Stroszek (1977)

Eva Mattes: Eva

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• Der Bruno Stroszek : We're in America now. I thought that in America everything would get better and that we would finally reach our goal. But no. Bruno is being chopped off as if he'd never existed. You wouldn't recognize me any more.

  Eva : Bruno, nobody kicks you here.

  Der Bruno Stroszek : No, not in that way. Not visibly. But they do it mentally.

• Eva : Well, taking a boat to New York and Florida... Isn't there a park there? What's it called? Where the bears run around free?

  Der Bruno Stroszek : That's the Grizzlies.

• Eva : Where have you been, Bruno?

  Der Bruno Stroszek : I was on holiday.

• Eva : If you want something, you're never too old.

• Der Bruno Stroszek : I imagined that things would be different in America. I thought I'd get rich quick through my work.

  Eva : Stop it, Bruno. I'm really fed up with this subject. As I've said before, everyone can make money in America. It's no problem at all. I'll manage, you'll see.

• Eva : Well, what have you got in mind?

  Trucker Pimp : Oh, I thought maybe we could go out and have a drink and dance a little bit and have some fun and then come back down to the tractor and talk on the CB radio and listen to some music and whatever.

• Der Bruno Stroszek : Who knows what fate has in store for you?

  Eva : What? I didn't understand that.

  Der Bruno Stroszek : Yes, that's right. Who knows what fate has in store fo you?

• Der Bruno Stroszek : When people are despised - I mean when they're grown-up and they long for love and they're banished from the bedroom. He's not supposed to sleep with you any more.

  Eva : Yes, but look...

  Der Bruno Stroszek : He has to sleep in a separate room - like somebody in a cage.

  Eva : Bruno, listen to me. Look, I need to be alone once in a while.