What Is The Meaning Of Good Bye Lenin

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Good-bye, Lenin definitely is a very interesting film that displays the conservative life in East Germany and how people were willing to embrace West Germany society which was influenced by the American culture. For sure that this film talks about the bubble's life in East Germany people were living in, especially the mother of Alex, she was so devoted to the communism of the Soviet Union, in which caused her marriage broken to pieces when her husband left her and moved to the West Germany because of the disagreement with the parties. This movie makes me remember the trip that I had when I was a kid, temporary living in China that was still a conservative country. I remember what my mother told me that I should not tell anyone where I came

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