Our June meeting information is as follows,Leader: Julie
DVD: Cherry Blossoms - Hanami 當櫻花盛開
Date: Monday, June 1, 2009 Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm Our study group starts at 1:00p sharp. Therefore we would assume that any orders (drinks or lunch) are taken care of before we start.
New Place: Proroyal 王牌西餐廳市府分店
Address: No. 359, Si-Wei 2nd Road, Kaohsiung City 高雄市苓雅區四維二路359號 Tel: 07-3354466
Film Details:Cherry Blossoms (Hanami) Drama(2008)120mins Ger/Fr
Director: Doris Dorrie
Starring: Elmar Wepper, Hannelore Elsner, Felix Eitner, Maximilian Bruckner, Birgit Minichmayr, Nadja Uhl, Aya Irizuki
Married couple Rudi and Trudi live in Bavaria, a short drive away from two of their children who now reside in Berlin. However, the wife's favourite child, Klaus, is far away in Japan where Trudi has always dreamed of visiting Mt Fuji and seeing the famed cherry blossoms. Unfortunately, money-conscious Rudi vetoes the idea of such an expensive excursion and suggests instead a trip to the seaside with the other two offspring, neither of whom has much time for the aged parents. When fate takes a sudden and tragic turn, one of the couple faces the sobering realisation that they never truly knew or appreciated their other half until it was too late, sparking the idea of a momentous trip to the land of the rising sun.
http://www.londonnet.co.uk/films/cherryblossomshanami.html
Only Trudi knows that her husband Rudi is suffering from a terminal illness. She decides not to tell him and convinces him to visit their family in Berlin. Then, suddenly, Trudi dies. Rudi is devastated but 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.
http://www.mrmovietimes.com/movies/Cherry-Blossoms-Hanami.html
Cherry Blossoms: Hanami Trailers
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809989970/video
http://movies.yahoo.com/photos/movie-stills/gallery/1430/cherry-blossoms-hanami-stills#photo13
