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CHERRY BLOSSOMS - HANAMI
Cherry Blossoms - Hanami
international title: Cherry Blossoms - Hanami
original title: Kirschblüten - Hanami
country: Germany
year: 2007
genre: fiction
directed by: Doris Dörrie
release date: DE 08/03/2008, AT 11/04/2008, NO 09/05/2008, FR 10/09/2008, BE 01/10/2008, GR 27/11/2008, NL 04/12/2008, PL 30/01/2009, ES 06/03/2009, UK 03/04/2009
screenplay: Doris Dörrie
cinematography by: Hanno Lentz
art director: Bele Schneider
costumes designer: Sabine Greuning
production: Olga Film, BR, ARD, Arte
distributor: Majestic Filmverleih, Cinemien (NL), Jour2fête (FR), PCV (GR), Wanda Visión (ES)
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synopsis
Trudi is the only one who knows that her husband is terminally ill with cancer. When his doctor suggests that the couple undertake one last trip together, Trudi persuades her husband to accompany her to visit her children and grandchildren in Berlin. However, the members of their family are far too wrapped up in their own lives to be able to take care of the couple. After a theatre trip to see a Butoh dance performance, Trudi and Rudi decide to go and stay at a hotel on the Baltic coast. And then, out of the blue, Trudi dies. Rudi is completely at a loss. He has no idea what to do with his life, until he decides to go to Japan to visit their youngest son, Karl.

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Berlinale 2008
In Competition
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