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0:20 The movie opens with a young woman named Clare, who has just arrived in Berlin for a solo trip. She then checks in at a hostel, where, on the rooftop, she meets a group of youngsters who invite her to hang out. Clare also accepts, and introduces herself to the group, saying she is from Brisbane, Australia. She drinks, and parties with them until dawn, after which everyone finally retreats to their beds. Clare, who turns out to be a photographer, lingers behind, and captures striking images of the building, before finally going to sleep. After waking up, Clare heads out to explore the city, wandering through shops, and capturing photographs. She later stops at a bookshop to read, and while leaving the store, she comes across a German man, whose books scatter across the floor,
1:08 so Clare helps gather them, after which they introduce themselves. The man is Andi, and he appears to be fluent in English, and reveals that he works as an English teacher at a local school. The two immediately hit it off, and spend the day exploring together, during which Clare explains that she used to work for a real estate company, taking photographs. But she wanted to experience different things in life, so she booked a ticket to Berlin. In the evening, Andi drops Clare off at her hostel, during which she invites him to hang out, but he refuses, saying he needs to meet someone. This embarrasses Clare, and she responds that she also has to pack, as she needs to leave for Dresden the next day. The two then grow closer and nearly kiss, but eventually pull away, before Clare heads inside.
1:55 Later, in her room, Clare looks through the photos she took during the day, and smiles upon noticing Andi in one of them. The next day, she prepares to leave the city, but decides to visit the bookshop from yesterday, where she finds Andi once again. They spend the day together, and that night he takes her to his place, which is strangely located inside a quiet, abandoned building. Upon entering the apartment, Clare stares at the window, which Andi explains cannot be opened. Soon, the tension between them ignites, and they end up making love. Afterwards, Clare confesses that she doesn’t want to leave, and wishes they could stay like this forever. Later, Andi wakes up early and heads to school, leaving Clare alone in the house.
2:42 She soon gets up and prepares to leave, but is shocked to find the front door locked. Thinking it must be some mistake, she begins searching the house for a key, during which she discovers a bottle of nail polish. In the evening, Andi returns home, and Clare says he locked her in and she couldn’t get out. He explains that he thought he had left the key on the table, and assures her she can leave after he takes a shower. The two then make love in the shower, after which they head to a club, where they dance and have fun together. The next morning, Andi prepares to leave for work again, and Clare asks for the keys, to which he gestures toward the dressing table. After he’s gone, Clare searches for some food around the house, but discovers a book, which she decides to open.
3:29 Shockingly, it contains a nude picture of herself with the word “Mine” written across the back of her shoulder. Clare quickly checks the mirror and finds the words engraved on her skin. Horrified, she grabs the key Andi left to try to open the door, but it doesn’t work, leaving her trapped inside. She then reaches for her phone to call for help, only to realize that Andi has removed her SIM card. Desperate, Clare grabs a chair, and smashes the window, but once she’s through, she finds a second window with reinforced glass that is unbreakable. Shortly after, Andi returns home with flowers and blocks her path when she tries to leave. After locking the door, he sees the entire place in disarray. Clare pleads with him to let her go and demands to know what’s happening,
4:16 so Andi coldly explains that it’s because she herself said she didn’t want to go to Dresden. Clare insists she said that after they became intimate, and didn’t truly mean it. She then aggressively attacks him and demands he open the door, but he overpowers her effortlessly, reminding her that no one can hear her screams. The next day, Andi visits his father and tells him that he has started seeing a new girl. His father is surprised, and asks what happened to his previous girlfriend, Natalie, to which Andi replies that she went back to Canada. He reveals that the new girl’s name is Clare, and that she’s from Australia, leaving his father confused as to why he always dates tourists. Through a flashback, we see Andi dragging a half-naked Clare onto a bed with a plastic sheet, and tying her up before leaving.
