THE SIGNAL
Paula?
Paula!
{an8}Paula, please forgive me!
{an8}Paula.
{an8}I'm not the bad guy in this game.
{an8}I'm just a pawn.
{an8}It's over, Hadi.
{an8}I won't let anyone scare me ever again. No one.
{an8}Forgive me! I didn't want this.
{an8}You know me! That's not who I am!
{an8}They had my kids.
Thank you for your cooperation.
- Are we free to go? - Of course.
Why all of a sudden?
You were in possession of state secrets.
Now you're not.
What if we call the press?
Go ahead.
Oh! Now that it's over.
Sven.
Rainer.
Bye.
Come on. Let's go home.
Following reports
that a suspected extraterrestrial object was shot down this morning,
people all over the world have gathered for impromptu protests.
Come on.
Eat something.
"What I'm about to tell you has to stay secret."
"You can't write it down here."
DEPARTURE
According to official reports, despite repeated searches,
no traces have been found at the point of detonation.
Experts therefore believe
that the unidentified flying object was not missed,
but rather that no object approached Earth last night.
- Other measurements confirm... - There was nothing there.
Although the military is tight-lipped,
it seems clear that...
- What? - There was nothing there.
They shot at nothing.
...at another point in time. There is still no...
What does that mean now?
That means some people will be in a very bad mood.
Why?
Charlie, show me your arm, please.
Mom said it's a secret.
But not from me! From other people.
She said it's better if I don't understand it.
- Then I can't tell anyone. - I think they're GPS coordinates.
- What's that? - It's like an address.
Hey, I think Mom fooled them.
Look. This is a date and a time.
- Where? - Well...
Wait. It's in one and a half days.
Thirty-seven hours.
Who is that?
As I said, some people will be mad now.
Sven! Thank God you're back.
We were so worried. This is all so crazy.
They're coming back.
Who's coming back?
They realized they had the wrong coordinates.
They'll shoot it down. This time for real.
- Shit. We don't have a car. - Okay. Quickly. Through the field.
- Charlie. - Through the field!
Kathrin, we need your car!
Come on!
Hey. Okay?
I can't.
Charlie! Think of Mom's message.
All right? This is our chance. Okay?
Heads up! Back there!
- Here you go. - Thank you.
- Come on. - Thank you, Kathrin.
Drive through the woods. Be careful. Bye.
Where are we going?
No clue. Away from the line of fire.
We have to figure out where that is.
Should we google it?
Mom always told you that you'd need a new phone someday.
- It's off anyway. - That's probably better that way.
You're old-fashioned.
Paranoid.
What does "paranoid" mean?
That you're scared of being followed. You always think someone is after you.
What an asshole.
- Dad, isn't he very close to us? - Yes, Charlie, he's way too close.
Hey! Are you crazy?
- Dad! - Hold on!
Charlie.
Charlie!
Charlie.
Okay.
Charlie.
That's my mother.
You should never forget where you come from.
I'm like a...
- Schnecke. - Schnecke.
I always have to take my house with me.
Hey, Dad.
Why did she choose Mom?
You can ask her yourself.
You know, she doesn't have children.
For me, your mom was very...
peculiar?
Special.
Special, yes.
My mom promised me that I might be able to hear again.
That she would defeat death.
And in a way...
she has.
Something is on its way to us, Charlie.
That is a gift.
Tell me...
what did your mom want?
To save it.
How can I help?
Your decision.
It's 3:00 p.m.
- What day? - Friday, 8th September.
It's in 14 hours.
Where exactly are we flying to?
It's way down south.
In the middle of nowhere. Driving would take ages.
How long?
Google it.
It's switched off.
I'm so forgetful.
If Hadi is the pawn,
who is the queen?
Five missed calls.
From whom?
Don't know the number.
1 MESSAGE RECEIVED
MUDHI RED HAND
GREGOR T. FEDERAL POLICE: MUDHI RED HAND
Charlie...
I think I can see the sea.
Really?
Come sit with me.
What's going on?
We've almost used up my phone battery.
You're getting a new one. Resistance is futile.
I'm low-tech.
You don't say.
You know I don't want to be a data junkie. I'm old-fashioned.
Paranoid?
No, it's impossible. I...
Come here. Come to me.
Fuck you.
