Alex (Daniel Bruhl) grows up in socialist East Germany, but his father leaves for the West while he's still a young boy. When in October 1989 his proudly socialist mother Christiane (Katrin Sass) sees him arrested during a demonstration, she has a heart attack and goes into an eight month coma. When she finally wakes up, Alex draws his family and friends into a conspiracy to prevent her from learning that the world she knew and loved has gone forever. Socialism is not only alive and well but envied by the West, and Germany has not been unified. The sham puts a lot of strain on him and his immediate circle, including his girlfriend Lara (Chulpan Khamatova). But his mother has some secrets of her own.

Country: Germ    Genre: Drama    Released: 2003   
Rating: M    Format: 4:3