Sound of Falling (In die Sonne schauen)

Erika!

Bring the pigs into the barn!

Erika, the pigs!

Bring the pigs into the barn!

The coast is clear.

Berta?

You rascals!

Just you wait!

Hurry up, everyone's arrived.

For me?

Mother picked it out for you.

For All Souls' Day.

Come on, get dressed.

What should I do?

Watch what the others do.

Holy eternal God

Today, we remember the people

You have called from our midst

And also remember

That we, too, must die one day

Mother is gagging again. Her stomach does whatever it wants.

Everyone hears it in the silence,

but pretends not to notice.

Blinking once means: I love you.

Blinking twice means: I love you very much.

We keep a tally of who gets the most blinks from Mother.

Hedda is usually ahead.

But only because she's our cripple.

Thy kingdom come

Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven

Give us this day our daily bread

And forgive us our trespasses

As we forgive those who trespass against us

And lead us not into temptation

But deliver us from evil, for Thine...

And?

Do you think next year your picture will be on the dresser?

I'm not afraid.

- You don't need to fear death. - No.

I'm not.

But I'm not getting in a box, I tell you.

Nobody knows

if you notice anything they do to you.

Nobody can say

if you don't notice anymore. What they do to you.

I've seen them all die.

I've survived them all.

Your mother, too.

- Yes, my Fanni. - I know, I know.

Bye.

Put a potato sack over Trudi's head

and do it for your country.

Looks like Mother.

It is Mother.

Who's the girl?

Alma.

That's not true.

It is.

It's Alma.

But I'm Alma.

She looks like you.

Maybe her spirit passed into you.

Perhaps you're not yourself, but her.

I think she's just asleep. She doesn't look like she's dead.

Maybe they thought she was dead and buried her alive.

She stole the sugar beet from the cellar

and is calmly eating it in her coffin.

How old was she when she died?

Seven.

Why did she die so early?

I don't know.

She was ailing.

At some point,

she just didn't wake up anymore.

Lia?

What did you mean by she just didn't wake up?

Sleep, Alma.

What happens when you're dead?

Nothing.

It was a dream.

Mama?

Yes?

- Know what I think is funny? - What?

When I see a door handle,

I know exactly what it tastes like,

though I've never licked one.

Isn't that funny?

Probably because you always put everything in your mouth as a baby.

Cigarettes from the ground, dog poop...

- That's not true! - Yes, it is.

But how did I reach the door handle as a baby?

Time to sleep.

Have you ordered the dumpsters yet?

Shit.

I forgot to call back.

Order two small ones instead of a large one this time.

And tell them to put them directly under the windows,

so I can dump the rubble out with Lenka.

Who was that?

This girl,

a few houses away.

The daughter of the...

one...

whose mother died.

Warm.

Nelly, move, it's heavy.

Wait, like this.

Gotcha!

Now cover your right eye.

- Like this? - Exactly.

And look at the X with your left eye.

Exactly, now move slowly toward it.

When the O disappears, you've found your blind spot.

- Crazy, right? - Yeah, it was gone, unbelievable.

- Simply gone? - That's literally your blind spot.

- The optician said so. - You wanna try?

- That's quite something. - How? On the left?

Keep that eye closed, and then... Wait.

- Like this? - Show me the glasses you chose.

For me, it doesn't disappear.

Because you're doing it wrong. I'll explain it to you later.

They're chic.

It's quite something when you consider

that the world is actually upside down.

The optician said so.

The brain mirrors everything

before it reaches our noggin.

But is it like that for everyone?

Everyone except you.

Come on.

Give it to me.

- What are you doing? - Go ahead.

Don't make such a face. There are worse things.

Did you thank Uncle Uwe for the ride into town?

No need to, I was happy to do it.

What, sit down.

What now?

Did you get the glasses? Let me see.

They look chic.

Did you make sugar cake?

- Give me a slice, please. - No, come in.

Angelika...

Say, Uwe,

I can't wrap my head around the hydraulics.

What's wrong this time?

- Can you look at it? - Sure.

You're getting crumbs all over.

Hold the stroke down to your hips.

Rainer, let's go!

You'll rest in a minute.

Two more weeks.

I'll manage it.

You have to manage it.

The others don't sleep, either.

With a bit more tension, I'll be fine.

Then get it from somewhere.

Practice the motions every day.

You have time now to go in once a day.

Excellent.

But you're still using too much energy.

Nice long strokes, and follow through.

You can't keep up that pace for the full distance.

You guys need to keep the movements in mind.

Go through the movements every night before you go to bed.

I often pretended I didn't notice how they looked at me.

As if I were immersed in thought.

But it was actually me

who was secretly watching them looking at me.

Mama, look. I can even do it with one arm. Look!

Mama, you weren't even looking.

I did, sweetie, it was great!

That's not true, you weren't looking.

How would you know? You were underwater.

Come on, show me again.

Great!

Look!

And one and two and three and four

A hat, a stick, an umbrella

And forwards, backwards, to the side, and one and two...

Nelly?

Nelly!

I love it when the skin smells musty like a river.

And the smell of cellars.

I love the smell of cellars. I'm addicted to it.

- And nail polish. - Yeah, but not as much as cellars.

First, the smell of cellars.

Papa's coming.

Then river smell on my skin and then nail polish.

Damn, it's so nice here.

Isn't it nice here, children?

Yes!

Now I can do an underwater handstand with one arm.

Yeah, really cool.

And I found black sand.

Muddy sand!

Are you hungry?

We have bread, cheese, sausage and wine here.

I saw a grasshopper.

Yeah, a big green grasshopper.

What are you doing?