Good Bye, Lenin!

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    Good Bye, Lenin!
    2003

    Synopsis

    Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happened (as she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid shocking her which could lead to another heart attack.

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    Cast

    • Daniel BrühlAlex Kerner
    • Katrin SassChristiane Kerner
    • Chulpan KhamatovaLara
    • Maria SimonAriane Kerner
    • Florian LukasDenis
    • Alexander BeyerRainer
    • Burghart KlaußnerRobert Kerner
    • Michael GwisdekKlapprath
    • Christine SchornMs. Schäfer
    • Jürgen HoltzMr. Ganske

    Recommendations

    • 80

      Time

      A romantic comedy so smart and sweetly mature, it's liberating.
    • 80

      Los Angeles Times

      Funny but not a comedy, serious but never overbearing, emotional in an engaging and bittersweet way, Good Bye, Lenin! is a wonderful film unto itself about a world unto itself.
    • 75

      New York Daily News

      Wolfgang Becker's premise is absurdist and makes great sense as political satire.
    • 70

      Film Threat

      Relies heavily on strong performances from Brühl and Sass to make the illusion believable.
    • 70

      Variety

      This triumph of historical verisimilitude in the service of solid storytelling requires no detailed knowledge of the period to be appreciated as the moving story of a son's unconditional love for his mother.
    • 70

      The A.V. Club

      Surprisingly successful blend of goofy political farce and sober family drama.
    • 70

      L.A. Weekly

      Director Becker and his sharp screenwriter, Bernd Lichtenberg, come less to bury communism than to hurl darts at the Western commodity culture that floods East Berlin.
    • 60

      Village Voice

      Overlong and a bit tiresome but it's actually about something.

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