I think one of the beautiful parts of this movie is how, in the end, the rest of the family is protecting Alex from the truth (the fact that his mom already knows about the reunification). After all of the tireless work that he has put into caring for his mother, he forgets that he also needs to be cared for. There is a reversal of roles here: In the beginning Alex convinces the whole family to keep the secret from the mother, but by the end everyone is keeping the secret - that she knows the truth - from him. This is why, during the last television broadcast, the sister can't keep a straight face. Also, there is a deleted scene in which, Alex having just walked in after seeing Lara talking to the mother, the mother says that she's just found out the truth. Alex assumes that she is talking about the wall falling, but then she goes into a story about how it's ok with her if he wants to live with his girlfriend. Both Alex and Lara look confused at this - Lara, having just told the mother the truth about the reunification, was expecting her to be talking about this. This shows the mother's desire to keep her son happy by allowing him to continue to think that he's protecting her! (Phew, this is even confusing in my head!) The point is, both Alex and his mother love each other enough to lie to each other, and protect them.
Amen. And all that cal.
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