Director: Wolfgang Becker
Genre: Drama/ Comedy
Runtime: 121
minutes
Year:
2003
Starring: Daniel
Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Florian Lukas, Maria Simon, Alexander Beyer
Description: In 1990, to
protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma, a young man
(Daniel Brühl) must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East
Germany as she knew it has disappeared.
Review: “Good Bye Lenin!” is set right
before and after the fall of the Berlin wall. Christiane, leading character
Alex’ mom, saw her husband leave to the West of Germany in 1978. The DDR became
her everything since then. Right before the fall of the wall, she sees her son
get arrested during a riot and she suffers a heart attack. Christiane is in a
coma for eight months and in those months the Berlin wall falls. When she
wakes, the doctor warns Alex and his sister that any form of excitement is
dangerous for Christiane. Which means the fall of the Berlin wall will be a
shock to their mother. Alex decides to pretend it never happened and does
everything in his power to make his mother think the DDR is still alive.
Alex creates a fantastically complicated and
hilarious way to pretend the Berlin wall never fell: the pickles from the West,
the coffee, the honey. They are all put in jars that were sold in the DDR and
he sticks old labels on them. Together with his friend he makes his own news
reports.
“Good Bye, Lenin!” is a great film, with a great
mix of drama and comedy. The cast is sympathetic and natural. The movie is
heartwarming and it just makes you feel good to see what Alex does so his
mother gets her health back again. This movie is definitely a must see, fantastic!
Rating: 2/
5
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