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Insights Arrive at the End of a Life

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. [...]

di A. O. Scott, articolo completo (3243 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 16 gennaio 2009