Franka finds the picture of Clare bound and gagged. When she sees him grading student's workbooks, she hides a photograph in Franka's. More time passes and Clare apparently enjoys life with Andi. He burns the body in a dumpster in the courtyard. Andi has Clare help him wrap the body in plastic, saying it's her fault he is dead. A man outside shines a flashlight at the windows she screams for help and he attempts to rescue her, but Andi returns and kills him with a crowbar. On New Year's Eve, Andi attends a work party and Clare breaks into the locked room and finds photo albums of a blonde woman. Clare quietly begs the other to get help but he doesn't understand English. They are interrupted by two young boys, one of whom has injured his leg. He gifts her his father's dog, but days later becomes jealous of their bond and kills him.Īndi takes Clare outside for the first time in months, to a forest where he plans to kill her with an axe. As the holidays approach, Clare's mood seems to brighten she learns to play the accordion and bakes treats for Andi. When he returns, she comforts him and they have sex.

Depressed on finding his father has died, he spends a week at his father's house, leaving Clare in the apartment with the power off. Andi's student Franka shows up and flirts with him, but when she briefly spots Clare, Andi says she is his girlfriend and threatens to report her behaviour, causing her to leave.Īndi's bizarre behaviour continues, including taking pictures of Clare in disturbing positions, cutting off pieces of her hair, and retreating to a locked room. Andi catches her in the courtyard downstairs, breaking her fingers and bringing her back inside. Andi texts Clare's mother posing as her, informing her she is well.Ĭlare finds a screwdriver under the sofa and, when Andi comes home, she stabs him in the hand and flees the apartment. That night, Andi lets Clare shower and she finds a clump of long blonde hair in the drain. Erich asks what happened to his previous girlfriend Natalie, and Andi says she returned to Canada. When Andi returns, Clare begs him to let her go but he begins restraining her to the bed while he is at work, leaving her to soil herself.Īt dinner with his father, Erich, Andi tells him he is dating Clare. It dawns on her that the other apartments in the building are abandoned. Attempting to smash her way out the windows, she finds they are double-paned and reinforced with plexiglass. The next day, Clare finds he has written meine (German for 'mine') on her shoulder and taken the SIM card from her phone. Upon Andi's return, he says he forgot to leave a key, and she spends another night after they go out dancing. The following morning, Clare finds herself locked in. They spend the day together, then have sex in Andi's apartment. In Berlin, Australian backpacker and photographer Clare meets local English teacher Andi. The film received very positive reviews from critics, with many praising the atmosphere, and the performances of Palmer and Riemelt. Waking up after a stormy night of passion with him, the photographer is suddenly taken hostage by her would-be lover.īerlin Syndrome had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on 20 January 2017 and was released in Australia on 20 April 2017 by Entertainment One. The film follows a young Australian photographer ( Teresa Palmer) who travels to Germany, where she meets an attractive young English teacher ( Max Riemelt). Berlin Syndrome is a 2017 psychological horror thriller film directed by Cate Shortland from a screenplay by Shaun Grant, based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Melanie Joosten.

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