Of course, it's not really a comedy. The most touching thing is our Ali's love for her mother. Alex has lived with his mother and sister since he was a child. (Dad defected to the West) Socialist-loving mother of the motherland was in a coma for eight months because of a sudden illness when she saw her son attend the parade. Finally woke up when his son was making out with the nurse. Just when our poor Alex thought he could finally breathe a sigh of relief, the doctor told him that your mother's birthday was approaching and that she could no longer be stimulated. But everything that happened outside constituted a great stimulation for the mother. In order to save the mother from possible stimulation, Alex decided to take her home. This also began his journey of building his own "socialist motherland". First get rid of all the capitalist products in the house, then scour the discarded bottles and jars to turn capitalist food into socialist food. His quest for the pickled cucumber jar could be a legend. His greatest initiative was to concoct the news of the GDR with his colleague who revered Kubrick, and to build a thriving country for his mother. In order to hide the truth, he kept lying, so much that his girlfriend accused him of being accustomed to lying. Despite this, his mother still had to leave this world, and Alex found his revered astronaut as a leader to celebrate the greatest National Day of the GDR. In fact, the film has already suggested that his mother already knew the truth at this time, but she concealed it from Alex and calmly accepted the last gift her son gave her. She left this world peacefully, not because she knew that the great socialist motherland was still great, but because she knew how much his children loved her. That's enough for a mother. We have always claimed that China is a country of filial piety, but I have never seen such a good show of children's love for their parents. After watching the movie, I think every parent asks himself: in that situation, can I do it?
Goodbye Lenin must be a political movie, as you can tell from the title. The reunification of the two Germanys was one of the most important political events of the last century, especially for the people of East Germany, it meant too much. This film is very successful in expressing these meanings. Capitalism has won, but it doesn't mean happiness is coming. At least those older people feel a lot of loss, and they even show their envy to Alex's mother because she doesn't know what's going on these months. Everyone lost their jobs, the principal of the primary school was drinking heavily, the astronaut became a taxi driver, and the doctor in the hospital went to West Germany to make a fortune. Twice when Alex was scouring the rubbish heap, the old gentleman had to say, "They sold out the country." But the young man embraced it all, and Alex's sister was very concerned about the "socialization of the family." "Life is unbearable. Those kids also got twenty marks from Alex by dressing up as young pioneers and calling him boss before leaving. And when Alex's mother left the house, she saw the bronze statue of Lenin being towed away by the helicopter.
However, the director did not simply describe this huge change, he still expressed his own views. He did not simply judge which social system is better. He just raised his own question through the fake news. Can't people have a little pursuit of their own except for cars and VCRs? Couldn't socialism be more tolerant of dissent and more open? Would such socialism be more attractive than another system? In the end, Ali said that the morality he built was the morality of himself and his mother. Isn't it the good country in the director's mind? A small character in the film seems to hint at part of the director's answer, that is the doctor, when Alex knew that his mother was going to die soon and the former doctor went to West Germany, he said angrily to the doctor, "You When are you leaving?" The serious doctor didn't answer at that time, but only taught him how to first aid. When Alex returned to the hospital a few months later, the doctor was still there, and it was he who said "I'm sorry" to Ali in a calm tone to convey the unfortunate message. It seems that the director still believes that people can stick to their ideals under various temptations.
The director mentioned astronautics many times in the film, and mentioned that the world needs to be seen from the sky, which is the case in the GDR. Yes, when we stand above the firmament and look back at the earth, we will find our own insignificance. In the end, Alex shot his mother's ashes into the sky with a homemade rocket, so that she could always watch everyone from the sky. If we think about these things in the stars, we may find that it doesn't matter whether the Berlin Wall falls or not, East Germany or West Germany is better. Only Alex's love for his mother and those touching friendships are truly memorable.
PS: This is something I wrote before. I was very excited after watching the movie and wrote the most direct feelings. Ignoring Alex's father, it was sent out on a whim this time, so I didn't make any changes.
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