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Overview

User Rating:
7.6/10   1,234 votes
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Director:
Doris Dörrie
Writer:
Doris Dörrie (screenplay)
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Release Date:
6 March 2008 (Germany) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
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
Awards:
6 wins & 7 nominations more
User Comments:
E is for Empathy more (15 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
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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Additional Details

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
Country:
Germany | France
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Allgäu, Bavaria, Germany more
Company:
Olga Film GmbH more

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Movie Connections:
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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
E is for Empathy, 12 November 2008
10/10
Author: mrrh

“It's merely a movie.” Yeah. Well, whenever did you see one that had every character's play connect; comprehending intuitively their wars waging within. Between the sense of responsibility, of guilt, sweet memories, shame and nagging doubts. Not of one character, but of every single one. And then not because the lines, expressions and glances are simple, the characters sparse, or the dialogues overly explicit. No. Only because every single one is a mirror of your own, if not now than those that'll (hopefully?) be experienced in the future. Their fights aren't theirs alone; they are ours too. All painfully accurate, and so incorrigibly human.

To watch sheer Love gathering momentum before and after they ... nothing less than apotheosis of overwhelming feeling, an epitome of emotion that was so unattainably beautiful; death's but a trifle after this.

I'd rate it one star ... for every time I cried (or could have, ought to and didn't), yet the scale doesn't reach that high.

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