• Home
  • About Me
  • Food
    • Saladmaster Recipes
  • Travels
  • Finds
    • Shopping
    • Bags
    • Jewelry
    • Fashion
    • Shoes Galore
  • Wedding
  • Events
  • On my Radar
  • Contact Me

THE BRIGHT SPOT

Food. Travel. Bargain finds. Random thoughts. A bright spot for sharing ideas and starting conversations!

German + Rain

07.25.2011 by Leah // Leave a Comment

AJ and I was able to catch the last 2 days of Cinemalaya 7 and we wanted very much to watch “Isda (Fable of the Fish)” but when we got to Greenbelt 3 last Saturday, all seats were taken for the 6:30 p.m. screening.

We ended up watching Japan’s entry to the festival: “German + Rain” which was originally released in 2007:

The movie was less than an 1-hour long, and it’s about a misfit, Yoshiko, just 16-year-old and is living alone.  Her grandma, who took care of her when her parents divorced, is dead.   Her mother was already dead and her father is in the hospital suffering some mental-related disorder.

She wanted very much to become a singer and a mother with kids (in this order) so she works as a gardener’s assistant to earn a living.  She works with this German cutie who speaks fluent Japanese and when finally she was able to enter a singing competition, she ruined it because she sent her friend’s photo (who is cute, tall and has a model-figure).    She also played a teacher to 3 young boys, teaching them the recorder (some kind of a flute) and one of them grew fond of her because he is a gay (at a very young age, mind!) and Yoshiko understood this and allowed him to cross-dress using her old school uniform.

The movie, like most of the art films I’ve seen in the past, do not have a linear plot and you have to be patient enough to see to the end to understand the totality of the main character’s story.   In the case of Yoshiko, she was a kid who was thrust into a world she is not yet ready with – the world of adulthood and responsibliities.  She is very much a kid who still wants to play.   I loved the scene where she and the elementary kids where playing dodge ball at a tournament and when she lost to a boy much younger than her, her face was just so funny but scary at the same time.

As for the title, German + Rain, it was the title of the song she composed and sang for her German co-worker and we in the audience we’re laughing so hard at the lyrics.   Too bad I wasn’t able to put it on paper.  It was crazy and something a 10-year old, and not a 16-year old, girl would write.

At the end of the movie, I came to love Yoshiko because of her diskarte in life and while she was not able to achieve her dreams, she made an impact to those people around her.   Too bad the last scene of hers was at the hospital bed (she dropped into a hole by her own doing) and we were left to guess if she died or lived.

 

Categories // Random Things Tags // greenbelt, movies

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This blog is all about…

Food. Travel. Bargain finds. Random thoughts. A bright spot for sharing ideas and starting conversations!
Leah De Leon
More about me

GET SOCIAL

Image Map

Search

Email Newsletter

Sign up to receive updates from The Bright Spot straight into your inbox!

Recent Posts

  • Investing in Pearl Jewelry in the Time of Online Selling
  • My 2021 in a Nutshell
  • The Plantdemic and How I found Joy in Gardening
  • Our Lady of Fatima Faith Pendant
  • Binondo Chinatown Museum
  • This is #MyNewNormal
  • Christmas in the Time of Corona
  • Product Review: Lasco UV-C Germicidal Lamps
  • Kyoto Food Hits
  • A Cat’s Tale










Archives

dbrightspot

9 months ago this feisty little cat we named Gigi 9 months ago this feisty little cat we named Gigi came to us super dirty (gusgusin to the max), malnourished and is in bad need of treatment for worms and fleas. Who would've thought that she will bloom into a really pretty cat, with salmon-colored nose, beautiful doe eyes, a prominent white hair scarf, and powdery white cheeks. 

But she is very far from innocent, and is now feared by the male cats here twice her size because she is #GigitheCatBully pala 😅 

Happy 9th monthsary, Gigi Ganda 🥰

#adoptdontshop #catsofinstagram #catstagram #catlove #quarantinecat
Say Hi to fluffy Noodle, my cat assistant today 🙂 #catnoodle #catsofinstagram #catstagram #catlove #quarantinecat #acatstale
@_catcaaat is going loco over Pollo Loco 😆 #ac @_catcaaat is going loco over Pollo Loco 😆

#acatstale #catsofinstagram #catstagram #catlove #quarantinecat
Omu Rice 😋 Omu Rice 😋
Peek-a-boo! #GigitheCatBully #acatstale #catstagr Peek-a-boo!

#GigitheCatBully #acatstale #catstagram #catsofinstagram #catlove
To My Father By Georgia Harkness A giant pine, ma To My Father
By Georgia Harkness

A giant pine, magnificent and old
Stood staunch against the sky and all around
Shed beauty, grace and power.
Within its fold birds safely reared their young.
The velvet ground beneath was gentle,
and the cooling shade gave cheer to passers by.
Its towering arms a landmark stood, erect and unafraid,
As if to say, “Fear naught from life’s alarms”.
It fell one day.
Where it had dauntless stood was loneliness and void.
But men who passed paid tribute – and said,
“To know this life was good,
It left it’s mark on me. Its work stands fast”.
And so it lives. Such life no bonds can hold –
This giant pine, magnificent and old.

~

To our shelter and safety while he lived, we miss you so much.
Happy 2nd Year in Heaven, Daddy ❤
Load More... Follow on Instagram

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Copyright © 2022 · Blog Design by Fancy Girl Designs · Built on the Genesis Framework