d ‘Goodbye, Lenin' was directed by Wolfgang Becker, a German director. In Germany, more than 6 million people flocked to the theaters to see this movie, and people from both the east and west enjoyed it. It also won 9 prizes in 2003, including the 'Deutscher Filmpreise' award for the categories best movie, best director, and best actor. The story is about a family living in the communist eastern part of Germany throughout the years of change and reunification, called "die Wende" in German. The movie deals with the nuances between truth and deception, while portraying life after the reunification in a very humorous and also dramatic way. It is a tragicomedy, in that tragedy and comedy both are interconnected, contributing to a very emotional and riveting outcome. The story moved me because of its touching scenes and its humor, but the biggest reason why I am a fan of this movie is that I am a student whose major is German culture. It is also particularly relevant to the situation of us who live in the last divided nation on earth.dThe story follows the members of a family living on the eastern-side of Berlin split into two by the Berlin Wall. Christiane Kerner, the mother of Alexander Kerner and a staunch supporter of the East German government, coincidentally sees her son participate in an anti-government demonstration and breaks down. While she is in a coma, the Berlin wall falls and the two nations unify. She wakes up, and the family is happy, but a slight shock can be fatal in her unstable condition, so Alex decides to withhold the truth about the collapse of East Germany from her. With his friend's help he manufactures news broadcastings and goes through other various difficulties to give her the impression that she still lives in a socialist state until the moment she dies happily in the presence of her family. Seeing Alexander's touching efforts to protect his mother from the reality makes me laugh. At the same time, however, it also makes us think about our unification.
by Neri
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