In the son's memory, the father was seduced by a capitalist woman and abandoned them; the mother was a firm believer and practitioner of socialist ideals, to which she devoted herself, body and mind. So he needs to maintain his mother's fragile heart, and he needs to recreate a GDR in a space of 79 square meters. His sincerity touched many people, and even he was able to edit the video into a TV program to make his mother believe that the world changed outside is still the victory of socialism. All the actions of the son and the life experience of the mother seem to lead us to be immersed in this kind of white lie and to feel sorry for this kind of mother-son relationship. However, the mother's words made us understand that the whole family's previous life has always been a lie.
The father and the mother decided to go to West Germany, but the mother gave up at the end because she could not see the direction, and she was worried that the children would be affected, because she could not take them all out at once. In order to relieve the pressure of her children's future burden of her father's treason charges, she married herself to this belief; she must trade all her deeds for the safety of her children who still live in this society; she endured strong feelings for her husband Missing, constantly weaving new lies to cover up the father figure in front of the children; all letters were stuffed behind the cupboard instead of being burned; the letters were not opened because maybe she couldn't bear to see his handwriting and could restrain herself of thoughts. In addition to being moved by tears for the lie weaved by our son, we should think of the hard work and patience this mother put in to weave a bigger lie. The lie weaved by the son lasted 8 months, and the lie weaved by the mother may last a lifetime.
Most of the bombarded comments were pretty adamant that the mother died believing that everything her son was making was real, but I think I noticed two details. First, the son's girlfriend's whistle-blowing to the mother. She has already told the mother everything. The mother's suspicion has been verified, but she has not dialed the son's cold water. She has already enjoyed the son's well-crafted lies. Lying in the hospital bed, she looked at her son with all meanings after learning the truth. In the last broadcast, the son made the former astronaut the last president of the GDR, proclaiming the great victory of East German socialism after the merger of East and West Germany, and the mother said softly and with a smile: "It's incredible!" This is the biggest compliment to what my son has done. In a 79 square meter room, her son created a new and successful great East Germany for her over a period of 8 months.
In fact, the deception and lies between each other are all to protect each other. The mother's lie is in exchange for the safe growth of the child, and the son's deception is to protect the mother's fragile heart. And what about belief is just a power that serves the purpose of survival. When people live, what they pursue is always good, whether it is material, spiritual enjoyment of life or belief. Comrade Lenin's wave passed by his mother's eyes, and the setting sun was shining behind him. This scene was not only a farewell to an old life, but also the beginning of a new era. Fireworks carry mother's ashes into space. The rest of the people still hope to live a good life, no matter what belief they are in...
In the changing times, the existence of individuals is like looking at the earth from the universe, which is extremely small; the movie makes all people in this era The people in it reflect on the touching experiences they have experienced. I think this movie can not only give more feelings to the Germans who experienced the joy and pain of the merger of East and West Germany, but we, ordinary moviegoers, should also benefit a lot from it!
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