A sweet little story about non-identical twin sisters from East Germany who travel to Hungary for advanced row-boat training. The two sisters agree on everything, but when one of them falls in love with a West German boy, the sisters must agree to disagree. Westwind is set prior to the unification of Germany, and the movie does well to recreate the time, especially with the music. The predicament of the sisters becomes one that genuinely involves the audience. The two actresses who play the lead do a commendable job of bringing to the tale the grounded reality it required, making the movie an emotionally satisfying watch. This is a movie where there is no good or bad, right or wrong; just realistic characters trying to deal with their dilemma.
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