剧情介绍
Filmed during the end of German Democratic Republic, this somber and nuanced portrait of East Berlin life follows a young architect who feels his life and goals are suppressed by Communist dogma—represented in part by his parents’ generation. The Wall was removed so quickly, the film crew had to rebuild part of the Wall to depict scenes from 1989.
The architect Daniel Brenner is in his late thirties when he receives his first challenging and lucrative commission: to design a cultural center for a satellite town in East-Berlin. He accepts the offer under the condition that he gets to choose who he works with. This way, he reunites with former colleagues and friends - most of them architects or students of architecture who have since chosen a different profession due to personal restraint or economic confinement. Together, they develop a concept which they hope will be more appealing to the public than the conventional and dull constructions common to the German Democratic Republic. However, their ambitious plans are once and again foiled by their conservative supervisors. As frustration grows, Daniel has trouble keeping his career in balance with his family-life: his wife Wanda wants to leave for West-Germany.
DDR导演总是把很诗意的题材拍得像忆苦思甜命题作文，魔力不朽~
@阿姆歌德学院，给马特的65岁生日礼物/ Jeffery点评：东德人不满西德人对他们的刻画，东德电影对女性的刻画与西德完全相反是独立与自主的/ 90年后导演回到西德之后的命运与男主如出一辙，想要创新独立却不得不郁郁不得志屈服于权威/ 最后男主隔着勃兰登堡门解开大衣希望西德那边的女儿能看见自己，太深刻了
喜歡海報的大紅X。當Daniel聽到自己負責的案子不斷被否定直到最後延期開工，說I cannot believe this卻堅持留在東德的時候，我想起了艾青的詩，「為什麼我的眼裡常含淚水，因為我對這片土地愛得深沉。」面對國家這個強大的機器我們弱小無力，但作為這個城市這個民族的一份子，選擇謾罵或逃避最是愚蠢
献给失败者的鸣奏曲。没有不妥协的艺术。这样的师生关系真令人羡慕。以及 男人认真工作的样子真的好帅啊（笑）。
screening的時候也見到導演了，覺得很酷 哈哈
整整一天时间看了两遍，要是有中文字幕就好了，总觉得深刻还没领悟出来
太客观 太一板一眼了 纪录风格的剧情片