This is a beautiful film exploring the contrast of day to day existence with glimpses of the eternal. The death of Trudi gives Rudi an opportunity to learn more about his wife, learn things he wouldn't have known were it not for her death. Not yet able to let her go, Rudi accompanies Trudi's spirit to Japan, to be with her and the things she loved. In spending time with both, he quickly fills the emptiness left by her death.
Through Butoh, he is slowly able to let go, by hanging on only gently. The Cherry Blossoms represent the impermanence of things, the loss of loved ones, the meeting of strangers...all stops along an ephemeral world. Mount Fuji, shy, yet mighty, represents the eternal. A contrast of the letting go, and holding on in memory. Even the things we thought we knew, our way of life, our children, our spouse, ourselves.... they may one day be strangers to us..but changing...may one day be again known.
Through Butoh, he is slowly able to let go, by hanging on only gently. The Cherry Blossoms represent the impermanence of things, the loss of loved ones, the meeting of strangers...all stops along an ephemeral world. Mount Fuji, shy, yet mighty, represents the eternal. A contrast of the letting go, and holding on in memory. Even the things we thought we knew, our way of life, our children, our spouse, ourselves.... they may one day be strangers to us..but changing...may one day be again known.