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What if you're in the middle
of trying to understand your world?

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But suddenly, that world changes you,

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its language, its rules, its geography,

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its smell, its taste, the temperature,

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the light, its sound,

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your family.

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Who are you afterwards?

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"Mayor Scholz wishes to naturalise
137,000 migrants."

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"If asked where your home is,
you would probably say Hamburg.

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You have lived here many years
and have, as they say, 'right of residence'.

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Let me put it like this:

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Now that you've been a resident
in Hamburg for so long,

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all you need is a simple application form
to obtain German citizenship.

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I would like to encourage you
to seize this opportunity."

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The purpose of this letter is to say:

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we want to grant you citizenship.

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This gesture is very important for many people.

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It is to me in any event.

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LAND OF MY CHILDREN

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Mr Aguirre?
- Yes.

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Hello. Please come in.
- Thanks.

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Please take a seat.

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So, hello.
- Hi.

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Is this your first time with us?
- Yes, it is.

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I received a letter from Olaf Scholz.

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May I see it?

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Here we are.

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And now you're interested in becoming German.

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Yes, basically I wanted to find out
exactly what I need for that.

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You're rather lucky, you come from Ecuador.

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You don't need to give up your nationality.

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German law usually states that...

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you have to give up your previous nationality
if you want to become German.

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But because this is not your case,
you can have dual nationality.

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So this is the application form.

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To give you a rough idea,
this is the most important form.

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You fill in your details here,
then your wife's details.

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Joint naturalisation: "No".
Your wife is German?

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Yes?
- Right.

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You can leave out this bit about children.

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Then we need information about your parents.

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Who is your father, who is your mother?

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That way we know where
your Ecuadorian nationality comes from.

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Both your parents are from Ecuador?
- Yes. - Great.

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My mother died three years ago.

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Is that...?
- OK.

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That makes no difference?
- Right.

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All we need to know is where she was born
and what her nationality was.

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Here is a CV as a form,

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or you can use your own CV
if you happen to have one.

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This is a leaflet about our constitution.

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What is in our constitution?

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And then I'd like to walk you through

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what else we'll need
from your own documents at home.

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15 years in Germany,

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four expired passports,

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ten different visas,
and my strong accent,

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I've accepted them as part of my baggage.

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It's been clear for 15 years,

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I'm a foreigner.

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In Ecuador I never really thought
about the future.

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While my father cooked,

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my mother did everything
to make sure her son becomes an artist.

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For my first video,
she made the background noises.

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But only a small circle of people
were interested in my art.

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That was when I met someone

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who did not speak my language,

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but who understood my search.

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I met Stephie in a café.

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She came to Ecuador as an exchange student.

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She had problems with her host family

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and I asked my parents to let her live with us.

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She moved in with us
and from now on I had to sleep at my grandma's.

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She returned to Germany after a year.

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And I had no reason to stay.

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I waited four months for a call from the embassy.

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And Stephie waited for mine.

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One morning my cousin knocked
on the bathroom door and said:

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"Darío, the embassy is on the phone."

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HAMBURG, MY PORT.
GERMANY, MY HOME.

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It's over for me now,

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I don't have to go with you

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to the appointments at the immigration office

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or present documents about my job.

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But I don't feel euphoric or anything.

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Perhaps a bit relieved?

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No, because it doesn't seem real to me.

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What isn't real to you?

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It's weird that from one day to the next
you can say:

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"I'm German
and now everything will be easier."

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It doesn't sound logical.

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Would you say that you feel German?

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Maybe in terms of nationality, but...

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But I don't know what it means to be German.

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What makes me German?

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It's...

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If you were given Ecuadorian nationality,

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would you also notice
that you're not Ecuadorian either?

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Or do you feel more Ecuadorian than German?

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No, not Ecuadorian either.

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No.

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Compared to the people there,
I realise that I'm German.

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The simple fact that they often think...

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I'm in a bad mood...

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like when I say...

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When I suddenly say no to something.

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Or if I react in a surly manner.

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They are offended when I say "no, thank you".

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It's not an option to say no there.

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Here you can be honest about what you think,
but not over there.

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Then I realise that I'm from here.

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When I don't like something, I'll say it.

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There, that's not the done thing.

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So somehow I'm German.

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But it has more to do with my character
than my passport.

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When they ask you in future...

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what nationality you are, what will you say?

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I don't know.

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Off the top of my head, Ecuadorian.

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"Bicycle must be removed!

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This is a drying area for laundry
and not for parking bicycles.

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The wind will blow large pieces of laundry
against the bike.

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Why do the laundry at all?"

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"Tagliatelle with salmon strips...
Poached trout, 5 euros. Enjoy your meal!"

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I'm a foreigner
and I don't speak much German.

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I'm a foreigner
and I don't speak much German.

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Slowly, slowly,
please speak slowly.

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I'm a foreigner
and I don't speak much German.

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Mariuxi is also from Ecuador.

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We met when we were studying.

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She's already a German.

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Many years ago I asked her in a shortfilm

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what integration means to her.

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Integration...

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is...

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adaptation.

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For example...

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I've been in Germany for...
I've been here for about seven years.

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And...

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I simply had to adjust to this foreign country...

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in order to understand the culture
and the people,

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the way they all behave.

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It has to come from me.

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I think that's integration.

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Formation!

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Halt!

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Left face!

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Present arms!

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At ease!

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For the first time
since I've been living in Germany,

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an Ecuadorian president
has come for a visit to Berlin: Rafael Correa.

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The Ecuadorian consulate has organised a bus trip.

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Thank you very much.

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Is this for me?

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I've opened yours already.

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Are you going to wear it?
- I have to.

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But I'll take it off when I'm taking photos.

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Why do you have to wear it?

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They said I can't get on the bus otherwise.

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Silly stuff.

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I'll just be part of this soap opera.

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What does it say, anyway?

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"Ecuadorians in Hamburg."

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ECUADORIANS IN HAMBURG

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Like that?

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I have pancito here.
- Want to try?

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What is that?
- A sweet bread.

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Next up we'll watch a short film

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by the Ministry for Migration,
which I'm sure you'll be interested in.

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And now for the bad news.

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The theatre management has told us

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we're not allowed
to put up posters or banners.

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To avoid any further trouble,
I'd be grateful if you could take them down.

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I'm sorry. They just told me.

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Let's collaborate, please.

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Finally, we are in Germany.

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I have wanted to visit
this historic country for a long time,

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this powerful and influential country.

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As far as migration is concerned,

00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:31.080
now is a good time to return.

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I can't promise you

00:19:33.360 --> 00:19:37.840
that all problems have been solved,
and that everything will be easy,

00:19:38.080 --> 00:19:41.080
but there are a lot of new possibilities.

00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:44.000
To everyone who wants to return,

00:19:44.320 --> 00:19:45.960
I say welcome home!

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To everyone who wants to stay

00:19:49.040 --> 00:19:50.800
in countries like Germany,

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I say you can always
count on the support of the president,

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on the support of your government,

00:19:57.880 --> 00:20:01.160
on the support of "The Citizens' Revolution".
Long live Ecuador!

00:20:05.800 --> 00:20:13.240
Far away from your eyes

00:20:13.640 --> 00:20:17.160
I'm sad like a child.

