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Moive--Cherry Blossoms-hanami

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I love this movie. It is a German film. What follows is a very heart-felt exploration of an older couple very much in love. It was sad to see how badly their children seem to treat them, but it is so true in this world. Whilst that may have been true on some levels, we also see a very different side between Rudi and Trudi in their intimate moments. They seem very much in love with one another and Trudi in particular seems to have been happy to have spent her life looking after the ones she loved. It takes a lot for me to cry when watching a film, but Cherry Blossoms did it for me, and I cried more than once. The reason for this I believe is two fold. The first being that as I watched this couple, I couldn't help but make my own personal connection to it. Thinking about my own relationship with my future husband and how we may be when we get to Rudi and Trudi's age. This is all VERY powerful cinematic stuff! If a movie can take you on a sweeping ride where you laugh and cry, the