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Berlin Syndrome (2017)
Produced by : Polly Staniford
Written by : Shaun Grant
Based on Berlin Syndrome by Melanie Joosten
Starring : Teresa Palmer, Max Riemelt
Music by : Bryony Marks
Cinematography : Germain McMicking
Edited by : Jack Hutchings
Production companies : Aquarius Films, DDP Studios, Entertainment One, Film Victoria, Fulcrum Media Finance, Memento Films International, Photoplay Film, Screen Australia
Distributed by : Entertainment One
Release date : January 20, 2017 (Sundance). April 20, 2017 (Australia)
Running time 116 minutes
Country Australia
Language English
Plot :
Clare (Teresa Palmer), a young Australian tourist, is backpacking around Germany, taking photographs of architecture and exploring shops. In Berlin, she meets a local man named Andi (Max Riemelt) and has a one-night stand
with him. The next morning, however, she finds that he has locked her
in his apartment. She believes him when he says he accidentally forgot
to leave her a key, and she stays with him another night. Soon, however,
Clare realizes Andi has no intention of ever letting her go, and that
he has written the word meine (mine) on her shoulder and stolen her SIM card from her phone. She tries to escape by smashing the windows but discovers they are double paned. To her amazement, when Andi comes home, he acts like nothing is wrong, offering her flowers and pesto. She screams and attacks him but he physically restrains her, then keeps her tied up.
Andi lives what appears to be a normal life: he teaches English and physical education at a sports school,
and has a close relationship with his father, a professor. While Clare
is locked up inside his apartment, he has a casual dinner with his
father and mentions that he's dating a new young woman, an Australian
named Clare. His father asks what happened to Natalie, and Andi tells
him that she went back to Canada. His father mentions Andi's mother, and
Andi speaks bitterly about how she defected to the west before the Wall
came down. That night when Andi lets Clare shower, she is horrified to
find long blond hair clumped in the drain, and realizes she is likely
not the first woman he has kept there. Meanwhile, Andi pretends like
things are normal, cheerfully telling Clare, "I told my father about us"
and "I texted your mother for you." Clare manages to find a
screwdriver, which she uses to attack Andi and flee the apartment, but
he catches up with her and brings her back after breaking her hand.
One night, one of Andi's students, a teenaged gymnast named Franka
(whom he is attracted to), shows up at his door. Franka sees a flash of
Clare wet in a towel, and Andi tells her it's his girlfriend, and then
puts Franka down so she leaves. Meanwhile, Andi continues with his
bizarre behavior, taking Polaroids of Clare in disturbing positions and cutting pieces off her hair.
Time passes as Andi keeps Clare locked up in his home as his
prisoner. When he finds out his father has died in his sleep, Andi
remains in his father's house for a few days, wandering around
depressed, while Clare is left to her own devices, with the power in the
apartment off. Unable to escape, she takes polaroids of herself and
eats what is left of the food until Andi finally returns a week later.
He tells her his father has died, and she appears relieved as she
thought he was not going to come back.
As the holidays approach, Clare's attitude seemingly changes and her
mood brightens. She learns the accordion, bakes, cleans, and sleeps with
Andi willingly. For Christmas, Andi gives her a dog. Just after
Christmas, Andi takes her out into the forest, planning to kill her with
an axe. Before he does, a child cries out running toward them saying
his brother has hurt his leg. She whispers to the boy to go to the
police, but he does not understand English and is afraid of her. After
the boy's mother appears, Andi takes Clare home. Clare eventually breaks
into a locked room within the apartment and finds a photo book filled
with Polaroids of what looks to be the blonde Natalie, who was
presumably kidnapped and murdered before her.
A man with a flashlight sees Clare in one of the unboarded windows
and attempts to rescue her as she cries for help. Andi comes home just
then and viciously kills the man. He then forces Clare to help wrap the
body in plastic, telling her it's her fault he killed him. He takes the
body outside and burns it. More time passes, as Clare is held prisoner.
Andi sees a column in the newspaper about the missing Clare, and decides
to kill her. He tells her to pack her things into a backpack under the
pretence that he is having the flat fumigated, then leaves for the final
time, turning the power and water off as he goes.
At work, Andi hands out his students' workbooks, giving Franka hers.
She opens it, revealing a Polaroid that Clare had hidden for her to
find, of Clare bound. She gasps and excuses herself. As Franka leaves
the classroom, the Polaroid falls to the floor and is discovered and
passed around by the other students. Andi quickly realises that he has
been exposed and leaves in a panic, speeding back to his house. Franka
has ridden her bike to the apartment and found Clare, but they have not
had time to leave when Andi arrives. They hide, and Clare is finally
able to trap Andi in the part of the house where he had kept her,
locking him in there. Clare is seen later riding in a cab, putting back
on a necklace her mother had given her, and that Andi had stolen. She
cries happily as she lets her face feel the fresh air from the car
window, finally free.
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