What an excellent movie. The Lives of Others got the Oscar for best foreign language film this year (I think Volver deserved to win, but to win, Volver needed to be nominated -- it wasn't; and Lives of Others is pretty darn good, so let's move on).
In The Lives of Others, we take a look at the nasty practice that East Germany's Stasi had in the 80s: watching over other people's lives, following their every move, phone calls, etc. All to make sure they were not a threat to the system. Sounds familiar?
Here, Ulrich Mühe plays the officer in charge of following the lives of theater director Sebastian Koch and his wife, actress Martina Gedeck, and the movie shows how all of that ends up.
You shouldn't miss this one, it's a great movie. No gay content, though.
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