Directed by Wolfgang Becker and released in 2003.
Based in East Germany, a doting son’s mother falls ill and goes into a comma. She is a devout citizen and a proud communist.
While she’s unconscious the wall comes down and Germany is unified. She comes out of her coma but doctors tell her son that any sudden shock may kill her. And so the rest of the film is about how her son desperately tries to hide the fact that the wall has come down. And how her fellow communist citizens have become McDonalds eating and Coca-Cola swilling capitalist pigs.
Unlike many films of this genre the director doesn’t really take political sides. He uses the situations to point out the shifts in power through comedy. Alex (the son) starts out with his mother's best intentions at heart. But the lengths he ends up having to go to protect her from the truth become ridiculous.This not only gives the film its comedy but it’s tragedy as well. Giving it true depth.
Put this one on your list.
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