Good Bye Lenin!

This movie revolves around the happenings in a small East-German family during the unification of the two Germanies. Alex, possibly in his twenties, lives with his mother and sister in a place surrounded by communist ideals during the pre-union era. His mother is a staunch socialist and is separated from her husband, who lives in West Germany. After a sudden incident, she suffers a heart attack and goes into coma. She remains in this state for eight months, in which their country undergoes a vast transformation: the wall is demolished, the two Germanies are united and capitalism takes its toll in East Germany. She 'wakes up' from her sleep in a changed world. Alex, the son, afraid that his mother might suffer another attack, keeps this reality a secret, and does whatever he can to make her believe that nothing has changed and it's still the old East Germany she knew eight months back. It's reality, still with a flavor of fiction, but not too much to spoil the essence of facts. Perfect art. What a movie!