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"The Road Taken" (2003)
Two new films opening this Friday deal with the anguish of the Cold War from the perspective of two countries that experienced it most tragically through division: "Good Bye, Lenin!" from Germany and "The Road Taken" from Korea.

Both films look back at troubled national histories and try to sort out the values and emotions gone awry in the whirl of ideological confrontation through the wisdom of time. Indeed, time is a dominant theme in both films, marking both past sorrows and hopes for a better future.

"Good Bye, Lenin!" humorously highlights the changes that have shaken Germany since unification in 1989. Loving teacher and devoted Communist Party member Christiane (Katrin Sass) suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma after witnessing her son Alexander protesting against the East German regime and getting beaten up by the police.

When she regains consciousness eight months later, unknown to her, the Berlin Wall has fallen and the country she...

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