Run If You Can
2010 · 112 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 867 VOTES · DIR. Dietrich Brüggemann
Overview
An independent tragicomedy, Run If You Can is the debut feature for director Brüggemann who, along with his sister, also wrote the compelling screenplay. Forced to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair, Ben is deeply desperate, despite his humor and vivaciousness. When he meets Christian, his new assistant, Ben treats him like every other helper he’s had. Things suddenly change when Christian meets Annika, “the cello player” whom Ben has been observing from his window for years. The three become close friends, putting Annika in the middle of an emotional, and somehow dangerous, ménage à trois. While conquering Annika is nothing very serious for career-focused Christian, Ben’s love for Annika reminds him of his past and forces him to face his most remote fears. A character-driven story, Run If You Can owes much of its power to the actors’ performances, especially Robert Gwisdek’s outstanding interpretation of Ben.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,085 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:21 Nurse Michaela?
00:07:53 Shit.
00:13:18 Therese. - Green eyes, red hair, muscular atrophy?
00:17:38 Wicked!
00:21:28 Annika Hülshoff will now play a Debussy chaconne
00:25:36 You're nuts! - Can you leave us alone, dear?
00:28:51 Oh! It's going to break. - No, it can hold at least three people.
00:32:34 I have to go to bed.
00:36:24 You work for me and you have tasks you need to carry out...
00:41:01 and moved to Düsseldorf.
00:43:25 She was handcuffed, I was in her arms.
00:46:28 Come on guys, pull yourselves together.
00:51:31 No they don't. - They do.
00:54:32 So
01:00:31 Yes.
01:03:52 We have to respect that. - Would you please stop speaking for me?
01:09:05 I had an assistant once who then studied special needs education.
01:12:23 I'll get you one. - That's okay.
01:17:34 I want to stay on the floor.
01:28:13 We can do a lot more tomorrow.
01:31:45 hold hands with each other. - That's nonsense.
01:38:43 Come on.
01:45:12 Let's get down to business.
01:49:49 BABELFISCH TRANSLATIONS Annie Grossjohann