Film
Good bye, Lenin!

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Thu, 11/21/2019
Goethe-Institut Montreal

Director: Wolfgang Becker, colour, 120 min., 2003
With: Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß, Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon, Florian Lukas, Alexander Beyer, Michael Gwisdek, Burghart Klaußner.
In German with French subtitles.

“ A big-hearted, crowd-pleasing dramatic comedy set against a tumultuous, roughly year-long period during German reunification in late 1989 and 1990, "Good Bye Lenin!" is a treat for audiences of all nations.” – Variety

Berlin (East) in autumn 1989: Alex Kerner's mother is in a coma after a heart attack and misses the fall of the Berlin Wall. She awakes in summer 1990. Her doctor declares that excitement of any kind could be fatal. Alex must conceal the fall of the SED regime from her. He and his friends pretend to the sick woman that the GDR still exists; the illusion remains perfect until one day the truth can no longer be concealed. The clever comedy was the most successful film of the year in 2003. 
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 “It seems almost incredible watching this clever, poignant little movie from director Wolfgang Becker that delivers the shock of the new and the shock of the old.” – The Guardian