Good Bye, Lenin!
2003GermanyLanguage: deDirected by Wolfgang Becker★ 7.5
Available in English: subtitled
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.
Themes and style
Tone
dark comedymelancholicwarmhopeful
Pacing
episodicescalating
Story
con deceptionunravelingsurvival
Emotion
griefall-consuming loveloyalty under pressurebelongingloss of innocence
Themes
family wounds passed downlife under oppressionnational identitycaught between worldsfamily duty
Feel
catharticcrowd pleaserdiscussion starterquietly haunting
Violence
none