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Kirschblüten - Hanami

  • 20082008
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 2h 7m
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7.6/10
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Kirschblüten - Hanami (2008)
A romantic drama about a recent widower who learns of his departed wife's desire to live in Japan soon after her death.
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After Rudi's wife Trudi suddenly dies, he travels to Japan to fulfill her dream of being a Butoh dancer.After Rudi's wife Trudi suddenly dies, he travels to Japan to fulfill her dream of being a Butoh dancer.After Rudi's wife Trudi suddenly dies, he travels to Japan to fulfill her dream of being a Butoh dancer.
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    • Doris Dörrie
    • Doris Dörrie(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Elmar Wepper
    • Hannelore Elsner
    • Aya Irizuki
    • Doris Dörrie
    • Doris Dörrie(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Elmar Wepper
    • Hannelore Elsner
    • Aya Irizuki
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 31User reviews
    • 72Critic reviews
    • 62Metascore
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    Elmar Wepper in Kirschblüten - Hanami (2008)
    Kirschblüten - Hanami (2008)
    Elmar Wepper in Kirschblüten - Hanami (2008)
    Kirschblüten - Hanami (2008)

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    Elmar Wepper
    Elmar Wepper
    • Rudi Angermeier
    Hannelore Elsner
    Hannelore Elsner
    • Trudi Angermeier
    Aya Irizuki
    • Yu
    Maximilian Brückner
    Maximilian Brückner
    • Karl Angermeier
    Nadja Uhl
    Nadja Uhl
    • Franzi
    Birgit Minichmayr
    Birgit Minichmayr
    • Karolin Angermeier
    Felix Eitner
    • Klaus Angermeier
    Floriane Daniel
    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
    Walter Hess
    • Pfarrer
    Evelyne Macko
    • Yu
    • (voice)
      • Doris Dörrie
      • Doris Dörrie(screenplay)
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    • Quotes

      Karolin Angermeier: Your cue, mama.

      Klaus Angermeier: Go on, mama.

      Karolin Angermeier: Mama, please, 'The Mayfly'. Come one, mama. For us.

      Trudi Angermeier: 'Stop! What you're doing is murder!'

      Klaus Angermeier: 'Such cruelty is not a must... '

      Trudi Angermeier: 'The Mayfly has but one short day... '

      Karolin Angermeier: 'One single day of pain, one single day of lust... '

      [chuckles]

      Rudi Angermeier: 'Oh, let it hover there, until it meets it's end. It's heavens last forever. It's life one day to make amends.' Right, mama?

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      by Nanwei Chin Su

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    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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    • Michael Fargo
    • Mar 28, 2009

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    • Release date
      • March 6, 2008 (Germany)
      • Germany
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      • German
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      • Allgäu, Bavaria, Germany
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      • Olga Film
      • Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
      • ARD Degeto Film
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    • 2 hours 7 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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