Goodbye Lenin!
Goodbye Lenin!
The fast and funny German farce GOODBYE, LENIN! is set during an important chapter of German history. October, 1989 was an unfortunate time to fall into a coma if you lived in East Germany, and this is precisely what happens to Alex’s proudly socialist mother. Alex has a big problem on his hands when she suddenly awakens eight months later. Her heart is so weak that any shock might kill her. And what could be more shocking than the fall of the Berlin Wall and the triumph of capitalism in her beloved East Germany? The dutiful son transforms the family apartment into an island of the past, a kind of socialist-era museum where his mother is lovingly duped into believing that nothing has changed. What begins as a little white lie turns into a major scam as Alex’s sister and selected neighbors are recruited to maintain the elaborate ruse. It all makes for a pleasingly absurd and politically savvy flick.
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