The sitcom premise of this German import follows a staunch socialist (Katrin Sass) who falls into a coma during East Germany’s setting sun. She sleeps through the conquest of capitalism, awakening eight months later. Afraid all the excitement will endanger her health, her son (Daniel Bruhl) confines her to her bedroom and tries to recreate the past. Scattershot and underdeveloped, the movie deals in farce, romance, tragedy and drama, without ever really mastering any of them.
