Strand Releasing goes "Cherry" picking

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Strand Releasing has acquired all domestic rights to Doris Dorrie's German love story "Cherry Blossoms -- Hanami."

The film, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in February, centers on a German widower as he travels to Japan to visit his son.

Strand plans a fall release for the Bavaria Film International production, which also was sold to Denmark's Sunrise Film Distribution and Hong Kong's Edko Films.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter