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2009-2010 International Film Series
Doris Dörrie's CHERRY BLOSSOMS (Kirschblueten-Hanami; Germany, 2008)
A homage to Ozu Yasujiro's 1953 masterpiece Tokyo Story, Dörrie's film deals with a middle-aged couple who decide to visit their grown children in Berlin. The visit is motivated by the devastating news the wife learns, but keeps secret: her husband is terminally ill. Though indebted to Ozu for its central action, Dorrie's tale ultimately focuses on how a young Japanese Butoh dancer helps the surviving spouse transcend grief and celebrate life as an ongoing process of self-discovery. In English, German, and Japanese with English subtitles. 124 minutes.
