Demi membuat hidupnya bermakna, seorang ibu yang rapuh kesehatannya di Berlin Timur mendedikasikan dirinya pada tujuan dan idealisme ideologi Jerman Timur. Kerapuhannya itu pula yang membuatnya kolaps ketika melihat putranya dianiaya oleh aparat. Mungkin kaget oleh kekerasan itu, mungkin juga kecewa melihat anaknya “melawan” negara, atau mungkin juga tidak mampu memproses kenyataan bahwa negara idealnya melakukan kekerasan. Maka ketika dia bangun dari koma-nya di masa Jerman Timur sudah tidak ada, sang anak berusaha menjaga keutuhan ibunya dengan cara menciptakan ilusi keberadaan Jerman Timur yang ideal di sekeliling sang ibu.
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In order to make life meaningful after a sudden separation, a fragile mother in East Berlin dedicated her life onto the ideals of socialist East German. As fate has it, she had to witness her son being beaten violently by police. Probably due to her shock for having a defiant son, or seeing her beloved state doing such violence, or simply from the violence, or combination of all three, she collapsed. So when she revived in a united Berlin, in a world where East German no longer existed, she’s on the verge of danger of another life-threatening shock. His son then puts on extra miles to create the illusion of an ideal East German around the mother.
Sutradara Wolfgang Becker | Pemeran Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß | Negara Jerman | Jenis Fiksi | Tahun 2003 | Durasi 121 menit | Bahasa Jerman, Inggris, Rusia | Subteks Bahasa Inggris | Format Digital | Klasifikasi Usia 15+
Penghargaan
Nomine | Foreign Language Film | Golden Derby Awards 2002, Los Angeles, Amerika Serikat
Pemenang | 2nd Place Best Foreign Language Film | Circuit Community Awards 2003, Amerika Serikat
Pemenang | Bambi Awards 2003, München, Jerman
Pemenang | Capri European Film Award | Capri 2003, California, Amerika
Pemenang | Blue Angel Award | Berlin International Film Festival 2003, Berlin, Jerman
Pemenang | Audience Award, Best European Director | European Film Awards 2003, Berlin, Jerman
Pemenang | Audience Award, Best European Actor | European Film Awards 2003, Berlin, Jerman
Pemenang | Audience Award, Best European Actress | European Film Awards 2003, Berlin, Jerman
Pemenang | European Film Award, European Film | European Film Awards 2003, Berlin, Jerman
Pemenang | European Film Award, European Actor | European Film Awards 2003, Berlin, Jerman
Pemenang | European Film Award, European Screenwriter | European Film Awards 2003, Berlin, Jerman
Pemenang | Best Foreign Film | Flaiano Film Festival 2003, Abruzzo, Italia
Pemenang | Audience Award, German Film of the Year | German Film Award 2003, Berlin, Jerman
Pemenang | Outstanding Feature Film | German Film Award 2003, Berlin, Jerman
Pemenang | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | German Film Award 2003, Berlin, Jerman
Pemenang | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | German Film Award 2003, Berlin, Jerman
Pemenang | Best Direction | German Film Award 2003, Berlin, Jerman
Pemenang | Best Editing | German Film Award 2003, Berlin, Jerman
Pemenang | Best Production Design | German Film Award 2003, Berlin, Jerman
Pemenang | Best Film Score | German Film Award 2003, Berlin, Jerman
Pemenang | Golden Screen 2003, Jerman
Pemenang | German Film | Guild of German Art House Cinema 2003, Jerman
Pemenang | Jury Special Prize | Valladolid International Film Festival, 2003, Valladolid, Spanyol
Nomine | Golden Berlin Bear | Berlin International Film Festival 2003, Berlin, Jerman
Nomine | Euregio Film Award | Euregio Filmball 2003, Alsdorf, Jerman
Nomine | European Actress | European Film Awards 2003, Berlin, Jerman
Nomine | European Director | European Film Awards 2003, Berlin, Jerman
Nomine |Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | German Film Award 2003, Berlin, Jerman
Nomine | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role | German Film Award 2003, Berlin, Jerman
Nomine | Golden Spike | Valladolid International Film Festival 2003, Valladolid, Spanyol
Pemenang | Audience Award | Bavarian Film Awards 2004, Jerman
Pemenang | Best Non-American Film | Bodil Awards 2004, Copenhagen, DenmarkPemenang | Best European Union Film | César Awards 2004, Paris, Perancis
Pemenang | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Foreign Language Film | Directors Guild of Great Britain 2004, Inggris
Pemenang | Best European Film | Goya Awards 2004, Madrid, Spanyol
Pemenang | Foreign Language Film of the Year | London Critics Circle Film Awards 2004, London, Inggris
Pemenang | Best Non-American Film | Robert Festival 2004, Copenhagen, Denmark
Pemenang | Best Foreign Film | Sant Jordi Awards 2004, Catalan, Spanyol
Pemenang | Best Foreign Film | Turia Awards 2004, Valencia, Spanyol
Pemenang | Best Foreign Language Film | US Comedy Arts Festival 2004, Colorado, Amerika Serikat
Nomine | Best Foreign Language Film | Golden Globes 2004, Amerika Serikat
Nomine | Best Film not in the English Language | BAFTA Awards 2004, London, Inggris
Nomine | Best European Film | David di Donatello Awards 2004, Roma, Italia
Nomine | Best Foreign Film | Guldbagge Awards 2004, Stockholm, Swedia
Nomine | Best Feature Film | German Camera Award 2004, Berlin, Jerman
Pemenang | Best Foreign Film | AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2005, California, Amerika Serikat
Nomine | Best Foreign Film | Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards 2005, Buenos Aires, Argentina