Good Bye Lenin
Director – Wolfgang Becker, 120 Minutes – Germany 2007
Alex lives in communist East Germany with his beloved mother who is a staunch follower of the party. However, he joins the uprising against the state and is attacked by the police - the shock of which sends his mother into coma. While she's unconscious, the Berlin Wall falls and as Germany unites, the former "German Democratic Republic" is no more. When she finally awakes, her doctors tell Alex that another shock could kill her, so he must keep up the illusion that nothing has changed.
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