Hailed as Best European Film at the 2003 Berlin Film Festival, this film is a classic Rip Van Winkle-style satire with an absurdist streak that's as engaging as it is unexpected. The story follows a young man trying to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma by preventing her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany has disappeared.

121 minutes. In German with English subtitles.

"A remarkable film that makes you laugh and leaves you thinking." - Philip French, The Observer