00:20:17.400 --> 00:20:20.080
Sleeping and dreaming

00:20:20.320 --> 00:20:25.200
in your gentle hands.

00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:29.880
My heart, full of pain

00:20:30.120 --> 00:20:34.480
stops loving you.

00:20:42.120 --> 00:20:43.800
I've never been a good patriot.

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In Ecuador, in a ceremony,
I had to kneel before the flag,

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say "yes, I swear" loudly, and kiss the flag.

00:21:02.280 --> 00:21:05.760
This didn't bring me
any closer to my home country.

00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:28.680
The kitchen looks big.

00:21:30.360 --> 00:21:32.840
There, right? I look huge.

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You look huge?
You have the tallest chair.

00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:38.280
Is that why?

00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:51.000
Maybe the last...

00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:54.880
Maybe.

00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:58.080
Maybe the last...

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:01.280
red tape.

00:22:02.320 --> 00:22:05.680
Current employment.

00:22:07.320 --> 00:22:09.280
Proof of income.

00:22:10.800 --> 00:22:12.640
And that of your spouse.

00:22:13.800 --> 00:22:17.880
Work contract, certificate of employment,
current salary statement.

00:22:19.120 --> 00:22:22.360
I think she said the work contract is important.

00:22:23.360 --> 00:22:27.480
I always feel weird
about giving them the contract.

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:34.560
They want to know
your mother and father's names,

00:22:34.840 --> 00:22:38.040
but also those of your partner's parents.

00:22:39.320 --> 00:22:41.880
They want to know my parents' names.

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:45.440
Well, if they want to know my parents' names...

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:48.880
All right, but why do they want my parents' names?

00:22:55.040 --> 00:22:57.960
They even ask when they were married.

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:06.040
So I'm forced to give my parents' names.

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:09.640
Now I'll definitely have to ask them.

00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:12.880
"Darío needs to include...

00:23:15.280 --> 00:23:16.680
your names in..."

00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:20.760
And the date when they married.
- When they married.

00:23:22.120 --> 00:23:25.640
I've no idea why they need this information.

00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:30.000
I'm not actually sure when they were married.

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:37.640
You talk to my parents.

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Damn it...

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:16.360
When I arrived in Germany
I stayed at Stephie's parents' place.

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:18.760
I was 20,

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:20.280
she was 17.

00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:27.440
Welcome.

00:24:37.840 --> 00:24:42.880
Despite my expensive German course in Ecuador
with a Bulgarian teacher, I realised

00:24:43.120 --> 00:24:45.000
that I had a problem.

00:24:49.520 --> 00:24:51.480
All the best in Germany.

00:24:52.080 --> 00:24:53.680
Ready to go?

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:24.400
My first flight, my first time abroad.

00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:28.280
A dream that had become true.

00:25:29.160 --> 00:25:31.040
Let me take your rucksack.

00:25:32.280 --> 00:25:33.680
Take off your shoes.

00:25:35.280 --> 00:25:37.360
Take them off, we have slippers.

00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:38.880
Slippers.

00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:43.400
I wanted to reply,
"Yes, my shoes are from Ecuador."

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:48.880
Take off your shoes.

00:25:57.120 --> 00:26:00.640
I was in Zittau, Germany,
on the Czech-Polish border.

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:27.680
Can I fetch something?
- Of course.

00:26:33.120 --> 00:26:34.680
Do you remember?

00:26:35.120 --> 00:26:37.400
LOVE SPEAKS "GERMAÑOL"

00:26:38.080 --> 00:26:39.880
You two didn't tell me.

00:26:41.040 --> 00:26:43.280
A work colleague said to me:

00:26:44.520 --> 00:26:48.880
"This is your daughter in the newspaper."
I thought I was hearing things.

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:53.080
"They don't know yet what they will do
or where they will live.

00:26:53.280 --> 00:26:55.840
Darío wants five children and a dog.

00:26:56.080 --> 00:27:00.080
His girlfriend gives him a withering look
for making this joke...

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:02.680
while suppressing a laugh."

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:06.960
As a parent, you have a fit
when you read this sort of thing.

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:09.640
Five children and a dog!

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:18.480
Sure, there's more in this article.

00:27:18.760 --> 00:27:20.200
The fears...

00:27:22.080 --> 00:27:23.840
that were there.

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:27.280
Foreigners in Germany.

00:27:27.760 --> 00:27:28.880
Well...

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:57.560
I thought that I'd arrived
in the land of freedom,

00:27:57.840 --> 00:28:00.760
but Stephie and I had to sleep
in separate rooms.

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:04.240
I had to learn lots of rules:

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:07.080
shut the window when the heating is on.

00:28:07.360 --> 00:28:09.840
Open the window after you get up.

00:28:10.080 --> 00:28:13.680
Lock the front door in the evening
because of burglars.

00:28:14.320 --> 00:28:17.040
Turn down the music after 10 pm.

00:28:17.840 --> 00:28:20.840
Separate the rubbish.
And mop the stairwell every week.

00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:25.160
But something always went wrong.

00:28:47.560 --> 00:28:50.640
You can't see it properly
in any of these photos.

00:28:51.120 --> 00:28:53.960
You used to have a black plait.

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:57.680
Right.
- Yes.

00:28:58.760 --> 00:29:02.480
You can't see it properly
in any of these photos.

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:09.640
Your skin was darker.

00:29:10.040 --> 00:29:12.680
You've become a pale European!

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:14.080
Seriously?
- Yes.

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:22.800
What was it like living with someone
you can't communicate with?

00:29:23.040 --> 00:29:24.280
Tough.

00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:26.760
It certainly wasn't easy.

00:29:30.080 --> 00:29:34.480
Of course you want to do it right,
whatever that means, but...

00:29:35.360 --> 00:29:39.680
you probably didn't feel confident

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:43.480
about getting the message across.

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:46.480
Well, we tried our best.

00:29:47.840 --> 00:29:49.080
But it is difficult.

00:29:49.280 --> 00:29:53.360
It's nicer
when you can make yourself understood.

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:55.640
No doubt about it.

00:29:56.440 --> 00:30:00.680
How come you have these photos
if it was such a tough year?

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:02.880
You still kept them.

00:30:04.040 --> 00:30:07.080
Well... Why not? They're memories.

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:10.040
They don't stop being memories.

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.480
Of course...

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:14.280
Why should I get rid of them, Darío?

00:30:15.080 --> 00:30:21.080
Of course it was tough.
It wasn't easy for us. That's true. But...

00:30:27.040 --> 00:30:30.080
There was no reason to get rid of them.

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:19.240
To do a degree, I had to pass German A levels

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:23.240
and I ended up at the technical college in Zittau.

00:31:24.040 --> 00:31:26.400
But really I still wanted to become an artist.

00:31:31.120 --> 00:31:34.800
Stephie's parents guaranteed
my lodging at the time.

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:39.760
Without their signature,
I wouldn't have got a visa.

00:32:12.800 --> 00:32:15.080
Can you remember

00:32:15.320 --> 00:32:19.160
what things about me seemed strange to you?

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:23.960
For me, what was alien

00:32:25.840 --> 00:32:29.880
about you was the fact you were an artist.

00:32:30.320 --> 00:32:33.640
Because I wondered how this man

00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:36.440
would make a living

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:38.440
from what he did.

