After the death of her mother, Lilly is determined to leave her West German boarding school and live with her aunt in East Germany. Traveling to the GDR, she uncovers her family's complicated history.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany
Lena tries to get out of East Germany to see her dying sister and comfort her niece.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany
Lilly is worried about her future after her mother's death. Lena travels to Berlin.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany
After the funeral, Lilly and Lena discuss grief and faith.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany
Before returning to boarding school, Lilly shows her aunt her mother's house and they spend a few moments together.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany
Pascal and Lena discuss how things will move forward. The next morning, Lilly races to the train station, desperately hoping she can stay with her aunt.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany
Lilly and her friend look at old photographs of Lilly's parents. In East Berlin, Lena and Rolf try to figure out how they can help Lilly.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany
Lilly is very upset when her mother's belongings are cleared out of the apartment they once lived in together.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany
After Pascal sells the apartment, Lilly begins to do her own research on how to move to East Germany and be with her aunt.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany
Lilly is offered a place in a foster family, but can only think about moving in with her aunt Lena in East Germany.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany
Lilly and Pascal make it across the border with two slightly harrowing moments. First, they locate the place where Lilly's parents used to meet up.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany
Following the directions her mother gave her before she died, Lilly finds the house where her aunt lives. Unfortunately, things don't go as she had hoped.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany
When the police come to check if Lilly is at their house, Lena and her husband learn of Lilly's escape into the East. But where is Lilly now?
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany
After Lena's son Till finds Lilly and brings her up to the apartment, she quickly realizes that things will not be nearly as simple as she had imagined.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany
Lilly realizes that she has made things very complicated for Lena and her family. Lena's husband Rolf asks an old friend for a favor.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany
Rolf and Lena discuss how Lilly could possibly stay in the GDR. In the morning, Lena tries to break the tension that has settled in their household.
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