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沃尔夫冈·贝克
丹尼尔·布鲁赫卡特琳·萨斯丘尔潘·哈马托娃弗洛里安·卢卡斯亚历山大·拜尔
电影
德国
2003
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克里斯蒂娜（凯萨琳·萨斯 Kathrin Sass 饰）衷心拥护着社会主义东德，她的丈夫已经逃往西德，剩下她一人抚养一对儿女阿丽安娜（玛丽亚·西蒙 Maria Simon 饰）和阿历克斯（丹尼尔·布鲁赫 Daniel Brühl 饰）。1989年，阿历克斯上街游行被捕，母亲目睹了这一幕，心脏病发晕倒过去，不省人事了好一段时间。 当她醒来，她熟悉的国家已经改变——柏林墙推倒，民主德国的社会主义也随之瓦解。 医生说，克里斯蒂娜不能再受刺激了。于是儿子想方设法营造一个过往的世界给母亲。母亲因此得以活在过去的民主德国里：包括邻居的衣饰，电视的新闻，换成苏联食品的罐头。然而，阿历克斯用心良苦不可能掩饰庞大的现实世界。终于，儿子以自己的方式去和母亲讲述东德的变迁。
After the titles, a television reporter speaks about a space program while the boy and girl watch. The boy points an astronaut out to his sister. A voice-over says that an East German citizen, Sigmund Jähn (Himself), was the first German in space. After that day, their life started going downhill. Mrs. Kerner is questioned by officials about her marriage. They are concerned that her husband has visited a capitalist country three times. The officials leave after Christiane Kerner (Katrin Saß) gets angry. The voiceover explains that while Jähn was in space representing East Germany, his father was having an affair with his new enemy of the state girlfriend and that he never came back.
The voiceover explains that his mother was so depressed that she stopped talking. She is shown in a mental hospital, staring off into the distance while her son colours with crayons and her daughter plays a wind instrument. The son tries to get her to come back to them, saying that its boring at Mrs. Schäfer (Christine Schorn)'s. He tells her he loves her and starts to cry but his mother is unmoved.
The boy looks upset as he watches television and the astronauts are on again talking about a cosmic marriage between two television characters.
The voiceover explains that eight weeks later Mrs. Kerner came back home and was back to normal. They surprise her when she comes back home. Alex is wearing a cardboard space ship and his sister has a painted sign that says, Hello Mama. Mrs. Kerner packs up her husband's clothes and sends them to Mozambique.
Old footage from spring 1979 shows the family at a train station and then on the train. The voiceover informs that they never mentioned their father again and that from then on their mother was married to their socialist fatherland. She is shown directing a choir of children and being involved with various youth activities. The voiceover says that she has become a social crusader and activist for the concerns of common people and tiny injustices.
The family watches television in their home and a news report about special government awards is on. Alex points out that his mother is on screen. Mrs. Kerner is shown receiving her award and shaking hands with the presenter.
More aged footage is shown, with a group of kids standing in front of a space ship in astronaut gear. The voiceover explains that after many hard days of work he would be the second German to venture into space. He is shown with other children riding on a bus labeled, Young Rocket Builders. He is then shown standing with a group of kids, all holding small air powered rockets. The voiceover explains that he had imagined exploring the secrets of space for the benefit of mankind. When he launches his rocket, it flies off into space.
Alex (Daniel Brühl) is shown ten years later, October 7th, 1989, sitting on a bench drinking a beer. The voiceover explains that it was the 40th anniversary of East Germany and he had the day off from his job at a TV repair firm. He says he feels at the height of his masculine allure as he burps and slouches on the bench. Flags and posters celebrating the anniversary are everywhere. At a parade soldiers march and tanks ceremoniously dive down the street. Inside his apartment, Alex sleeps on his bed fully dressed. A woman informs him that there's a girl there to see him. The girl turns out to him baby Paula at three months of age (Philipp Kupfer), whom she's holding and the woman is revealed to be Daniel's sister Ariane Kerner (Maria Simon). The baby begins to wail due to the vibrations the parade is causing in the apartment. Alex joins two other older women in an adjacent room, who are writing a complaint about the sizes of women's clothing. Alex turns on the TV and sees news coverage of the ceremonies and voices his disapproval. One woman remarks that nothing will change as everyone migrates.
