The film is adapted and restored based on the East German "Hot Air Balloon Incident". Germany was divided into two during the Cold War. It tells the story of two families who escaped to West Germany with homemade hot air balloons in East Germany. It is also a story of the pursuit of freedom. Compared with the real prison in "The Shawshank Redemption", the protagonists in "Balloon" have overcome an "invisible prison" - East Germany.
The movie is two hours long, but after watching it, it feels like an hour has passed. It can be said that the rendering of the tense and depressing atmosphere under the director's lens is in place, as if you were there.
For many people, the Berlin Wall may be a tourist attraction, but for East Germans living in the Cold War, it was a wall that blocked family gatherings and a wall that blocked freedom.
Although the Berlin Wall has become a memory of history, I still get excited every time I read the story of the East Germans who overcame the wall. It is the most tragic scene in the world to pursue freedom with life. Gaunt and Peter are both real and ordinary. The East Germans gave up their house and work in East Germany, and started from scratch in West Germany. They gave the world a shocking interpretation of the word "freedom" in the most unusual way.
In particular, the real pictures released at the end of the film are even more admirable for their determination. Because this is not only a true legend, but also a battle for survival, for reunion, for freedom. At the end, the joy of Gunter and Peter when they learned that they had embraced each other when they crossed the West Germany and 10 years later - in 1989, the Berlin Wall came down, ending the 28-year relationship between the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR. I was isolated, and at the same time reminded me of Hong Kong 97 returning to the embrace of my mother, and I was moved to tears with joy.
When all the ruins are broken, the one who turns around and picks up the broken tiles and goes to build a home with his own hands is the greatest person.
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