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I couldn't find a thread on this movie in the MDF, so here we go. There aren't too many really solid German/Russian films that have made their way to the U.S. since "Run, Lola, Run", but I stumbled upon one a couple of weeks back.
"Good bye, Lenin!" is a winner of multiple International film awards, as well as a Academy Award nominee in 2003 for Best Foreign Language Film. The film is about a young man named Alex, who's mother slips into a coma. His mom, a socialist, under the rule of the capitalist U.S.S.R.
It just so happens the year is 1989, and while Alex's mother was in a coma, the Berlin Wall came down. Alex painstakingly recreates the days leading up to the fall, although they already happened, to more or less save his mothers life, because due to her condition, any sudden surprises are literally fatal
"Lenin" is a really well crafted film, it's funny and lighthearted, and really puts you in the life of East Germans before the fall of the wall. It's a story of true love and deciation. I found it for sale at Hollywood Video yesterday for a mere $5.99! Needless to say, it came home with me.
"Good bye, Lenin!" is a winner of multiple International film awards, as well as a Academy Award nominee in 2003 for Best Foreign Language Film. The film is about a young man named Alex, who's mother slips into a coma. His mom, a socialist, under the rule of the capitalist U.S.S.R.
It just so happens the year is 1989, and while Alex's mother was in a coma, the Berlin Wall came down. Alex painstakingly recreates the days leading up to the fall, although they already happened, to more or less save his mothers life, because due to her condition, any sudden surprises are literally fatal
"Lenin" is a really well crafted film, it's funny and lighthearted, and really puts you in the life of East Germans before the fall of the wall. It's a story of true love and deciation. I found it for sale at Hollywood Video yesterday for a mere $5.99! Needless to say, it came home with me.