2003 · drama · comedy
Good Bye, Lenin!
Directed by Wolfgang Becker2h 1m2003
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.
Our read: Good Bye, Lenin! (2003) reads as a warm, steady, grounded drama · comedy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, steady, measured drama / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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