00:32:38.840 --> 00:32:41.000
That was alien to me.

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:46.880
What has really stuck with me, what really...

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:52.240
shocked me in a negative way
about what you did,

00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:53.760
really shocked,

00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:57.280
was your performance in Jolesch.

00:32:58.680 --> 00:33:01.040
You appeared on stage with the bath tub.

00:33:01.520 --> 00:33:03.360
That wasn't the problem.

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:06.680
I thought, OK, it's the design.

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:14.000
I'm probably one of those people who...
Art is...

00:33:15.280 --> 00:33:18.640
I don't have to understand everything
I hear and see,

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:24.080
but I tend to be
more of a technically-minded, logical person.

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:28.480
And you did a scene in this performance

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:33.040
that is so etched in my memory,
but in a negative way.

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:38.200
Stephie was sitting in the background,
silhouetted,

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:39.680
at a typewriter.

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:42.280
And you painted over her.

00:33:43.040 --> 00:33:44.880
You simply painted over her.

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:47.280
You just removed her.

00:33:48.040 --> 00:33:52.560
As if you wanted to push her away
while she was working hard.

00:33:52.840 --> 00:33:54.800
That was how I understood it.

00:33:57.120 --> 00:34:00.400
I have to admit...
It still bothers me today.

00:34:01.080 --> 00:34:03.440
We didn't interact enough.

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:05.480
We just didn't talk enough.

00:34:06.080 --> 00:34:07.480
Each of us felt...

00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:11.360
sort of alienated...

00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:18.280
You felt alienated by us
and we probably did by you, too.

00:34:19.120 --> 00:34:21.640
It was extremely difficult.

00:34:22.040 --> 00:34:23.880
Yes, it was extremely difficult.

00:34:53.640 --> 00:34:57.080
I gradually gave up hope of finishing my A levels.

00:34:57.760 --> 00:35:00.480
Art would be my salvation

00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:04.080
because at art schools
there are exceptions to this rule.

00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:17.800
This is the letter that I received.

00:35:18.040 --> 00:35:22.880
Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg.
First Mayor.

00:36:32.160 --> 00:36:34.880
So he wants you to become German?

00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:53.480
What is an Easter tradition in Germany?

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:57.880
If you want to give your child a dog,

00:36:58.400 --> 00:37:00.480
what are your obligations?

00:37:02.240 --> 00:37:05.640
What did Willy Brandt wish to express in 1970

00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:09.880
by falling to his knees
at the former Jewish ghetto in Warsaw?

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:15.080
Who wrote the words
to the German national anthem?

00:37:18.840 --> 00:37:22.440
In Germany, bringing up children
is mainly the duty of...?

00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:50.800
Crazy.

00:37:52.160 --> 00:37:54.480
I have to try it out.

00:37:55.560 --> 00:37:57.040
You see, I need one.

00:37:59.480 --> 00:38:01.360
It's not very comfortable.

00:38:01.640 --> 00:38:03.240
OK, let's go.

00:38:09.640 --> 00:38:11.840
ELECTORAL DISTRICT

00:38:14.240 --> 00:38:15.880
This is for the referendum

00:38:16.120 --> 00:38:18.280
and this is for the Bundestag.
- OK.

00:38:18.560 --> 00:38:20.560
Please hand this one back in.
- All right.

00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:24.000
OK?
- Great. Thank you.

00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:30.480
Hello.
- Hi.

00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:32.440
And the paper, thanks.

00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:34.880
Number two.

00:38:35.120 --> 00:38:36.200
How sweet.

00:38:37.160 --> 00:38:38.240
Number two?

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:39.880
That's your number.

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:42.040
And what does it mean?

00:38:42.240 --> 00:38:45.960
That you are number two
on our list of those entitled to vote.

00:38:46.160 --> 00:38:49.160
It's not important. It's a coincidence.

00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:53.040
You're number two
among more than a thousand people.

00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:59.000
What was your name again?
Guevara Rosillo?

00:38:59.200 --> 00:39:01.360
Yes.
- You should know better than me.

00:39:02.280 --> 00:39:04.680
Separately or...?
- As you wish.

00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:08.080
One after the other or at the same time.
- Great. Thank you.

00:39:08.320 --> 00:39:10.480
Have a nice Sunday.
- Bye. You too.

00:39:12.720 --> 00:39:13.800
Done.

00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:21.160
Does the fact you have a German passport

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:24.360
help you to feel more integrated?

00:39:25.360 --> 00:39:27.080
Or how does it help you?

00:39:27.280 --> 00:39:30.400
Why was it so important for you?

00:39:30.680 --> 00:39:33.480
The fact I have a German passport,

00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:37.280
what it means for me...

00:39:38.080 --> 00:39:40.280
For me, the important thing was...

00:39:40.720 --> 00:39:46.880
Firstly, not to have that constant fear
of going to the immigration office

00:39:47.160 --> 00:39:53.000
and that my future was in the hands
of those behind the desk.

00:39:55.720 --> 00:39:59.680
Of course there is that feeling

00:40:00.080 --> 00:40:03.000
that you're from another planet.

00:40:03.960 --> 00:40:06.280
That you're a stranger.

00:40:06.560 --> 00:40:11.240
The way you dress, how you think...

00:40:17.320 --> 00:40:19.080
how you talk.

00:40:22.720 --> 00:40:27.000
I went to Ecuador again for the first time
after six years.

00:40:27.280 --> 00:40:28.280
And...

00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:32.840
it was quite tough because I no longer had...

00:40:33.120 --> 00:40:35.680
To begin with, I didn't have any accent before.

00:40:35.920 --> 00:40:41.240
Now I had a totally hybrid accent,
a mixture of Colombian, Argentine, Spanish.

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:45.560
When I went back to Ecuador
most people thought it strange

00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:48.480
that I was from Guayaquil.

00:40:50.360 --> 00:40:53.080
It was also strange when they asked:

00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:57.840
"Hey, where are you from?"
I was like: "From here, where else?"

00:41:02.960 --> 00:41:07.640
And before you left the country,
had you addressed that?

00:41:09.040 --> 00:41:11.240
Was it already an issue for you?

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:13.480
Of course not.

00:41:13.800 --> 00:41:15.200
No.

00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:18.880
Had I thought about being a stranger?

00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:21.560
Is that what you're asking me?

00:41:21.840 --> 00:41:24.240
Yes, yes. Of course.

00:41:24.840 --> 00:41:27.400
You'll always be a bit of a stranger.

00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:31.240
In the end, everyone has their personality.

00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:24.760
Although I seldom visit Ecuador,

00:43:25.080 --> 00:43:28.360
my fondest memories are linked to this country.

00:43:30.120 --> 00:43:34.480
Since my mother's death,
my closest tie here is to my father.

00:43:42.280 --> 00:43:45.080
My last film brought us together again.

00:43:45.800 --> 00:43:47.800
Together we tried

00:43:48.040 --> 00:43:49.880
to rescue his grill restaurant.

00:43:50.280 --> 00:43:51.880
What's that?
- For table one.

00:43:52.120 --> 00:43:53.800
Both of them.

00:43:54.280 --> 00:43:56.440
Hurry up, she's already annoyed.

