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Director:
Writer:
Doris Dörrie (screenplay)
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Release Date:
6 March 2008 (Germany) more
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When Trudi learns that her husband Rudi is dangerously ill, she suggests visiting their children in Berlin without telling him the truth... more | add synopsis
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6 wins & 7 nominations more
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Cast

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Elmar Wepper ... Rudi Angermeier
Hannelore Elsner ... Trudi Angermeier
Aya Irizuki ... Yu
Maximilian Brückner ... Karl Angermeier
Nadja Uhl ... Franzi
Birgit Minichmayr ... Karolin Angermeier
Felix Eitner ... Klaus Angermeier

Floriane Daniel ... Emma Angermeier
Celine Tanneberger ... Celine Angermeier
Robert Döhlert ... Robert Angermeier
Tadashi Endo ... Butoh Dancer
Sarah Camp ... Butcher
Gerhard Wittmann ... Doctor #1
Veith von Fürstenberg ... Doctor #2
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Also Known As:
Cherry Blossoms (International: English title)
Cherry Blossoms - Hanami (Europe: English title) (festival title)
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Runtime:
Argentina:127 min | Germany:127 min
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Shadows, 28 March 2009
10/10
Author: Michael Fargo from San Francisco

If you would've told me prior to seeing this that I would fall head-over-heels for a film that's about a frustrated Bavarian Butoh dancer, with a tale of homelessness, loneliness, a pink telephone, cabbage rolls…and recycling all in the mix, I'd have laughed out loud.

In fact, I did laugh throughout the course of this wonderful, delicate film (that has the most selfish progeny since "King Lear"). In the opening scene a wife tells a physician, "My husband doesn't really care much for adventure," and, boy, does he have treat—and a trial—in store for him. But so does the audience.

The film's heart is about grief and how we can never really prepare for it. "I'd like my ashes scattered upon the sea," a spouse says to his partner. Fearfully, she says, "Why do you say that now?" And why indeed since we can never plan our end and its circumstances? It takes a young, marginally sane street performer, to tell us exactly what the Great Mystery is all about.

And the use of stunning images from nature, as well as the contorted gestures of Butoh theater…and the equally contorted emotions from a family unaware of who the others are that this film brims over with so many rewards that it can be enjoyed over and over again.

The family dynamics are almost farcical which keep the weight of the subject matter from spilling over into despair. And while the central character's own despair is the subject of the film, it's thrilling to watch him find his way out of it.

Exceptional performances, shimmering cinematography, a truly great film.

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