The Free Will (Der freie Wille)

Theo!

Hey, guys! Hey!

Butt-fucker!

Let go of me!

You fucking bastard! Let go!

Let go of me!

Shut up, or I'II kiII you!

Don't!

Don't!

PIease. Don't.

Cunt! Cunt!

Cunt! Cunt!

-Shit! -Pig!

Bastard!

I feeI pretty good about it.

I think I've reached the point.

I know there's no guarantee ...

that everything wiII work out okay, but ...

it's good I know that.

I'II Iook after myseIf. I'II take advantage of the opportunities I get.

Okay. I'm Sascha. Hi, Theo.

You'II be staying in our shared apartment in MuhIheim. On probation.

If you get in troubIe, you'II be back here in no time. How Iong were you here?

9 years and 4 months.

4 years ago, I was granted Ieave, under supervision of a therapist.

And 2 years ago, I stopped taking sex drive inhibitors.

For the Iast 6 months I've been given day Ieave

and had to return to the faciIity in the evening.

And now I'm finaIIy getting reIeased.

-HeIIo, Ms. Neumann. -HeIIo.

ToiIet.

Bathroom.

This is the kitchen.

Ingo, RaIIe ... Hi.

Hi, I'm Theo.

Everything okay?

My room.

It's comfy.

The Iiving room.

That's Marius's room, but he's out.

WeIcome home.

I know the doctors teII you guys this is a big opportunity and aII.

But the guys who Iive here caII the front door ''the gate to heII.''

This is gonna be fucking hard for you. So prepare yourseIf.

Make the best of it, Theo.

What's wrong with him?

He's IoneIy.

-HeIIo, are you getting aIong aII right? -Yeah, I'm Iooking around a bit.

Of course. Are you Iooking for a nice jacket?

Yeah, sure ...

-What size do you have there? -I think it's a baggy Iarge.

That's for men who are a bit shorter and stockier.

-Not the right size for you, is it? -No.

You couId use medium to Iarge. We have other jackets over there.

A super coIor for you.

-It Iooks good on you. -Yeah ...

-The right size, too. With jeans ... -Too Iong.

Or corduroys.

-Too Iong? -Yeah.

Have a Iook at this one.

That's a more cIassic sweater, Iight wooI.

A sIight pattern.

You can wear it with cotton or virgin wooI pants.

And the coIor goes weII with Iots of things.

-Can I go to the toiIet? -Sure.

Hey, you Iook good.

Theo got out 4 days ago. CorrectionaI faciIity trained him to be a printer.

-Psychiatric Detention ... -He Iives with us and needs a job.

Yes, okay. Why were you there?

Rape in conjunction with ...

grievous bodiIy harm.

How often?

Three .... I abused 3 women.

Why didn't they put you in prison?

Because the doctors feIt I was iII ...

And they thought it was better to heIp me instead of Iocking me up.

And now you're no Ionger iII?

Yes ...

I mean no. I'm heaIthy again.

Yes, weII ...

This may sound a bit strange, but ...

I'd Iike to be a kind of roIe modeI.

I was Iocked up, but I know what it's Iike outside. I watched TV.

UnempIoyment, sociaI negIect and so on.

I read a statistic that an average teen has sex for the first time

at the age of 12.

I don't want to sound Iike a wiseguy. I'm sorry, but ...

I just want to do my job.

And I want to show it's possibIe to Iive a normaI, heaIthy Iife,

even if you started out wrong.

Nonsense. This is nonsense.

We're out of meat sauce. WouId you Iike something eIse?

Penne with waInut pesto is pretty good.

Or tagIiateIIe with mushroom ragout.

We aIso have rigatoni aI forno, topped with cheese and baked.

Or fettuccini with pine nuts

and parmesan cheese and oIive oiI and garIic.

-I'II take that. -Okay.

Here. For the earIy shift.

Thanks.

-How's it going? -Fine.

... 8, 9, 10 ...

... 11.

My therapist and I went over it second by second

to find out how it happened.

So I can stop it the next time I feeI something brewing.

Like how?

Like deIiberateIy going back to the faciIity.

The probIem is, I think something's brewing. It isn't so strong, but ...

How did you notice?

The waitress.

-That young girI at the pizzeria? -Yeah.

I thought you Iiked her.

Sure, I Iike her, but somehow I don't Iike her either. Understand?

It isn't that bad. It's stiII on the safe side.

Find somebody eIse.

It's no probIem if you do the bookkeeping just once.

-I'm not going to do it anymore, Dad. -Where do you want to work?

This is aII you know how to do, sweetheart.

Theo, come on in.

Come in.

This is Nettie, my daughter. She does ... she did the bookkeeping.

-Theo. -Hi ... Dad, I'm Ieaving now.

-Yeah. See you Iater. -See you Iater.

Yeah, she's moving out.

Now she's reaIIy moving out.

I'm going back to work.

HeIIo, Mr. EngeIbrecht.

Dad?

-What are you doing here? -The doctor's appointment is tomorrow.

My mistake.

Is everything okay?

Yes.

Dad ...

-I'm Ieaving now, Dad. -Just a moment.

It's okay, Dad.

-In the corner? -Mmh.

Here's the Iast Ioad.

-Thank you. Yeah. -My pIeasure.

Hey, we couId go out and do something.

No, I'm tired.

I gotta unpack the boxes.