Going to see "the lives of others" at penthouse in brooklyn. Playing at 8.30 Monday.
plot line:
A riveting drama set in East Germany 1984 about a hardened Stasi agent whose entire perspective on life is changed when he is assigned to carry out surveillance on a playwright and his actress girlfriend. Over time to his surprise the agent comes to increasingly empathize with the couple he spends so much time eavesdropping on and this empathy leads to complex and shattering results.
Sarah