18 +
Cherry Blossoms
Kirschbluten - Hanami
drama, melodrama
2007
Germany
Doris Durry
127 min.
Elmar Vepper, Hannelore Elsner, Aya Irizuki, Maximilian Trutker, Nadia Ul, Birgit Minhimire, Felix Aitner, Florian Daniel, Celine Tanneberger, Robert D?lets
Trudi learns that her husband Rudy must die, she wants him to enjoy life at the end, receive a piece of warmth from children and grandchildren. But children and grandchildren do not care about old parents. Parents do not know any more children. Only Rudi has Trudy, but suddenly she dies. Rudy thinks that his wife sacrificed her dream out of love for him, as if there were two women inside her, one of which did not live the life that she wanted. He goes to Japan, at the height of Sakura`s flowering, tries to recognize and feel everything that his wife loved. Rudy is tormented by that deprived the wife of this life. Rudi supports a street dancer named Yu. She shows him a culture of Japan and teaches him the boto dance.
