Doclisboa2026 - Terra à Lua | The Land that Wouldn't Die
Doclisboa2026 - Terra à Lua | The Land that Wouldn"t..
Cinema 5€
Friday 16 October · 16:45
In Doclisboa's 'Terra à Lua' strand, Andreas Goldstein explores the final years of the GDR and the expectations of its founding generation, focusing on 1989 and 1990 and juxtaposing personal memories with public and television images from East and West Germany. International premiere of a singular, complex approach to East German history.
Synopsis Screenings 16 OCT / 16.45, São Jorge, Sala 3 – senior session open to the public 17 OCT / 11.00, São Jorge, Sala 3 The Land that Wouldn't Die Andreas Goldstein • 2025 • Germany • 92' • DCP International premiere The film explores the final years of the GDR and the expectations of the founding generation, focusing on the years 1989 and 1990. Andreas Goldstein juxtaposes personal memories with public and television images from East and West Germany, revealing the contradictions of history. For Goldstein, East Germany is his birthplace, an attempt at utopia, the lost paradise he keeps rediscovering in his films (Adam & Evelyn, The Communist), which form a body of work proposing a singular and complex approach to the history of the GDR. Prices General - 5€ Reduced mobility - 5€