CHERRY BLOSSOMS
(2008, directed by Doris Dorrie, 2hr 7 minutes)
Our German Film Series is co-sponsored with 
the German Consulate and The Goethe-Institut

 Doris Dörrie’s “Cherry Blossoms” is both a tender tale of cultural crossings and a double portrait of grief. At its center is a long-married provincial German couple, each member of which must confront the other’s death, one in prospect, the other in fact. The conceit that makes this reciprocity possible — one of those symptom-free incurable diseases that so frequently befall movie characters — may be hard to swallow, but once you accept it you can be charmed and touched by the way it plays out.