The Red Band Society (Club der roten Bänder)

There are moments, that change the life forever.

For some, it happens later.

For some, it happens way too soon.

For one, it was a fall from a great height.

For the other, a deadly disease broke out.

Thats your application formular. Please fill it out.

And i need your insurance card of your son.

Jonas...

Jonas! Your insurance card. Do you have it?

Yeah, sure.

You are Jonas, right? I am caregiver Deniz.

But they call me Dietz.

I will bring you to the station for kids/teenagers. Hop in.

I don't need it. I can still walk. - Hey...

Be greatful that you have a chauffeur. Let's go ...

Hello. - Hello.

Hello, Leo. Hi, Tabea. - Hey!

So, Jonas. That's your bed.

Don't be rude. Introduce yourself.

So... uhh... I am Tabea.

And that's my brother, Leo.

And our Names come from ... - Yeah, yeah. The lion and the gazelle.

Your mother was a hippie. I know that story already. Have a nice day!

Yeah, hello, i am Anne. - Hi.

Hello. And that's my son Jonas. Uhh.. we come from Dortmund.

for the surgery.

What kind of surgery?

I am having my leg amputated.

Yeah, i know.

Really nothing to say about it.

Wait and see how the people are silenced, wenn they actually see a severed leg.

Better get used to these show acts. Leo is a little attention junky.

Leo? What takes you so long?

Sister Heike, always a pleasure. - You have class!

The doctor said, I have rehab the whole day.

"I have it in the leg, not in the head."

Come now! And stop lying to me.

You can't relax here even a second.

X-ray, rehab, class class, x-ray, rehab, alway something up.

And you can't even pretend to be sick.

An equation is a statement for the equality of two terms.

We need to find out, which value can be given to the variable,

so the equation is true. Small example:

6x - 32 = 16.

Leo, would you please join?

I am gonna watch from here, how it's going. - You can also demonstrate.

Nope.

Well then, there please.

So...

The 32.

The 32...

Hey! - Hi.

... goes to the other side.

The whole thing divided by 6.

I already know all of this. We were further in my school.

Yeah, we too. But even there i didn't quite get it.

It looks like, you gained ten to twenty grams of weight.

Not, that you eat up the other girls food.

Thank you. You cripples are really charming.

Yeah, we are a bit unbalanced.

At least, i can kick you in the ass. How about you try that hm?

I have a new neighbor.

At first they are annoying. And when you get used to them they are gone.

Yeah. I think, he is gonna stay a while. Is a candidate for the long run.

Here we have an education about the narcosis,

the agreement for the narcosis,

the education for the surgery itself and ...

The application form for the hospital.

Jonas, now i will explain the surgery to you.

Which means, we will make a cut about here.

But it could be a bit higher ... - (Hugo) Jonas didn't forsee

What lies ahead of him. He didn't know yet,

what this hospital would mean to him some day.

Noone of us knew it. - Pass it!

Here, here, here! - This boy knew it the least.

Alex. - Pass the ball!

Dude, seriously? Why are you not passing?

Sorry, Alex. I thought i would shoot a goal.

Ah, so you thought? That's interesting.

You think, that you will shoot a goal?

Has the fat faggot ever shot a goal?

Can someone remember? - Alex, stop man!

Who allowed you to play with us? - I just ...

What "you just" ?

"You just" what?

He was not a guy that you would easily let into your heart.

But even when you are the biggest asshole of school

It's always sad when you become ill.

Alex?

What's going on?

Do you have pain?

What happened here? - He just collapsed.

Step aside.

Hey, Benito. I have a new room neighbor.

is he nice? - I don't know.

I think.

Tomorrow they will amputate his leg.

Really?

Which that fellow suffereres. - Yeah.

Until now i was the only one-legged on the station.

Hey, Leo.

That's a big deal.

The boy is in your team.

And one thing is clear:

In here, you need friends.

That's the most important.

Come on, Leo. Hop Hop! Your leg...

The diet is working, you lost weight right?

Shut up!

I just fell. no reason for this wheelchair bullshit!

When you collapse, i get in huge trouble.

I will not risk my job because of you.

Uhhh... real job!

Whatever. You just execute orders. No matter how stupid they are.

But so are guys, that become a nurse.

So, that's your bed. - Ah!

What's with him?

May i introduce: Hugo, Alex, Alex Hugo.

Hi.

He sleeping? - Hugo is in coma.

Excuse me?

I get a room with this human vegetable?

Just to be clear:

Hugo has my personal protection.

You are nice to him, or we two have a problem.

Mhm.

They boy smelled like soccer. I like soccer.

Two years passed by, since i jumped from the tower.

Two years without connection to the outer world.

And at last: Two years without friends. - idiot.

It didn't look it it would change soon.

Do you need anything? - No mom, thanks.

I can sleep here. The doctor offered.

I dont want it!

I'll be fine.

You can call anytime, ok? Bye.

Mothers, hm?

What's with your parents?

I have my sister. She lives near.

My dad is not coming anymore. Too harsh for him.

And your mother?

I am here since 9 months.

It's most important, that you don't let yourself get pulled down. No matter how it is.

Because of that, you have to throw a party tonight.

What? A party? - Mhm.

A goodbye party. For your leg.

I also did that. - How would that look like?

Hmm.. I have invited everyone who had something to do with it.

The goalkeeper, i scored so many goals against.

The girl, i played footsie with.

That kind of people you know?

Forget it. My people are miles away.

And the visiting time is over.

You can die from cancer in here. But...

... also from boredom. Trust me.

But for a real party you would need girls right?

Yeah. And i know one, and she even has two legs.

Follow me.

But take of that street wear. You look like a visitor.

Come, we drive to her.

What's that about?

First: I don't eat this hospital food. Second: I go home now.

First: You eat, what everyone eats.

Second: We can't let you go. Not in this state.

What state? Noone talks to me. - Where are your parents?

Work.

As soon as they are here, the doctor is gonna talk with you.

She can call us at home. - Go to your room.

Else?

You don't wanna know.

When your dad comes, ask him for a real job.

Maybe he has one for you.

And next time not without wheelchair. Thanks, sister!

As said... Alex makes it difficult to like him.

At least Jonas had someone by his side.

That's her.

She is pretty thin... - Of course the is.

That's the station for eating disorders.

But she is a girl, right? - No doubt.

Yeah and she looks fine, right?

Come.

Where did she go?

I don't know. Probably puking. For real?

What else? - How can she puke,

when she doesn't even eat?

A bit works always.

I don't know, but i bet she pukes now.

I am sorry, you lost this bet.

What are you doing here? Peeping? - Uhhh...

Hi. Sorry ...

We wanted to invite you to a party. - What kind of party?

Jonas will get his leg amputated tomorrow, and we throw a goodbye party.

Such gibberish! - It's true.

Your leg gets amputated tomorrow

and you drive through the girl station like nothing happened?

Which one?

This one.

The other would be just the same. That's not ...

It's important when it comes to arms. - Yeah!

When it comes to legs it doesn't really matter.