An elderly Bavarian couple visit their estranged son and daughter in Berlin after the wife discovers her husband is terminally ill.

But it is she who suddenly dies and he who fulfils her great dream of visiting their other son in Japan, a country which had fascinated her since childhood.

This bittersweet, beautiful film about the duality of love and death, makes expressive use of the mysterious modern Japanese dance form called butoh.

The story culminates in a pilgrimage to Mount Fuji in the midst of the cherry blossom festival, a celebration of beauty, impermanence and new beginnings.

Dir: Doris Dorrie Germany 2008 127 mins Cast: Elmar Wepper, Hannelore Elsner, Aya Irizuki

Prices Venue: Ventnor Winter Gardens Single Ticket: £4.50 (£3.50 Concessionary) Concessionary tickets are available to students, senior citizens and the unwaged.

All VFS presentations (apart from special events) take place on Tuesday evenings and start at 7.30pm. There is a bar in the building and guests may take drinks into film presentations. All are welcome; you do not have to belong to the Society in order to attend.