Good Bye, Lenin!

Good Bye, Lenin is a 2003 German tragicomedy film. Directed by Wolfgang Becker, the cast includes Daniel Brhl, Katrin Sa, Chulpan Khamatova, and Maria Simon. Most scenes were shot at the KarlMarxAllee in Berlin and around Plattenbauten near Alexanderplatz.

The remainder of the film is set in East Berlin, from October 1989 to just after German reunification a year later. Alex lives with his sister, Ariane Maria Simon, his mother, Christiane Katrin Sa, and Arianes infant daughter, Paula. It appears that his father abandoned the family and fled to the West in 1978. In his absence, Christiane has become an ardent supporter of the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany the Party. Alex takes part in an antigovernment demonstration, where he meets a girl by chance, but they are separated by the Volkspolizei before they can properly introduce themselves. When Christiane sees Alex being arrested, she suffers a nearfatal heart attack and falls into a coma. The police ignore Alexanders plea to assist his mother. They release him later that evening to go and see her.While visiting his mother in the hospital, Alex again encounters the girl from the demonstration, Lara Chulpan Khamatova, a young nurse from the Soviet Union who is now caring for his mother. Alex is smitten with her and asks her out. The two soon begin dating and develop a close bond. ........

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