00:44:05.960 --> 00:44:10.000
When Darío Aguirre received
an unexpected call from his father

00:44:10.200 --> 00:44:13.240
to help him save the family business,

00:44:13.480 --> 00:44:16.760
he had been living in Germany
for several years.

00:44:17.000 --> 00:44:22.400
This was the beginning of a great adventure
that was fortunately recorded

00:44:22.680 --> 00:44:25.680
and later turned into a documentary.

00:44:26.400 --> 00:44:30.680
And when he made possibly
the most important film of his career,

00:44:30.960 --> 00:44:34.880
he couldn't have imagined
that besides awards and recognition,

00:44:35.120 --> 00:44:39.000
it would open him the way to his father's heart.

00:45:06.080 --> 00:45:10.480
Remember when I said
I was going to Germany?

00:45:12.960 --> 00:45:14.080
Yes.
- Do you?

00:45:14.320 --> 00:45:15.400
Sure.

00:45:16.760 --> 00:45:17.840
That was

00:45:18.680 --> 00:45:20.480
when we were in

00:45:22.120 --> 00:45:24.560
the other house.

00:45:25.880 --> 00:45:27.080
It was there.

00:45:27.880 --> 00:45:29.680
Sure, it was there.

00:45:31.960 --> 00:45:37.080
A friend of yours had lent you the money to go.

00:45:38.680 --> 00:45:41.080
But I don't remember what year it was.

00:45:42.160 --> 00:45:44.240
And I remember that you didn't...

00:45:45.280 --> 00:45:49.800
even want us to go with you to the airport.

00:45:50.200 --> 00:45:52.080
You just left like that.

00:45:52.680 --> 00:45:54.560
We said goodbye here.

00:45:55.480 --> 00:45:58.880
But what did you think about me

00:46:00.200 --> 00:46:02.360
being so far away?

00:46:05.040 --> 00:46:07.680
I imagined that you were always OK

00:46:07.920 --> 00:46:12.400
because I never heard you complain
or say that you were in a bad way.

00:46:12.680 --> 00:46:13.960
No.

00:46:17.080 --> 00:46:20.480
I always thought you were fine.

00:46:21.040 --> 00:46:22.400
So I never...

00:46:22.680 --> 00:46:27.560
You suffered for all sorts of things,
but bottled it up:

00:46:28.000 --> 00:46:32.280
the change of climate, the language, all of that.

00:46:38.280 --> 00:46:40.280
You lose that.

00:46:44.160 --> 00:46:45.280
But,

00:46:45.960 --> 00:46:47.840
the dream came true.

00:46:48.480 --> 00:46:51.560
Your dream was to leave, wasn't it?

00:46:52.120 --> 00:46:53.280
It came true.

00:46:58.880 --> 00:47:00.680
Hello, good afternoon.

00:47:00.920 --> 00:47:03.960
Merycita, I'm here with Darío.

00:47:11.280 --> 00:47:14.280
The way things had gone for me
over the years in Germany

00:47:14.560 --> 00:47:16.200
remained my secret.

00:47:16.720 --> 00:47:19.480
Problems appear bigger from a distance.

00:47:27.160 --> 00:47:28.200
Here's the letter.

00:47:30.360 --> 00:47:32.280
The one about naturalisation.

00:47:36.880 --> 00:47:39.080
About what?
- Naturalisation.

00:47:39.440 --> 00:47:41.000
Your naturalisation?

00:47:44.120 --> 00:47:47.160
So you sent them this letter?

00:47:47.720 --> 00:47:50.240
No.
- They sent it to you?

00:47:51.000 --> 00:47:53.800
But I don't understand a thing.

00:47:55.960 --> 00:47:58.360
Who is this man in the photo?

00:47:59.440 --> 00:48:01.080
The mayor.

00:48:01.320 --> 00:48:03.240
Of Hamburg?
- Right.

00:48:05.960 --> 00:48:07.400
That's great.

00:48:09.320 --> 00:48:12.440
It costs 255 euros.

00:48:12.720 --> 00:48:14.960
Naturalisation costs money?

00:48:15.160 --> 00:48:16.840
Is that all?

00:48:17.280 --> 00:48:19.240
Yes, but even so.

00:48:25.280 --> 00:48:28.760
How does it feel to be a citizen
of another country?

00:48:31.080 --> 00:48:33.240
I wonder how it feels, I mean.

00:48:34.040 --> 00:48:37.280
But you're doing it, because actually,

00:48:38.280 --> 00:48:39.480
you want to be...

00:48:40.120 --> 00:48:44.280
You want to become German,
have stability forever, right?

00:48:45.320 --> 00:48:49.080
Sure.
- A person's roots are always in...

00:48:49.720 --> 00:48:52.400
I believe that your roots

00:48:53.040 --> 00:48:56.400
are in the country where you were born.

00:48:57.840 --> 00:48:59.880
Because you always...

00:49:01.240 --> 00:49:04.040
You always feel at home where you were born.

00:49:04.240 --> 00:49:06.680
That's what happened to me.

00:49:08.120 --> 00:49:12.480
On the few occasions I've travelled
outside the country,

00:49:13.880 --> 00:49:17.080
there comes a time when I need to go back.

00:49:17.840 --> 00:49:19.480
It's a bit like saying...

00:49:20.280 --> 00:49:25.000
Naturalisation is another way of saying,
"I'm staying here."

00:49:26.120 --> 00:49:28.680
You can make the decision to stay.

00:49:28.960 --> 00:49:30.880
When you come to visit your family,

00:49:31.240 --> 00:49:34.880
you make the most of your time with them.

00:49:35.400 --> 00:49:37.080
You enjoy their company.

00:49:37.360 --> 00:49:42.240
But you know that you must go back
to where you came from,

00:49:42.480 --> 00:49:45.840
to the place where your work is based.

00:49:47.080 --> 00:49:48.440
That's important.

00:49:49.120 --> 00:49:51.280
I see it as a sort of award.

00:49:52.240 --> 00:49:55.080
An award for your determination,
perseverance,

00:49:55.680 --> 00:49:57.000
and hard work.

00:49:57.200 --> 00:50:01.680
The fact you've earned this nationality
is the best thing.

00:50:02.480 --> 00:50:06.960
The important thing is to be happy
in the place where you are.

00:50:07.800 --> 00:50:12.680
And to always return to the place
where you were born,

00:50:12.960 --> 00:50:15.480
where you lived and grew up.

00:50:15.760 --> 00:50:19.480
The place where you learnt to decide freely

00:50:20.000 --> 00:50:22.960
to live where you feel best.

00:50:26.320 --> 00:50:30.080
Time to get up. It's nine o'clock.

00:50:32.360 --> 00:50:36.000
Time to get up. It's nine o'clock.

00:51:30.640 --> 00:51:33.840
IMMIGRANTS POSE DANGER

00:51:37.000 --> 00:51:40.360
ANNOYING NEW CITIZENS

00:51:42.840 --> 00:51:46.280
NABU WARNS OF NON-NATIVE SPECIES

00:51:48.040 --> 00:51:50.880
GARDENERS OPPOSE NEWCOMERS

00:51:52.440 --> 00:51:56.080
IF ONLY THEY HAD STAYED ABROAD

00:52:25.240 --> 00:52:26.240
Hello?

00:52:26.640 --> 00:52:27.840
Hello, Dad?

