A young German boy goes to great lengths to prevent his mother from learning about the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of East Germany after she falls into a coma from a heart attack brought on by witnessing his arrest at a protest. Knowing the shock could kill her, the boy keeps their apartment frozen in the past and hides the changes that occurred while she was unconscious. As his mother's health improves and she prepares to resume normal life, maintaining the ruse grows more difficult. The film provides insight into the personal impacts of German reunification and the transition from communism to democracy.

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4. A dedicated young German boy pulls off an elaborate scheme to keep
his mother in good health.
Suffering a heart attack and falling into a coma after seeing her son
arrested during a protest, Alex's (Daniel Brühl) socialist mother,
Christiane (Katrin Sass), remains comatose through the fall of the Berlin
wall and
the German Democratic Republic.

5. Knowing that the slightest shock could prove fatal upon
his mother's awakening, Alex strives to keep the fall of
the GDR a secret for as long as possible.
Keeping their apartment firmly rooted in the past, Alex's
scheme works for a while, but it's not long before his
mother is feeling better and ready to get up and around
again.

6. The film provides the glimpse of one of the major European historical
event and revolves around during the collapse of Berlin wall. It depicts the
effect of German reunification on the people and highlights many social
and political issues.

7. The movie is marvelously entertaining, witty and occasionally poignant, tragic-
comedy dealing with issues related with relationships, bonds to those of political,
social and cultural. It gives a great insight of how the whole transition of
communist to western world democracy influenced people.

8.  Edited by Koundouraki Eftychia