OPENS JULY 25, CERT 15, 118 MINS

In these days of shock and awe we might all feel a twinge of nostalgia for the Cold War’s certainties, but Wolfgang Becker’s Goodbye Lenin! looks back on old East Germany with neither indulgence nor anger.

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Hardcore socialist Christiane (Katrin Sass) falls into a coma when her son, Alex (Daniel Br