Twenty years on from the fall of the Berlin Wall (20 years..how time flies) instead of reminiscing about that time I am including the trailer from this wonderful film, Goodbye Lenin. Reading Claude’s post reminded me of the film. I watched it when it was released in cinemas in 2003. It is a poignant, bittersweet, very funny, hopeful yet sad film. See Claude’s post for a summary of the film. I missed watching it on television at the weekend.
And the final moments of the film, especially these lines are powerfully moving…and true: Socialism isn’t about walling yourself in. It’s about reaching out to others and living with them. It means not only dreaming about a better world, but making it happen.