5:03 Upon returning home, Andi releases her from the bed, and hands her a puzzle he brought for her. He casually mentions that he texted her mom, informing her that she is okay. An exhausted Clare warns that her mom will figure it out soon, and retreats to the bathroom to clean up. Here her eyes widen in horror when she finds strands of blonde hair on the drain, revealing that Andi had abducted some other girl before her. The next morning, Andi takes a disturbing picture of her, and after that, he leaves for work without tying her this time, as she can’t escape anyway. He carefully locks the keys along with Clare’s belongings in a lockbox and leave it on a shelf in the building corridor. As soon as he’s gone, Clare begins snooping around the apartment, and soon discovers a screwdriver hidden under the couch.
5:51 In the evening, Andi returns home, and notices Clare working on the puzzles he brought for her. He sits down beside her to solve the puzzle, and while he’s distracted… She quickly grabs the keys and hurriedly exits the apartment. Clare manages to reach the courtyard, but to her shock, she finds another door blocking her path. Unfortunately, Andi appears and slams the door on her hand, causing her to break her fingers. The poor woman soon passes out, and Andi carries her back to the apartment, where he tends to his wound. The following day, Clare pleads with him, telling him she misses her mum, but Andi coldly replies that there’s no point in missing something she’ll never get back.
6:41 He once again takes her picture, and moves to another room, which he always keeps locked. The next day, at school, Andi begins creepily staring at a student named Franka during gym class, and she also notices his unsettling gaze. Meanwhile, at home, Clare attempts to open the door of the mysterious room using paper clips but is unsuccessful. She also accidentally snaps the piece of paper clip inside the door, and worries that the psychopath will discover her attempt. In the evening, Andi returns home and checks Clare’s hand injuries, before proceeding to bathe her. During this, Franka’s voice is heard on the door, and Andi warns Clare to stay quiet, or he will have to kill the girl. Andi is then shocked to see his student and asks how she got here, to which she responds that the Coal man let her in.
7:30 At this moment, Clare arrives wearing only a towel, and when Franka asks who she is, Andi responds that she is his girlfriend. Franka feels disappointed, and mentions that she saw the way he looked at her in school, but he clarifies that it wasn’t intentional. He then threatens to report her if she comes here again, leaving Franka with no choice but to leave. Later, Clare asks who the girl was, and Andi casually replies that she is his student, Franka. He then proceeds to cut Clare’s hair, after which he takes more bizarre photographs of her. But when he tries to go to the special room, it doesn’t open, which makes him realize that Clare had attempted something. As time passes, Christmas Eve arrives, during which Andi brings lingerie for Clare and forces her to wear it.
8:18 She then calls him abnormal, which enrages him to the point that he hits her, and storms out of the room. The poor woman begins getting dressed, and in the process, she discovers nail clippings under the bed. Following this, Andi goes to visit his dad for Christmas, leaving Clare completely alone in the apartment. The electricity is soon cut off, and she is left shivering in the freezing cold. Elsewhere, Andi goes to wake his dad one morning, and is distraught to find that the man has passed away. He proceeds to cut his father’s toenails, while Clare is seen painting her own nails at the apartment. Andi then spends time with his father’s dead body, while Clare struggles in the cold with very little food to sustain herself. After finally informing the authorities about his deceased father,
9:05 Andi returns to his apartment, and tells Clare what happened. Here she states that she thought he wasn’t going to come back, and tries to comfort him. The distraught man hugs her tightly while crying, and in the heat of the moment, Clare suddenly begins kissing him, leading them to make love. In the following days, Clare begins to gradually accept her new reality, and begins cooking, and cleaning around the apartment. One evening, she plays music for him, and he gives her a book with a message: “To me, you’re perfect.” Clare asks how he chose her, and he responds that he saw her on the street, and planned their meeting. She then questions him about the girl before her, and he insists there was no one, but Clare can clearly see he’s lying. She asks if he still thinks about her, but he responds no, and becomes visibly annoyed by her questioning.
9:54 Later, Andi asks her to close her eyes, and when she obliges, he brings out his dad’s dog as a surprise gift. Clare’s face lights up with excitement, and she’s thrilled to finally have a companion amid her dire situation. The following day, Andi finally takes Clare outside for the first time since abducting her. They drive to the woods, and Clare excitedly begins exploring everything with childlike wonder. But then, Andi grabs an axe to attack her, right when a child appears, revealing that his brother has hurt his leg. Andi rushes to help the injured child, while Clare seizes the chance to plead with the other to call the police. Unfortunately, the boy doesn’t understand English, and becomes irritated by her frantic words, causing him to shout.