00:52:29.040 --> 00:52:30.760
How are you?

00:52:31.960 --> 00:52:33.560
Are you home?
- Pardon?

00:52:34.240 --> 00:52:37.080
No, I'm still in town.

00:52:39.920 --> 00:52:41.160
So, how are you?

00:52:41.400 --> 00:52:44.280
I'm fine. Lots of work and...

00:52:45.080 --> 00:52:49.840
That's one piece of good news.
The other one is that you'll be a granddad.

00:52:50.440 --> 00:52:51.440
By whom?

00:52:51.720 --> 00:52:53.640
How do you mean? By me.

00:52:55.160 --> 00:52:57.880
Stephanie is pregnant?
- Yes.

00:52:59.000 --> 00:53:01.480
Seriously? That's great!

00:53:02.120 --> 00:53:04.280
And when did you find out?

00:53:06.080 --> 00:53:09.960
The doctor confirmed it all in January.

00:53:11.200 --> 00:53:14.280
Ah, when you went back?
- Yes.

00:53:15.640 --> 00:53:18.400
That's great, Darío, congratulations!

00:53:18.680 --> 00:53:21.400
A big hug for both of you, that's great.

00:53:21.680 --> 00:53:24.480
So next year we'll have a new grandchild.

00:53:28.680 --> 00:53:32.880
I'm very happy, Son,
and congratulations to you both.

00:53:33.120 --> 00:53:34.080
That's great!

00:55:16.040 --> 00:55:18.080
An alien.

00:55:23.880 --> 00:55:27.080
All our service centre operators
are busy right now.

00:55:27.320 --> 00:55:30.640
Please call back again later.

00:55:30.880 --> 00:55:32.000
Damn.

00:55:34.360 --> 00:55:37.680
All our service centre operators
are busy right now.

00:55:40.640 --> 00:55:43.880
All our service centre operators
are busy right now.

00:55:46.800 --> 00:55:50.080
Hello and welcome to Hamburg Service,

00:55:50.320 --> 00:55:53.560
your direct access to Hamburg's administration.

00:55:56.480 --> 00:55:59.040
Unfortunately, all the lines are busy right now.

00:55:59.240 --> 00:56:04.280
Our operators will be available
to give you help and advice as soon as possible.

00:56:08.120 --> 00:56:10.760
Reinhold with "D". With "D".

00:56:11.000 --> 00:56:12.360
Like that?

00:56:13.120 --> 00:56:14.360
No.
- Oh, with "T".

00:56:14.640 --> 00:56:15.640
"D".
- "T".

00:56:15.880 --> 00:56:17.400
Just with "D".

00:56:17.760 --> 00:56:20.680
No. R-e-i-n-h-o-l-d.

00:56:22.320 --> 00:56:25.840
L-D and that's it. Nothing else.
- Oh, right.

00:56:28.160 --> 00:56:29.800
Hi, Stephu.

00:56:30.080 --> 00:56:31.680
No, it's Darío here.

00:56:32.120 --> 00:56:34.480
Oh, hi.
- Hi, Christa. How are you?

00:56:34.760 --> 00:56:37.880
I'm good.
I've just come back from shopping.

00:56:38.120 --> 00:56:40.440
OK. Is it a bad time? Shall I...?

00:56:40.720 --> 00:56:43.800
No, not at all. Is there a problem?

00:56:44.040 --> 00:56:46.640
No problem.
- I thought...

00:56:47.280 --> 00:56:51.040
I thought maybe it wasn't good news.
- No, it's just...

00:56:51.240 --> 00:56:55.440
It's good news.
Actually, there's no news.

00:56:56.360 --> 00:56:58.880
No, no news. It's more about...

00:56:59.120 --> 00:57:04.800
But it's still a bit unpleasant,
I'm filling in this naturalisation form.

00:57:05.200 --> 00:57:07.680
Yes.
- And I have to...

00:57:09.040 --> 00:57:12.480
ask both of you a question

00:57:13.040 --> 00:57:14.360
with regard to...

00:57:14.640 --> 00:57:18.080
It's not about money, don't worry.

00:57:19.240 --> 00:57:22.280
But it's about your wedding...
Where was it?

00:57:23.880 --> 00:57:25.480
When did you marry?

00:57:25.760 --> 00:57:29.760
So I need the date and place.

00:57:30.680 --> 00:57:33.760
Date of marriage, place and federal state.

00:57:34.080 --> 00:57:36.680
Do you mean us?
- Exactly.

00:57:37.240 --> 00:57:42.280
Then write this down:
19.08.1972 in Zittau.

00:57:44.760 --> 00:57:47.000
OK, where is it?

00:57:50.200 --> 00:57:53.880
Here?
- No, previous marriages. Here, current one.

00:57:54.120 --> 00:57:57.080
There.
- Right. 19...

00:57:57.720 --> 00:58:00.880
19.08.1972.

00:58:01.400 --> 00:58:06.000
19.08.1972, right.

00:58:06.640 --> 00:58:09.280
This is a bit weird,

00:58:09.560 --> 00:58:13.160
it's like the four of us
are applying for naturalisation.

00:58:19.800 --> 00:58:21.000
Worried.

00:58:22.120 --> 00:58:24.760
She worries when you call.
- Bad news?

00:58:25.400 --> 00:58:27.560
Sure, if you call it means...

00:58:28.480 --> 00:58:32.240
She thought something had happened.

00:58:32.760 --> 00:58:34.960
Otherwise I wouldn't call?
- Right.

00:58:42.080 --> 00:58:44.280
And my parents?
- Oh, damn.

00:58:44.560 --> 00:58:47.360
Date of marriage, place, and state.

00:58:49.800 --> 00:58:52.560
Hello?
- Hi, Dad?

00:58:55.040 --> 00:58:57.000
Hello?
- Hi, Dad?

00:58:58.240 --> 00:59:00.560
How are you?
- Did I wake you up?

00:59:02.440 --> 00:59:05.400
Yes, we got to bed late.

00:59:05.800 --> 00:59:07.080
Oh, damn.

00:59:07.280 --> 00:59:09.000
How are you?
- Fine.

00:59:09.560 --> 00:59:11.880
Shall I call later?

00:59:13.480 --> 00:59:16.040
How is Stephie?
- Fine. She's fine.

00:59:17.000 --> 00:59:19.840
Officially, you were born on 29th?

00:59:20.960 --> 00:59:23.080
No, officially...

00:59:26.160 --> 00:59:29.160
Hey, I can't hear you. Hang on a minute.

00:59:31.800 --> 00:59:34.080
Hi, Son.
- Hi, Dad. What's up?

00:59:34.360 --> 00:59:38.160
Right, explain it to me properly.

00:59:38.840 --> 00:59:40.080
I'll explain it to you.

00:59:40.720 --> 00:59:43.680
On my birth certificate...

00:59:44.800 --> 00:59:47.680
When I got my ID card,

00:59:48.800 --> 00:59:52.200
it said that I was born

00:59:52.440 --> 00:59:56.000
on 29 March 1955.

00:59:56.760 --> 00:59:59.680
But my mother told me

00:59:59.920 --> 01:00:02.800
that I was born on 24 March.

01:00:03.120 --> 01:00:08.080
And whenever we celebrated it,
we celebrated on 24 March.

