.
Many thanks.
Many thanks.
Come!
What are doing now?
Where are we going?
You will see.
Be quiet now.
Work?
You.
Go in.
No. Not with the child!
Not with the child! No way!
Like that.
Then you empty here.
Can you clean?
Take me with?
30 Euros?
Get in.
You are allowed to take a break.
- Work?
- Work.
- Paint?
- Yes.
- Electrician?
- ...yes.
How much?
50 Euro.
Documents?
Well, documents?
Where? ... at home?
here documents!
- Hello?
- Roland.
Do you have a boy friend?
No.
What about your boy friend?
I don't have one!
Look! These are whores
in their garments.
Selling their bodies.
That's what you'll become
with no education.
Are you happy about your new skis?
Now you can go skiing
with the other kids.
Yes, thanks.
You give a kiss to daddy?
Do you love daddy?
soso.
Then call him more often!
We could go shopping again.
Something for summer...
You call me?
Yes. Okay.
- I know everything.
- Pull another one!
I tried everything...
...except for children and animals,
that doesn't appeal to me.
It's not group sex, is it?
A brothel! right?
I know... lesbians?
No.
Probably a handjob for 20 Euros.
It costs 500.
Woah!
I invite you, of course.
Really?
That's nice of you.
Fantastic!
You can hang your robe there.
Alright. Thank you.
Not bad.
Not bad.
You don't have to.
If you don't want to...
Why not? There's no
harm in it.
Not bad.
I never did this before.
- Shall I wait outside?
- No, stay here.
You don't leave me
hanging up there?
No no.
Can I leave my money here?
We are alone here.
Okay?
Is it okay?
You want to keep on your pants?
Oh... no problem.
Keep 'em on!
Alright?
Yes, yes... alright.
Are you ready?
Ready.
Stop.
Stop it!
Do you have a five-euro?
Thank you!
Good return home!
I'm going home then.
Bye-bye.
Do you like my new girlfriend?
She is chic, isn't she?
Yes. She is nice.
I'm a modern and
open-minded man.
But it's not easy to find
an open-minded partner .
But now I found her...
Ewa.
Look, they are pretty.
Of course, fishes can talk.
But many people don't listen.
You are looking
for a princess?
Yes, I was looking
everywhere.
I asked the apple-tree,
I asked the snail in his house,
the mountain I have asked,
the valley, cat and mouse.
I already asked the clouds,
and even the sunshine,
Where I could find my princess?
but they all do not know.
Do YOU know, where
my princess lives?
- hmm...on the moon.
- On the moon?
Yes, on the moon!
So I ride to the moon.
I ride through clouds,
through sun, moon and stars,
I ride along the whole firmament,
until I find my princess.
And when I have found her...
And when I have found her...
then I say to her...
Princess, I like you
so much.
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for death.
- Hm-hm
...want to kill myself..
- Can you describe this yearning
more precisely?
- I'm tearful.
- Yes.
I'm getting more and more calm.
I stop talking.
I stop eating.
There are doctors who want to talk
with you about that.
I think, this is very important for you.
And how are you?
Good day and welcome!
My name is Novitsky.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
as you know this is our trip...
to Austria, where we are going to
harvest strawberries.
Your are working for six weeks.
this time you will do piecework.
which means you will get payed...
for the amount you harvest.
You get 25 cent per kilogram.
Each of you will get a number.
So we can find out...
how much you have picked.
And that's what you'll get
payed for.
Your working time will be from
5 am to 6 pm.
If you can afford it, you can take
as many breaks as you want.
But don't forget that you do piecework.
If you harvest 200kg in one day,
I don't exaggerate,...
you will get 50 Euros.
So now, my friends...
you can only pray to god
for a nice and sunny weather.
Dear friends,
welcome back on board.
We will soon arrive the border
crossing point Drasenhofen.
Please have you passports ready.
Afterwards I'll hand over your wages.
When we arrive at Katovice,
take all your things with you.
The only thing you can leave behind
is your money...
I know what to do with it.
Thank you for cooperation.
Many thanks.
Many thanks.
Come!
What are doing now?
Where are we going?
You will see.
Be quiet now.
Work?
You.
Go in.
No. Not with the child!
Not with the child! No way!
Like that.
Then you empty here.
Can you clean?
Take me with?
30 Euros?
Get in.
You are allowed to take a break.
- Work?
- Work.
- Paint?
- Yes.
- Electrician?
- ...yes.
How much?
50 Euro.
Documents?
Well, documents?
Where? ... at home?
here documents!
- Hello?
- Roland.
Do you have a boy friend?
No.
What about your boy friend?
I don't have one!
Look! These are whores
in their garments.
Selling their bodies.
That's what you'll become
with no education.
Are you happy about your new skis?
Now you can go skiing
with the other kids.
Yes, thanks.
You give a kiss to daddy?
Do you love daddy?
soso.
Then call him more often!
We could go shopping again.
Something for summer...
You call me?
Yes. Okay.
- I know everything.
- Pull another one!
I tried everything...
...except for children and animals,
that doesn't appeal to me.
It's not group sex, is it?
A brothel! right?
I know... lesbians?
No.
Probably a handjob for 20 Euros.
It costs 500.
Woah!
I invite you, of course.
Really?
That's nice of you.
Fantastic!
You can hang your robe there.
Alright. Thank you.
Not bad.
Not bad.
You don't have to.
If you don't want to...
Why not? There's no
harm in it.
Not bad.
I never did this before.
- Shall I wait outside?
- No, stay here.
You don't leave me
hanging up there?
No no.
Can I leave my money here?
We are alone here.
Okay?
Is it okay?
You want to keep on your pants?
Oh... no problem.
Keep 'em on!
Alright?
Yes, yes... alright.
Are you ready?
Ready.
Stop.
Stop it!
Do you have a five-euro?
Thank you!
Good return home!
I'm going home then.
Bye-bye.
Do you like my new girlfriend?
She is chic, isn't she?
Yes. She is nice.
I'm a modern and
open-minded man.
But it's not easy to find
an open-minded partner .
But now I found her...
Ewa.
Look, they are pretty.
Of course, fishes can talk.
But many people don't listen.
You are looking
for a princess?
Yes, I was looking
everywhere.
I asked the apple-tree,
I asked the snail in his house,
the mountain I have asked,
the valley, cat and mouse.
I already asked the clouds,
and even the sunshine,
Where I could find my princess?
but they all do not know.
Do YOU know, where
my princess lives?
- hmm...on the moon.
- On the moon?
Yes, on the moon!
So I ride to the moon.
I ride through clouds,
through sun, moon and stars,
I ride along the whole firmament,
until I find my princess.
And when I have found her...
And when I have found her...
then I say to her...
Princess, I like you
so much.
Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.