Sven? Something crazy happened.
What do you... What happened?
Paula?
Nothing. I just wanted to tell you that I listened to you.
- About what? - Fox and Hare.
- I'm going to win next time. - Huh?
I learned from the best, from you.
She listened to me.
What?
How can the hare win?
In our game, what did I teach you?
What's the hare's only chance?
To always stay one step ahead of the fox.
Right.
{an8}FLIGHT 7606 OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC
I'm supposed to give you this at seven o'clock.
No.
Leave her alone.
Show me your arm, dear.
But enough fun and games.
Where?
Where what?
Where are the correct coordinates?
- I don't know. - Where?
Where?
I don't know! I really don't know!
Dad!
Hey! What are you doing?
It was all for nothing. I have to get to the cockpit.
Hey! Wait!
Paula!
Let me through.
- You can't go in there! - I said let me through!
Again.
Where?
I don't know!
I'm such an idiot!
It was obvious all along.
There are no other coordinates.
And do you know why?
Nothing is coming.
Think about it. Who received the signal? My wife.
Who did the calculations and provided the numbers? My wife.
The woman who could prove mathematically the Sun revolves around the Earth.
The woman
who was terrified of her own hallucinations.
And you killed the only other person who could attest to it.
Along with 176 completely innocent people.
For nothing. No noble cause. Nothing at all.
You think Mom was crazy?
Always a step ahead of the fox.
Don't worry.
You're not the first person in world history
to fall for their own megalomania.
Man.
Thank you for trusting me.
Nora.
Please...
Nora... Please!
Nora.
Nora, no!
Please.
Sven.
Listen to me.
You have to listen to me very carefully.
And above all, you have to listen to Carlotta.
You can't do it alone.
You need each other. I need you both.
Remember when I said
some things are bigger than us?
I'm sorry.
I love you.
Stay down.
Until you can't hear us anymore.
Are you okay?
Oh, that was close.
Did we beat the fox?
Mom wasn't crazy.
Or she was just crazy enough.
Is there really nothing coming?
Yes, there is.
I just didn't understand. I didn't listen well enough.
It was all there.
She said we had to put our pieces together.
But we only have one piece.
You have the right place.
But I...
have the right time.
One more thing.
It's our ten-year anniversary on St. Nicholas Day,
and you can't duck out this time.
Okay? I want us to do something big.
Go away with Flitzi or something.
We didn't meet on St. Nicholas Day.
Our anniversary is in the summer.
But what's on St. Nicholas Day then?
I have bars.
{an8}THREE MONTHS LATER
After a long global search,
she was captured in a hideout in rural Andhra Pradesh.
They got her.
The philanthropist billionaire is accused of the bombing of Flight 7606,
in which 178 people died, including two German astronauts.
The scientists had received a grant from her to work on the ISS.
Her arrest was made possible thanks to the help of a former employee,
who has admitted her own complicity in the bombing.
She explicitly renounced a plea bargain in exchange for cooperation, as...
That's enough.
Let's have breakfast. We have a long trip ahead of us.
That way.
Why?
Why Mom of all people?
I think...
someone just had to listen.
And Mom wanted to listen.
- Want some tea? - Yes.
Yes.
Dad.
It's the Voyager!
It's the real Voyager, Dad!
Hello, everyone.
Greetings to everyone.
Peace.
Greetings from Earth's inhabitants.
By now, teams of international experts have confirmed
that the incredible find in the Waidu Desert
is indeed the Voyager 1 probe.
It was sent into space by humankind in the '70s,
carrying the golden record.
The space agencies currently believe
that someone sent the probe back to us.
Hello.
For a brief moment today, the world stood still. Yes.
We now know that someone is out there, but we don't have to be afraid.
This someone means well for us.
This event reminds us
that a long time ago, we wanted to be something.
That we had a common message.
At this moment, we feel a profound sorrow
because we haven't lived up to that message.
We never came together, never became one.
Let there be peace everywhere.
Greetings.
How's everyone?
We wish you peace, health, and happiness.
I
love
you.
The message that we received today
did not come from a foreign planet or another civilization.
It came from us.
We know what we have to do.
Greetings.
Something has to change.
We bear you goodwill, and we bring peace through the stars.
Subtitle translation by: Laura Hatry