01:00:09.000 --> 01:00:11.880
But on documents, on my ID...

01:00:12.120 --> 01:00:16.880
So that's why whenever they ask me
for details or information,

01:00:17.160 --> 01:00:22.040
I say 29 March 1955,
because that's what is on my ID.

01:00:24.280 --> 01:00:28.640
Date of marriage? 12 June.

01:00:29.760 --> 01:00:32.280
And the year?
- 12 June in...?

01:00:33.960 --> 01:00:36.640
Dear Lord, I don't remember.

01:00:37.920 --> 01:00:39.800
Hang on, let me think...

01:00:40.720 --> 01:00:43.360
Where would it be?
- I don't remember.

01:00:44.040 --> 01:00:48.840
It must be written on a document somewhere.

01:00:53.080 --> 01:00:57.680
I'll take a look at everything.
Maybe I won't need all the documents.

01:00:58.120 --> 01:01:02.080
This looks very good. Let me see.
- It looks thick at least.

01:01:02.880 --> 01:01:05.240
It took a while for you to come back.

01:01:05.480 --> 01:01:09.480
Yes, I had to collect a few things.

01:01:10.160 --> 01:01:13.040
And other stuff happened and...
- OK.

01:01:13.240 --> 01:01:15.200
It all took a bit longer.

01:01:15.440 --> 01:01:17.560
Now you're ready.
- Now I'm ready.

01:01:17.840 --> 01:01:19.560
All right.

01:01:19.840 --> 01:01:22.400
This is important for the use of your name.

01:01:22.680 --> 01:01:27.800
Your name will appear
on the naturalisation certificate like this.

01:01:28.040 --> 01:01:31.480
And on your German passport,
unless you wish to change it.

01:01:31.800 --> 01:01:34.280
If you want to take your wife's name.

01:01:34.560 --> 01:01:37.480
I could do that?
- Yes, after naturalisation.

01:01:38.560 --> 01:01:39.840
Today's date.

01:01:40.720 --> 01:01:43.640
Today, right?
- That's right. Just sign it again,

01:01:43.880 --> 01:01:45.000
right here.

01:01:47.400 --> 01:01:51.400
Please sign this again next to it
or below, wherever there is space.

01:01:52.040 --> 01:01:53.560
And another consent form.

01:01:53.840 --> 01:01:57.080
You consent
to us looking at your foreigner's file.

01:01:58.680 --> 01:02:02.480
The last signature for today
is your declaration of loyalty.

01:02:03.000 --> 01:02:07.080
You pledge loyalty to our constitution,
to free basic democratic order.

01:02:08.840 --> 01:02:10.000
OK.
- I think...

01:02:10.200 --> 01:02:14.760
If you have any questions...
But this is part of the test.

01:02:15.720 --> 01:02:18.240
I'll put you in the system and we're good to go.

01:02:18.480 --> 01:02:19.880
All right.

01:02:59.680 --> 01:03:03.080
Take your shoes off, it feels different.

01:03:03.480 --> 01:03:05.200
Take my shoes off?
- Yes.

01:03:09.280 --> 01:03:11.400
And what happens without shoes?

01:03:13.640 --> 01:03:14.800
You feel...

01:03:16.680 --> 01:03:18.480
You can feel what you step on.

01:03:19.320 --> 01:03:21.440
Besides, it feels like...

01:03:21.720 --> 01:03:23.440
It feels so soft.

01:03:29.680 --> 01:03:31.360
I'm a city person.

01:03:32.240 --> 01:03:35.080
It's much better without shoes.

01:03:40.520 --> 01:03:44.680
It feels so good, so soft.

01:03:49.360 --> 01:03:51.400
We can sit down here.

01:03:56.040 --> 01:03:58.440
You don't like going barefoot, huh?

01:03:59.360 --> 01:04:00.760
It feels weird.

01:04:01.000 --> 01:04:02.240
Something pricked me.

01:04:06.160 --> 01:04:10.680
Back then, when we did that short film,
you said,

01:04:11.080 --> 01:04:14.240
"Integration is adaptation."

01:04:16.400 --> 01:04:22.080
I couldn't get that out of my head.
"Integration is adaptation."

01:04:23.080 --> 01:04:28.040
I wonder if this is the only way it can work

01:04:28.400 --> 01:04:31.960
if you want to engage with a culture.

01:04:32.160 --> 01:04:36.200
Is adaptation still the only option for you?

01:04:38.440 --> 01:04:42.080
Yes, I remember that.

01:04:44.680 --> 01:04:48.680
But I also said that adaptation...

01:04:51.440 --> 01:04:54.680
depends on whoever takes you in.

01:04:57.120 --> 01:05:02.200
If rejection is their kind of welcome,
how can you adapt to that?

01:05:03.440 --> 01:05:06.960
What I feel is that it's a constant effort.

01:05:08.240 --> 01:05:12.000
I feel that I'm working all the time to...

01:05:16.800 --> 01:05:19.800
Yes, I have to work on myself all the time.

01:05:22.880 --> 01:05:25.040
How is that for you?

01:05:25.240 --> 01:05:28.280
It's tiring.

01:05:29.520 --> 01:05:34.080
For everyone.
For Germans, too, if they go abroad.

01:05:34.640 --> 01:05:37.680
I feel that tiredness now, too.

01:05:39.280 --> 01:05:42.000
I didn't used to be so aware of it.

01:05:42.200 --> 01:05:46.080
But sure, I was aware that it was a process

01:05:46.800 --> 01:05:49.480
where you're facing up to yourself.

01:05:49.800 --> 01:05:54.960
Because as soon as you leave
your social context you're like...

01:05:56.520 --> 01:05:59.040
Like right now.
You've come from the city

01:05:59.240 --> 01:06:02.000
and you think it's weird
to take off your shoes.

01:06:02.200 --> 01:06:03.760
Know what I mean?

01:06:04.640 --> 01:06:08.680
You carefully look where you're treading

01:06:08.960 --> 01:06:11.160
so you don't get stung,

01:06:12.160 --> 01:06:14.360
so you don't get hurt.

01:06:15.120 --> 01:06:16.840
You have to scratch it...

01:06:18.720 --> 01:06:20.280
without stopping.

01:06:20.800 --> 01:06:21.800
Polish, polish.

01:06:22.040 --> 01:06:24.160
Get rid of everything

01:06:24.520 --> 01:06:27.360
that we believe belongs to a culture.

01:06:27.880 --> 01:06:29.760
That doesn't exist anymore.

01:06:30.000 --> 01:06:32.400
That idea shouldn't exist anymore.

01:06:33.560 --> 01:06:38.360
Yes, it's tiring,
but it's necessary so you can grow.

01:06:41.760 --> 01:06:42.960
Yes.

01:06:45.400 --> 01:06:47.280
What does death mean to you?

01:06:51.040 --> 01:06:52.200
How so?

01:06:53.400 --> 01:06:58.040
Somehow it's like a metaphor.

01:06:58.240 --> 01:07:00.880
It's like a part of you dies

01:07:03.000 --> 01:07:04.480
when you come here.

01:07:06.720 --> 01:07:12.640
You once told me, when you arrived here,
"I don't listen to Silvio anymore,

01:07:12.880 --> 01:07:16.080
I've stopped listening
to Latin American music.

