Kirschblüten - Hanami (2008)

Note Générale:

7,6/10   

Réalisateur:

Doris Dörrie

Scénariste:

Doris Dörrie (screenplay)

Date de sortie:

6 mars 2008 (Allemagne)

Genre:

Drame | Romance

Intrigue:

When Trudi learns that her husband Rudi is dangerously ill, she suggests visiting their children in Berlin without telling him the truth...

Plot Keywords:

Japan | Language Barrier | Homelessness | Parent Child Relationship | Butoh Dance

Récompenses:

6 wins & 7 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Rebirth Under the Cherry Trees

Ensemble

Elmar Wepper	...	Rudi Angermeier
Hannelore Elsner	...	Trudi Angermeier
Aya Irizuki	...	Yu
Maximilian Brückner	...	Karl Angermeier
Nadja Uhl	...	Franzi
Birgit Minichmayr	...	Karolin Angermeier
Felix Eitner	...	Klaus Angermeier
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

Réalisé par
Doris Dörrie

Scénaristes
Doris Dörrie		(screenplay)

Produit par
David Groenewold	....	executive producer
Harald Kügler	....	producer
Molly von Fürstenberg	....	producer
Patrick Zorer	....	associate producer
Patrick Zorer	....	executive producer
Patrick Zorer	....	line producer

Musique originale
Claus Bantzer

Image
Hanno Lentz

Montage
Frank C. Müller
Inez Regnier

Distribution des rôles
Nessie Nesslauer

Création des décors
Bele Schneider

Création des costumes
Sabine Greuning

Maquillage
Evelyn Döhring	....	makeup artist

Directeur de production
Olaf Schmidt	....	production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Ruth Stadler	....	first assistant director

Département Art
Stefan Balzer	....	property master

Technicien du son
Christof Ebhardt	....	sound designer
Gregory Fernandez	....	boom operator
Lisa Geffcken-Reinhard	....	foley editor
Monika Gussner	....	adr editor
Magda Habernickel	....	sound editor
Jose A. Manovel	....	sound re-recording mixer
Marc Parisotto	....	production sound mixer
Jörn Poetzl	....	foley artist
Philipp Sellier	....	foley recordist

Visual Effects
David Laubsch	....	digital compositor
Stefan Tischner	....	digital compositor
Tobias Wiesner	....	digital compositor

Caméra et Département Electrique
Michael Beitz	....	gaffer
Kerstin Stelter	....	still photographer
Jitsu Toyoda	....	assistant camera

Dpartement Editorial
Jana Krohn	....	assistant editor
Bettina Reitz	....	commissioning editor
Hubert von Spreti	....	commissioning editor

Département Transport
Antonia Eigner	....	production driver: Allgäu and Munich
Wolfgang Rudolf Schön	....	production driver: pre-production Munich and Allgäu

Divers
Tadashi Endo	....	choreographer

Companies de production

• Olga Film GmbH
• Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) (co-production)
• ARD Degeto Film (co-production)
• Arte (in association with)

Distributeurs

• Against Gravity (2008) (Poland) (all media)
• Alfa Films (2009) (Argentina) (all media)
• Alliance Lumiere (2008) (India) (all media)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2008) (Switzerland) (all media)
• Cine Colombia (2008) (Colombia) (all media)
• Cine Video y TV (2008) (Mexico) (video) (TV)
• Cinemien (2008) (Belgium) (all media)
• Cinemien (2008) (Luxembourg) (all media)
• Cinemien (2008) (Netherlands) (all media)
• Dogwoof Pictures (2008) (UK) (all media)
• Fidalgo (2008) (Norway) (all media)
• Filmes da Mostra (2008) (Brazil) (all media)
• HBO Latin America (2008) (Chile) (TV)
• Home Box Office Latin America (HBO) (2008) (Brazil) (TV)
• Homescreen (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• JinJin Pictures (2008) (South Korea) (all media)
• Jour2Fête (2008) (France) (all media)
• Majestic-Filmverleih (2008) (Germany) (all media)
• Maywin Media (2008) (Russia) (all media)
• Mongrel Media (2008) (Canada) (all media)
• PCV (2008) (Greece) (all media)
• Strand Releasing (2008) (USA) (all media)
• Swallow Wings (2008) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Wanda Distribución Cinematográfica de Films S.A. (2008) (Spain) (all media)

Autres Companies

• Deutsche Filmförderfonds (DFFF)  funding
• FilmFernsehFonds Bayern  funding
• Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA)  funding
• Filmton Service Hinderks GmbH  sound equipment
• Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg  funding

Autre(s) titre(s):

Cherry Blossoms (International: English title)
Cherry Blossoms - Hanami (Europe: English title) (festival title)

Durée:

Argentina:127 min | Germany:127 min

Pays:

Allemagne | France

Langue:

Allemand | Anglais | Japonais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Germany:12 | Argentina:16 | France:U | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:16 | USA:Unrated | Mexico:B15 | Hong Kong:III | Australia:MA

Lieux de tournage:

Allgäu, Bavaria, Germany

Société:

Olga Film GmbH

Connexions:

version de Tôkyô monogatari (1953)

Rebirth Under the Cherry Trees

Doris Dörrie's "Cherry Blossoms" - opening "Berlin and Beyond" Thursday, in U.S. release on Friday - has two original titles, one in German: "Kirschblüten," which means cherry blossoms, and another in Japanese: "Hanami," which doesn't.

The Japanese equivalent to the English and German titles would be "sakura"; "hanami" is a national ceremony/celebration/holiday of WATCHING the blossoms open. Dating back to the 8th century, hanami is an event without parallel outside Japan.

The difference between the titles is a subtle, but meaningful message. Just as the blossoms in themselves are different from the veritable cult surrounding them in Japan, Dörrie's characters live in two different worlds, acting differently, first clashing (similarly to "Lost in Translation") and then - somewhat mysteriously - cohere. With this complex, effective, and moving story, Dörrie, who has spent more than three decades writing and directing "interesting and different" films of varying quality, has reached a pinnacle of her career. (She owes a debt of gratitude to Yasujiro Ozu, especially his "Tokyo Story.")

"Germans and Japanese," Dörrie has said, "are really very much alike — incredibly repressed and very irrational at the same time." This vague and rather ridiculous generalization actually seems to come to life in "Cherry Blossoms."

One of Germany's best-known TV stars, Elmar Wepper, appears in his first movie role, and he nails the character of Rudi Angermeier, a cartoonishly ordinary man on an extraordinary journey. Unknown to him, he is near the end of his life, as he slowly, believably emerges from a stolid German middle-class life of unvariable routine to traverse distance and radically different cultures, all the way to Mount Fuji, dancing butoh.

There are two remarkable co-stars along Rudi's adventure: his wife, Trudi, played by the glamorous actress Hannelore Elsner, appearing heroically unglamorous here to fit the role of a plain housefrau; and Aya Irizuki as Yu.

Yu is one of those rare cinematic creations, a character you may not understand, but one who will stay with you. This waif, runaway, street artist is as bizarre a representative of Japan as - going back to "Lost in Translation" again - Bill Murray's Premium Fantasy woman ("Rip my stockings!") and yet she also evokes Giulietta Masina's character in "La Strada," a couple of continents away.

Watching Rudi and Yu under the cherry blossoms, with the strangely elusive Mount Fuji in the background finally peeking out from behind the clouds, is among the more memorable scenes in contemporary cinema.