1989. An idealistic director comes to a provincial town in East Germany to put on Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot at the local theater. Although the unenthusiastic performers show no interest in the play, he remains undaunted. Meanwhile, far away in the capital, a revolution is taking place.
Reality threatens more drama than any thespian production in Andreas Dresen’s debut feature, set during the historic fall of the Berlin Wall. Tragicomic where mainstream media was celebrating, this droll film casts critical doubt on art and its metaphors during times of tumultuous change.
Germany
Austria
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