01:07:16.360 --> 01:07:18.280
I cut myself off from that."

01:07:19.200 --> 01:07:22.760
When you told me that, I was shocked.

01:07:23.280 --> 01:07:24.680
I found it...

01:07:26.160 --> 01:07:30.680
very hard to understand

01:07:32.960 --> 01:07:36.680
that kind of single-mindedness
and that courage.

01:07:36.920 --> 01:07:38.880
You need courage to do that.

01:07:39.120 --> 01:07:42.240
You were able to cut yourself off from the music.

01:07:43.880 --> 01:07:46.440
I still listen to Mercedes Sosa and Silvio.

01:07:47.080 --> 01:07:51.280
But when you told me that,
I felt quite shocked.

01:07:51.920 --> 01:07:56.680
To see the survival techniques you develop

01:07:57.560 --> 01:08:00.880
in order to achieve
that adaptation you mentioned.

01:08:04.800 --> 01:08:07.080
Do you have a strategy like that?

01:08:07.360 --> 01:08:09.560
It's true,

01:08:09.920 --> 01:08:15.040
I did it in a very determined way.

01:08:16.400 --> 01:08:17.440
But...

01:08:18.800 --> 01:08:23.000
these are survival techniques
in order to withstand...

01:08:24.640 --> 01:08:27.640
To avoid thinking about your life before.
- Yes.

01:08:40.240 --> 01:08:44.680
River Manzanares,

01:08:44.960 --> 01:08:47.440
let me get by,

01:08:47.720 --> 01:08:50.160
my mother, who's ill,

01:08:50.440 --> 01:08:52.840
sent for me.

01:08:53.200 --> 01:08:55.840
River Manzanares,

01:08:56.080 --> 01:08:58.200
let me get by,

01:08:58.440 --> 01:09:00.760
my mother, who's ill,

01:09:01.000 --> 01:09:03.400
sent for me.

01:09:04.240 --> 01:09:08.760
My mother is the only star
that lights up my future

01:09:09.000 --> 01:09:11.480
and if she dies

01:09:11.920 --> 01:09:14.960
I will go to heaven with her.

01:09:15.160 --> 01:09:17.800
River Manzanares,

01:09:18.040 --> 01:09:20.160
let me get by,

01:09:20.400 --> 01:09:22.640
my mother, who's ill,

01:09:22.880 --> 01:09:25.080
sent for me.

01:10:49.400 --> 01:10:51.480
I sent a photo to my family.

01:10:52.720 --> 01:10:54.400
My sister wrote,

01:10:55.120 --> 01:10:57.480
"Darío, your face has changed."

01:11:12.360 --> 01:11:17.640
Sleep, sleep, little baby.

01:11:19.000 --> 01:11:22.640
Your mummy is in the field, little baby.

01:11:24.240 --> 01:11:29.560
Sleep, sleep, little baby.

01:11:30.720 --> 01:11:33.880
Your mummy is in the field.

01:12:12.120 --> 01:12:13.480
For licensed dogs.

01:12:16.680 --> 01:12:18.000
It says that.

01:12:18.520 --> 01:12:21.040
"Dog exercise zone for licensed dogs."

01:12:22.520 --> 01:12:24.160
What licence?

01:12:25.360 --> 01:12:26.680
I have no idea.

01:12:30.480 --> 01:12:32.200
The good thing is,

01:12:33.560 --> 01:12:37.280
from the moment they give you citizenship,

01:12:38.560 --> 01:12:42.000
you don't depend on anyone, not on me,

01:12:42.960 --> 01:12:47.400
not on any official authority.

01:12:52.440 --> 01:12:56.040
Then you're independent.
As if you came of age again.

01:13:02.360 --> 01:13:05.880
My last hours as an Ecuadorian.

01:13:06.440 --> 01:13:09.080
No, as a foreigner!
- A foreigner.

01:13:09.920 --> 01:13:12.080
Do you know how you feel now?

01:13:16.400 --> 01:13:18.040
Can you believe it?

01:13:22.720 --> 01:13:24.840
Do you know what you'll wear?

01:13:38.880 --> 01:13:42.480
You have to sign a few forms for me.

01:13:42.800 --> 01:13:47.760
Please confirm that all information
you gave us is correct

01:13:48.000 --> 01:13:51.080
and that you pledge loyalty
to free basic democratic order.

01:13:51.360 --> 01:13:55.200
Once you've read through it,
please read point three out loud.

01:13:56.240 --> 01:13:58.080
Point three?
- Yes.

01:13:58.680 --> 01:14:03.800
"I hereby declare that I will obey the Basic
Law of the Federal Republic of Germany

01:14:04.040 --> 01:14:07.880
and that I will refrain
from anything that would harm it."

01:14:11.080 --> 01:14:12.080
Great.

01:14:14.160 --> 01:14:17.840
Did you hear about the naturalisation ceremony
at the town hall?

01:14:18.080 --> 01:14:21.200
Yes, but I don't know what it's about.

01:14:21.440 --> 01:14:25.400
The mayor invites
all recently naturalised citizens,

01:14:25.680 --> 01:14:29.760
all new German citizens, to Hamburg Town Hall.

01:14:30.000 --> 01:14:33.280
He gives a speech, there's a children's choir.

01:14:33.560 --> 01:14:38.480
It's a really nice event
and we'd like to invite you to come.

01:14:39.040 --> 01:14:40.160
I can highly recommend it.

01:14:40.400 --> 01:14:42.960
You might even have a chance

01:14:44.000 --> 01:14:47.360
to be symbolically handed the certificate
by the mayor.

01:14:47.640 --> 01:14:49.680
Would you like that?
- Yes. - Great.

01:14:50.400 --> 01:14:54.960
I'll take the certificate of citizenship back

01:14:55.160 --> 01:14:58.480
because it has to go to the mayor
so he can hand it over to you.

01:14:58.800 --> 01:15:03.160
However, I'll give you
a citizenship ID card instead.

01:15:03.840 --> 01:15:07.480
I ask you to keep the certificate safe.
It's the only copy.

01:15:07.800 --> 01:15:11.480
We don't have a copy
and we can't give you another one.

01:15:11.760 --> 01:15:17.000
So please keep the certificate safe.
You will need it for various authorities.

01:15:17.680 --> 01:15:21.360
This certificate is proof
that you have German citizenship.

01:15:26.400 --> 01:15:29.480
And if you still want
to become a German citizen,

01:15:29.760 --> 01:15:32.080
I ask you to stand up with me.

01:15:37.480 --> 01:15:40.080
It is my honour and pleasure
to grant you German citizenship.

01:15:40.320 --> 01:15:44.840
As soon as you hold the citizenship
certificate in your hands, you're a German,

01:15:45.080 --> 01:15:48.680
with all associated rights and duties.
Right now.

01:15:49.880 --> 01:15:51.680
Congratulations.
- Thank you.

01:15:51.920 --> 01:15:53.880
Now you're a German citizen.

01:15:54.440 --> 01:15:57.640
You don't need this card now.
It's no longer valid.

01:15:57.880 --> 01:16:00.880
Your electronic residence card.
- You'll keep it?

01:16:01.120 --> 01:16:03.800
Yes, I'll return it to the immigration office.

