In October 1989, just before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Alex is living with his mother Christiane, a loyal communist. When she sees him participating in an anti-communist rally, she falls into a coma and misses the revolution. After she wakes, doctors say any jarring event could make her have a heart attack, meaning the family must go to great lengths to pretend communism still reigns in Berlin.
In October 1989, just before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Alex is living with his mother Christiane, a loyal communist. When she sees him participating in an anti-communist rally, she falls into a coma and misses the revolution. After she wakes, doctors say any jarring event could make her have a heart attack, meaning the family must go to great lengths to pretend communism still reigns in Berlin.