Evento

Cherry Blossoms - SJIFF3 Members Night Encore

Presented by the SAN JOAQUIN FILM SOCIETY

www.sjiff/festival

3rd San Joaquin International Film Festival - February 19-27, 2010

CHERRY BLOSSOMS
122 min | Germany | 2008
Directed by Doris Drrie

- ABOUT THE FILM

Only Trudi knows that her husband Rudi is suffering from a terminal illness. It is up to her to tell him or not. The doctor suggests that they do something together, perhaps something they were long planning to do Trudi decides not to tell her husband about the gravity of his illness and to follow the doctor's advice. She convinces Rudi to visit their children and grandchildren in Berlin. But once they arrive, they realize that their children are so busy with their own lives that they have no time for them. Then, suddenly, Trudi dies. Rudi is devastated and has no idea what to do next. From his daughter's girlfriend he learns that Trudi's love for him had led her to forego the life that she had wanted to live. He begins to see her with new eyes and vows to make up for her lost life. And so he embarks on his last journey - to Tokyo, in the midst of the cherry blossom festival, a celebration of beauty, impermanence and new beginnings

One of Germany's foremost filmmakers, multiple award-winning director Doris Drrie reconfirms her exceptional talent with this tender, emotionally intense and profoundly moving story of marital love.

More info on film: http://www.sjiff.org/festival/f-cherry.html