To be honest, it was my first completely subtitled movie I've ever seen. I must say it was an excellent film that I enjoyed a lot. I found the concept to be original and very moving. Perspective is an interesting theism to discuss in this movie because it was controlled in the movie. Alex was controlling the perspective his mom had on the state of East Germany. He used film out of context and created the meaning of the film that Denis put together for his mom. It was interesting how using the film from other moments in history could be put together and keep his mother believing things hadn't changed. The mother at the end also put on a smile and did not let her son know she knew the truth, she was protecting him.

Perspective is interesting in how you base your life on what you've been told and rarely question it. Alex and his sister believed that their father was the bad guy and had abandon them. In the end they see that it was their mother that kept them away from their father, and she seemed to do it in away to protect them and keep them from being taken from her.

This movie makes you realize that your life and things you believe are based on how you see them, and more importantly, how they're shown and told to you. Especially when younger, I don't remember questioning much of what my parents told me. This happened with the children and with the mom who after awakening from the coma was back in a child state, having to be tended too.