|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Source: Majestic, © Majestic, Mathias Bothor
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Elmar Wepper, Hannelore Elsner
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cherry Blossoms - Hanami
A story of selfless love that is also a poetic journey into the meaning of life itself. 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.
Doris Dörrie: "'Kirschblüten - Hanami' is inspired by Ozu's 1953 film, 'Tokyo Monogatari', which, in turn, was a reworked version of Leo McCarey's American film "Make Way for Tomorrow" (1937). In this way, a story that originated in the West went East, and is now travelling back again from East to West. Inspired by the initial constellation in Ozu's film, I developed the story of a widower father who travels from Germany to Ozu's native land where he finds somebody – a young Butho dancer named Yu – who is able to accept him in spite of the fact that they don't even have a language in common."
Source: 58. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)
|
|
|
|
|
Deutschland
2007/2008, Spielfilm
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Director |
Doris Dörrie |
|
|
Screenplay |
Doris Dörrie |
|
|
Director of photography |
Hanno Lentz |
|
|
Lighting design |
Michael Beitz |
|
|
Production design |
Bele Schneider (Szenenbild) |
|
|
Prop Master |
Stefan Balzer |
|
|
Costumes |
Sabine Greuning |
|
|
Make-up |
Evelyn Döhring |
|
|
Editing |
Inez Regnier; Frank Müller |
|
|
Assistant editor |
Jana Krohn |
|
|
Sound design |
Christof Ebhardt |
|
|
Sound |
Marc Parisotto |
|
|
Boom operator |
Gregory Fernandez |
|
|
Music |
Claus Bantzer |
|
|
Music (other) |
Charlotte Goltermann (Beratung) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cast |
|
|
|
Elmar Wepper |
Rudi |
|
|
Hannelore Elsner |
Trudi |
|
|
Nadja Uhl |
Franzi |
|
|
Maximilian Brückner |
Karl |
|
|
Aya Irizuki |
Yu |
|
|
Birgit Minichmayr |
Karolin |
|
|
Felix Eitner |
Klaus |
|
|
Floriane Daniel |
Emma |
|
|
Celine Tannenberger |
Celine |
|
|
Robert Döhlert |
Robert |
|
|
Tadashi Endo |
Butoh-Tänzer |
|
|
Sarah Camp |
Metzgerin |
|
|
Walter Hess |
Pfarrer |
|
|
Gerhard Witmann |
1. Arzt |
|
|
Veith von Fürstenberg |
2. Arzt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production company |
Olga-Film GmbH (München) |
|
|
in co-production with |
Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) (München); ARD Degeto Film (Frankfurt am Main) |
|
|
in association with |
Arte Deutschland TV GmbH (Baden-Baden) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Producer |
Molly von Fürstenberg; Harald Kügler |
|
|
Associate producer |
Patrick Zorer; Ruth Stadler |
|
|
Production manager |
Hide Nagahama; Olaf Schmidt |
|
|
Production supervisor |
Ruth Stadler |
|
|
Funding |
FilmFernsehFonds Bayern GmbH (FFFB) (München); Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH (MBBB) (Potsdam); Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin); Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (Berlin) |
|
|
Choreography |
Tadashi Endo |
|
|
Casting |
Nessie Nesslauer |
|
|
Shoot |
03.2007-04.2007: Berlin, Ostsee, Allgäu, Tokio, Fudjiama |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Original distributor |
Majestic Filmverleih GmbH (Berlin) |
|
|
awarded with |
Bester Darsteller: Bayerischer Filmpreis 18.01.2008; Filmband in Gold für das beste Kostümbild: Deutscher Filmpreis 25.04.2008; Filmband in Gold für die beste männliche darstellerische Leistung: Deutscher Filmpreis 25.04.2008; Filmband in Silber: Deutscher Filmpreis 25.04.2008; Produzenten-Preis: Bayerischer Filmpreis 18.01.2008 |
|
|
Length |
3490 m, 127 min |
|
|
Format |
35mm, 1:1,85 |
|
|
Picture/Sound |
Farbe, Dolby |
|
|
Screening |
Kinostart (DE): 06.03.2008 |
|
|
Rating |
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 30.11.2007, Nr. 112363, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei |
|
|
Screening |
Uraufführung (DE): 11.02.2008, Berlin, IFF - Wettbewerb |
|
|
|
|
|