10:40 Andi realizes what Clare tried to do, right when the children’s mother arrives, and takes them away. Frustrated, Andi takes Clare back to the car, and forces her into the trunk. He drives her home, where he surrounds her with lights and takes more photographs of her half-naked. In the following days, Clare grows increasingly close to the dog, which seems to make the psychopath jealous. One evening, Andi takes the dog for a walk, but returns home alone. When Clare asks about the dog, he claims that it ran away, which leaves the poor woman heartbroken. On New Year’s Eve, Andi goes to attend a party hosted by his colleagues, while Clare stays home and finally manages to open the mysterious locked room after multiple attempts.
11:26 Inside, she finds a camera, and a photo album containing all the disturbing pictures Andi had taken of her. There is a massage chair, and next to it, Clare discovers another album. This one holds Andi’s childhood photos, but at the very end, she sees pictures of the blonde girl he had locked in the room before her, leaving Clare horrified. Back at the party, Andi doesn’t seem to be enjoying himself, right when of his female colleagues asks him to have fun, but he accuses her of throwing herself at him despite being in a relationship. This leaves the woman offended, and a bit scared, so she demands that he leave. Andi then goes outside, where he approaches a tourist woman to flirt, and tries to use the same technique he used on Clare. Fortunately for her, her friend appears in time and takes her away, saying their taxi has arrived.
12:17 Returning to Clare, she notices a light shining from a nearby apartment, and begins screaming for help, while even trying to shatter the window. A man finally notices her, and rushes to her building to help. But unfortunately, as he tries to open the door… The man collapses to the floor, after which Andi repeatedly hits him until he dies. A horrified Clare begins crying, but Andi blames her for causing this, and orders her to clean up the scene. He then wraps the body in plastic, and stuffs it into a garbage can outside, before setting it on fire. The next day, Andi is reading the newspaper
13:03 when he notices Clare’s picture labeled as a missing tourist. And so, he tells Clare to pack her things, saying they will fumigate the apartment tomorrow. Clare notices him checking students’ notebooks and sees Franka’s name in one of them. This sparks an idea in her, so she deliberately burns his hand on the stove. A worried Andi goes to fetch medicine in the bathroom, during which Clare steals Franka’s notebook. The next day, Andi leaves with all his belongings, and afterward, Clare realizes that he has also cut off the water supply, suggesting he’s planning to abandon her. Later, at school, Andi returns the students’ graded notebooks, but Franka is horrified when she discovers a disturbing picture of Clare inside her notebook.
13:48 She calmly requests to go to the bathroom, but in her haste, she accidentally drops the picture. Franka then cycles away from school, while the other students find the picture in the classroom and are horrified. A confused Andi demands to know what is happening, and begins to panic when a student hands him the disturbing picture. Without wasting any time, Andi immediately rushes home, but gets stuck in traffic, which causes him to delay. When he finally arrives at the building, he notices that Franka has broken in through a basement window. A panicked Andi reaches the courtyard, only to be shocked to see a hammer and the empty locked box that contained Clare’s belongings. He quickly rushes upstairs, but finds no one in the apartment, which heightens his anxiety.
14:34 At one point, Andi hears a noise coming from the upstairs apartment, so he grabs a weapon, and cautiously heads there. He breaks down the door, and Franka is seen hiding nearby while holding her breath. But before he can find her, Clare calls from below, prompting him to rush immediately toward her. Andi then enters his apartment while calling out for Clare, and soon notices his special room, which is now open. While he’s distracted looking at the album, Clare seizes the moment to sneak out and calls his name, before locking him inside his own apartment. The panicked man now begs Clare to open the door, but she refuses, and screams in triumph for finally being free. We notice that she has retrieved her belongings and passport from the locked box.
15:20 She then goes upstairs and releases Franka, who had been hiding in the cupboard. The girl seems shaken, so Clare comforts her and assures her it’s okay. As the movie ends, Clare is seen riding through Berlin’s streets in a cab, and enjoying her newfound freedom, while the psychopath is seen relaxing in the massage chair, where he will be trapped forever.