01:16:04.120 --> 01:16:08.280
I'll never have to go there again.
- No. You're free of them.

01:16:08.720 --> 01:16:10.560
OK.
- You're spared now.

01:17:39.960 --> 01:17:42.360
There was one question,

01:17:42.680 --> 01:17:46.200
if you want to give someone a dog as a gift,

01:17:46.560 --> 01:17:48.480
what are your obligations?

01:17:48.760 --> 01:17:50.880
Oh no. Seriously?
- Would you know?

01:17:51.120 --> 01:17:54.800
I'm guessing the insurances,
health insurance

01:17:55.040 --> 01:17:58.080
and all those processes. Difficult question.

01:17:59.320 --> 01:18:00.960
OK.
- Do you know?

01:18:01.560 --> 01:18:06.240
You have to register it,
it has to be registered and chipped.

01:18:06.480 --> 01:18:10.200
It has to have been to the vet.

01:18:10.640 --> 01:18:15.080
And it has to have a certificate,
then you can give the dog to someone.

01:18:15.280 --> 01:18:16.960
OK. Do you have dogs?

01:18:17.160 --> 01:18:19.760
No, but that's my guess.

01:18:34.720 --> 01:18:36.160
The time has come.

01:18:38.280 --> 01:18:40.400
Have fun becoming a German.
- Yes.

01:18:43.000 --> 01:18:46.680
In Hamburg they say "tschüss".

01:18:46.960 --> 01:18:50.200
It means goodbye, farewell.

01:18:50.880 --> 01:18:54.360
In Hamburg they say "tschüss"

01:18:54.680 --> 01:18:57.760
when they say goodbye.

01:18:58.520 --> 01:19:02.080
Today, this reception
in the great ceremonial hall is for you,

01:19:02.360 --> 01:19:04.880
the new citizens
of the Federal Republic of Germany.

01:19:05.400 --> 01:19:11.080
Naturalisation has the same symbolic,
practical and legal effect.

01:19:11.280 --> 01:19:13.840
You are now German citizens.

01:19:14.400 --> 01:19:17.200
German citizenship is a great privilege,

01:19:17.520 --> 01:19:20.240
no one can take it away from you.

01:19:21.240 --> 01:19:24.200
Our future depends on citizens like you.

01:19:24.760 --> 01:19:29.080
Germany is now your country, too.
Actively make Germany your home country.

01:19:29.920 --> 01:19:31.640
Thank you for your decision.

01:19:39.480 --> 01:19:40.760
From Tunisia,

01:19:41.160 --> 01:19:43.560
we are joined by Mr Walid Torgas.

01:19:51.280 --> 01:19:53.880
Ms Mitra Pur has come from Iran.

01:20:02.680 --> 01:20:05.880
From Ecuador, we welcome Mr Darío Aguirre.

01:20:38.080 --> 01:20:41.480
When I received the letter
my first impression was,

01:20:41.760 --> 01:20:43.480
"This is a declaration of love.

01:20:43.760 --> 01:20:46.560
And today I'm meeting that person
for the first time."

01:20:47.120 --> 01:20:49.080
Right now I feel

01:20:49.280 --> 01:20:54.080
like I have just come of age once again.

01:20:55.080 --> 01:20:58.960
So I asked myself what you felt like
when you came of age.

01:20:59.160 --> 01:21:03.560
What did you wish for first of all
or what did you do? Do you know?

01:21:03.840 --> 01:21:07.400
I took a deep breath
because I had all the rights.

01:21:07.680 --> 01:21:08.880
That was important to me.

01:21:09.120 --> 01:21:14.080
It's probably a good comparison to say
I feel like I've come of age now,

01:21:14.480 --> 01:21:19.000
even though you're a grown man
and have managed to do a lot of things.

01:21:19.200 --> 01:21:23.480
And I know it's a big step.
It's more than just a legal act.

01:21:24.560 --> 01:21:28.640
And... what I haven't processed yet

01:21:28.880 --> 01:21:33.680
is that now, when I leave here,
I'm not a foreigner anymore. Right?

01:21:35.080 --> 01:21:37.880
Now you're a German citizen.
Not a foreigner.

01:21:38.120 --> 01:21:40.280
Basically, I'm not a foreigner.
- Correct.

01:22:09.480 --> 01:22:13.680
Parents coming for a visit
is a normal thing for German people.

01:22:15.480 --> 01:22:19.280
But my first attempt as a new German
to invite my father for a visit

01:22:19.560 --> 01:22:21.800
reminds me of where I am from.

01:22:24.120 --> 01:22:26.880
My father needs a visa and a guarantee.

01:22:28.480 --> 01:22:31.480
Therefore I have to visit the immigration office.

01:22:45.120 --> 01:22:49.080
After hours of waiting,
one of the staff whispered to me,

01:22:49.840 --> 01:22:53.200
"With what you earn,
you can't vouch for anyone.

01:22:53.440 --> 01:22:57.480
Bring in your wife's employment contract
and it will work."

01:23:42.520 --> 01:23:45.440
You fought long and hard for this.
- Congrats.

01:23:46.160 --> 01:23:49.280
And are you happy about it now?

01:23:50.520 --> 01:23:52.200
Eh, yes.
- Yes?

01:23:52.800 --> 01:23:54.240
Yes, I am.

01:23:55.560 --> 01:23:58.640
Did the mayor hand it to you personally?

01:23:58.880 --> 01:24:00.560
What he did...

01:24:02.440 --> 01:24:04.840
was hand me this personally.

01:24:06.120 --> 01:24:07.200
Honorary citizen.

01:24:07.440 --> 01:24:10.240
Oh. No, citizenship, not honorary citizen.

01:24:11.240 --> 01:24:15.640
Of course, the whole act was
very symbolic and so on.

01:24:16.360 --> 01:24:20.160
But this is what really counts in everyday life.

01:24:20.400 --> 01:24:23.880
Was that at the big town hall in Hamburg
or in Altona?

01:24:24.120 --> 01:24:26.560
At the big one. Right.

01:24:29.080 --> 01:24:34.800
Good, so now the whole procedure

01:24:35.040 --> 01:24:40.040
has reached an official end,
with registration and...

01:24:40.720 --> 01:24:43.160
That's right, now I can go out...

01:24:43.400 --> 01:24:46.080
From now on, I'm not a foreigner anymore.

01:24:46.640 --> 01:24:49.080
May I take another look?

01:24:49.320 --> 01:24:50.680
Darío.

01:24:53.120 --> 01:24:55.200
Careful, that's sharp.

01:24:55.680 --> 01:24:58.640
Push it forward.
You must press it down.

01:24:59.800 --> 01:25:03.640
You can release it again here.
But keep pressing.

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And how do I trim it?

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Make it round.

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It's better if you trim it this way.

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As if it were a sphere.

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What?
- It should be a sphere.

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For not shattering my image,

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for considering me among
the special and unique,

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for granting me a place in their Parnassus,

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for allowing me a place on their altars,

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they come inviting me to repent,

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they come inviting me not to lose,

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they come inviting me not to define me,

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they come inviting me to so much crap.

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I don't know what fate is.

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Walking I became who I am.

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It may well be that God is divine.

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As for me,
I will die the way I have lived.

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As for me,
I will die the way I have lived.

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As for me,
I will die the way I have lived.

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