Good Bye Lenin!

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Líder: kanavulator
Política de associação: Aberta
Criado em: 8 Mai 2006
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For all fans of the beautiful German Film "Good Bye Lenin" and its equally amazing soundtrack by Yann Tiersen.

Good bye, Lenin! is a German tragic comedy film, released internationally in 2003. It can be seen as part of the ostalgie movement. Directed by Wolfgang Becker, the cast includes Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß, Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon and Florian Lukas.

The film is set in the East Berlin of 1989 to 1990. The premise of the film is that Alexander Kerner's mother, Christiane Kerner, an ardent supporter of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, falls into a coma shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall, following a heart attack she suffered when she saw Alex being arrested in an anti-government demonstration. After eight months she comes out of the coma, but is very weak both physically and mentally, and doctors say that any shock may cause another attack. The film depicts the attempt by her family, who think that the events of the fall of the wall would be too much for her to bear, to maintain the illusion that things are as normal in the GDR. To this end, they revert the flat to its previous drab communist-era decor, dress in their old clothes, and find old labelled food jars and place western products in them. Since Christiane is bedridden, the deception works for a while, but becomes increasingly complicated and elaborate. Despite everything, Christiane occasionally witnesses strange occurrences, such as a gigantic Coca-Cola advertisement banner unfurling on a building outside her apartment. Alexander and a friend with film-making ambitions edit old tapes of news broadcasts and create their own fake special reports to explain away some of the strange occurrences.

In one surreal scene, Christiane wanders outside the flat while Alex is asleep, and sees all her neighbours' old furniture piled up in the street for garbage collection, a car dealer selling BMWs instead of Trabants. Then, a huge military helicopter flies past carrying the upper half of an enormous statue of Lenin, which at an angle appears to be offering Christiane his hand. Alex and his sister find her and take her back to the flat. Later, Christiane is unsure if the experience was imagined or not.

A subplot involves the earlier defection to the West of Alexander's father when Alexander was a child, an event which apparently drove his mother temporarily insane, and which prompted her ardent support of the party. Later it is revealed that the defection was planned by them both, but she bailed out to protect her children. Alexander's sister Ariane, now working in a Burger King drive-through, one day sees her father with a new family. Christiane later admits the deception and Alexander goes to find his father, partly for himself and his sister, and partly to honour Christiane's dying wish that she see him one last time. On the way, Alex meets his childhood hero, Sigmund Jähn, the first German in space - now driving a taxi.

Christiane relapses, and is once again taken to the hospital. Under pressure to reveal the truth about the fall of the East, Alexander creates one final fake film segment. Alexander convinces Sigmund Jähn to appear as the new leader of East Germany, and gives a speech promising to make a better future by opening the borders to the West. Christiane is very impressed by the "broadcast", but in fact already knows the truth, as Alexander's girlfriend revealed everything when Alexander was not around. By this time Alexander has recreated the GDR in his own image for her benefit, and it is this that she is really impressed by, but does not want to hurt him by revealing that she knows the real truth. The tables are turned completely, and it is Alex who is being protected from reality. Christiane dies soon afterwards, and Alex never knows that she did, in the end, know the truth.

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screwmybanana

Great movie :)

agosto 2011
Abdulakh

Great film! It can be watched again and again.

março 2010
opheliea

my favorite movie!!!

setembro 2009
letmesingyou

(L)

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novembro 2008
Schierverhofen

I love this film! It's the second-best German film I've ever watched (after 'Nowhere to Africa')!

setembro 2008
spiinelli

I love this movie and yann tiersen..

agosto 2008
pvt1986

Hi! I have created a group about Pedro Almodóvar, his films, and the soundtracks of his films. You can visit it here. Feel free to join!

julho 2008
Fra_Baggy

Love that german movie :D! ^_^

julho 2007