An elderly German couple lives in the countryside of Bavaria. The old man Rudi, a civil servant, is responsible for garbage sorting and management. They live a regular life every day. They will retire in the next year, but they are diagnosed with a terminal illness and are dying. His wife Trudi decided not to tell the old man and his children the truth, but took the old man to Berlin to see their eldest son and second daughter. They arrived in Berlin by train and lived with their eldest son. Their sudden arrival made the children very surprised and very troublesome. Even the granddaughter thought that grandparents had come and occupied her room to sleep, hoping that grandparents would leave soon. The children did not have time to accompany their parents to see the capital, only the second daughter’s gay lover took time to drive them for a small turn. The couple who felt unwelcome felt that they didn't know their children at all, and decided to leave Berlin and go to the North Sea beach. However, his wife Trudi passed away unexpectedly in her sleep and took a step ahead of her husband. The children rushed to the beach, and even the youngest son who worked far away in Tokyo, Japan, and the son that my mother worried about the most, also returned. After the body was cremated, the children sat together, sighing that it was the mother who passed away first, leaving this dad for them to take care of (it would be fine if the other way around).
The old man told his sons and daughters that he would have no problem living alone, and that he would go back to the country alone. At the burial ceremony of the wife's ashes, none of the children arrived, for the reason that Keine Zeit (no time). It was the second daughter's gay lover who came to participate alone and told Rudi that his wife liked a certain kind of dance in Japan. Rudi realized that he should fulfill his wife's dream of going to Japan to see cherry blossoms. He flew to Tokyo alone and lived with his youngest son. Due to the language barrier, the younger son made a dog tag for his father, the one hanging around his neck, with his son's phone number and name written on it. Dad was walking in Tokyo alone, wearing his wife's sweater and skirt, and went to the park to see cherry blossoms. In the park, he met a young girl dancing the kind of Japanese dance that his wife had been fascinated with. The old man asked her what was the meaning of this kind of dance. Later, they made an appointment to meet each other every day and went to the park together. The old man found out that You was a wandering artist. The old man feels that his health is getting worse and worse. In addition, he heard the younger son and his sister complain about how difficult it is for his father to deal with it. One morning he left Tokyo and went to see Mount Fuji with You, because his younger son had to go to work on weekends and had no time to take. Dad is visiting Japan. Mount Fuji was shrouded in clouds and mist for several days. Finally, on the last day, Mount Fuji showed the whole picture. The old man was wearing his wife's underwear and bathrobe, dancing that dance by the lake, feeling his dead wife dancing with him. Then, the old man died by the lake.
The younger son brought the ashes back to Germany. The three children sat in the house of their parents. The first thing they lamented was that they lost their parents in a short time and became orphans themselves. Then I felt completely incomprehensible about the way my father died (lived in a hotel for many days with a little girl, and died in a lady's costume). Parents cannot understand children, and children cannot understand parents. But the important thing is that after Trudi's death, through this trip, Rudi completely understood Trudi before his death.
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are several places in the film that make me smile at
food. The old couple visited their sons and daughters in Berlin, and they brought the small white sausage, a specialty of Bavaria. The meet-and-greet brought to Tokyo is also food. Human stomach, the food in childhood is the best in the world.
burden. Although there is no such thing as supporting parents in Germany, children still feel responsible to their parents and take care of them. But no one wants to live with their parents again when they reach adulthood. On the one hand, I sincerely hate the visit of my parents, on the other hand, I sincerely shed tears for not being kind to my parents.
understand. Relatives are used to love, not to understand each other. The length of time you have lived together, and whether you have blood relationship or not, are not sufficient conditions for understanding and being understood. The old couple have lived for so many years, the old man's hobby for his wife is ignored and mocked. After the children grow up and the parents get old, understanding becomes more and more impossible. On the contrary, it is the people who meet by the water. Because of the common hobbies and experiences, mutual understanding can quickly reach the bottom of my heart (Rudi and You have lost their loved ones, and Trudi and the second daughter’s gay lover watched the Japanese dance performance together).
disturb. Parents don't want to disturb their children, they just want to get along well with their children. However, when the parents showed up in their room, the children felt that this was an interruption.
widower. Dad is dead, mother can still take care of herself. But when my mom is dead, my dad needs someone to take care of it. Therefore, I would rather die first. The situation in Germany and China are the same on this point.
eccentric. Children think their parents are partial. The more children there are, the more inconsistent the opinions on who will take care of the parents. The younger son thinks that the older brother and older sister should take more responsibility. The eldest brother and elder sister felt that his mother had always favored the younger brother and she was left out of the cold. You see, what's the point of having a baby?
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