How do you hide a war from your loved one?

Re:How do you hide a war from your loved one? by trhway on Saturday September 14, 2019 @04:45AM (#20969620)

Not a war, yet still a pretty big happening, a paradigm shift that can be very traumatic too - East Germany from socialism into capitalism and unification. How you hide that? A good and funny movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Bye,_Lenin! :

"The story follows a family in East Germany; the mother (Saß) is dedicated to the socialist cause and falls into a coma in October 1989, shortly before the November revolution. When she awakens eight months later in June 1990, her son (Brühl) attempts to protect her from a fatal shock by concealing the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism. "

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Re:How do you hide a war from your loved one? by antaviana on Saturday September 14, 2019 @12:10PM (#20971719)

There is also this Italian movie about a kid in a nazi concentration camp and his father making everything possible to pretend they are just playing a game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Is_Beautiful

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Re:How do you hide a war from your loved one? by TazeTSchnitzel on Saturday September 14, 2019 @05:04AM (#20969685)

It's named and talked about at length in the article.

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Re:How do you hide a war from your loved one? by twic on Saturday September 14, 2019 @08:03AM (#20970261)

It is a very good film though.

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Re:How do you hide a war from your loved one? by pge on Saturday September 14, 2019 @12:54PM (#20972075)

Part of the beauty of the movie is that at the end the mother appears to have been aware of, and amused by, the ruse all along. One wonders if the same is true of the OP's real-life story.

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