Kirschblüten - Hanami (2008)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.7/10   

Réalisateur:

Doris Dörrie

Scénariste:

Doris Dörrie (screenplay)

Release Date:

6 mars 2008 (Germany)

Genre:

Drame | Romance

Plot:

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 | Cherry Blossom | Dancing | Phone | Homeless

Awards:

6 wins & 7 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Tokyo Story

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

Art Department
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

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

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Beitz	....	gaffer
Kerstin Stelter	....	still photographer
Jitsu Toyoda	....	assistant camera

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

Transportation Department
Antonia Eigner	....	production driver: Allgäu and Munich
Wolfgang Rudolf Schön	....	production driver: pre-production Munich and Allgäu

Divers
Tadashi Endo	....	choreographer

Production Companies

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

Distributors

• 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)

Other 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:

Germany | France

Langue:

Allemand | Anglais | Japonais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Germany:12 | Argentina:16 | France:U | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:16 | USA:Unrated

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Allgäu, Bavaria, Germany

Company:

Olga Film GmbH

Tokyo Story

I'm not referring to a location of the movie, but I'm talking about a movie that is more than an influence on this one. It tries so hard to achieve what was so seamless and flawless over 50 years ago in a movie called "Tokyo Story" (international title).

But let me focus on the faults of this one, since I did review Tokyo Story before (I even watched this). I can see that some people might find it touching and cry. But the same can be said about almost any other soap opera shown on TV. If you let yourself into that world you're bound to cry.

But the ideology shown here, the overblown symbolic signs/pictures are more or less ridiculed by the way, they are either filmed or portrayed. You can't feel anything for characters who are an open void, while trying to project something completely different. The only saving graces are some social commentary and even those don't work as good as they could (family portrayed), giving us hints, but never fully exploring the threads and leaving us hanging and waiting for some (re)solution that never comes. And the one that comes at the end is so full of itself (melodrama anyone?), that you can't almost bear it ...

Showing symbols and ideals from Japan ain't enough to convey that one (in this case the director) truly understood those concepts. More like a tourist translation for those who are satisfied with less and only a glance of what really lies beneath! I can only refer again to Tokyo Story, a better watch and a much more compelling and coherent story, that has everything this story/film misses!