Remember that guy who fell into a coma in 1984 when Terminator came out and woke up when the star of that movie is governor of California? OK. Now imagine being behind the Iron Curtain during that same period of time.

In Good bye, Lenin!, a man has to protect his frail mother from the knowledge that the Soviet Union is gone, Germany is reunited and capitalism is the new system. Intriguing premise…and it looks hilarious, even subtitled.