A hot summer day. The cherry-tree branches are full of ripe berries, swaying from the wind and weight. A recently retired father invites his son to help him with the cherry picking in the garden. The father is not in a rush, as he now wants to spend more time with his son, leaving the cherries in the background. Working together and staying silent, they both realize how much time they’ve lost during those 30 years. The cherries bring the two men back to their first memories and let them experience them longer, as if to start all over again.
Cinematography
Sun-drenched cherry trees that ache with nostalgia.
Direction
Real father and son, real unspoken history bleeding through.
Editing
Fifteen minutes that somehow contains three decades.
Director
Vytautas Katkus
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Vytautas Katkus cast his actual father Viktoras; the tension you feel is documentary-level real. The twins are played by real twin brothers who are their actual neighbors.
Lithuanian cherry trees carry Soviet-era agricultural symbolism—private fruit in collective memory, literally and figuratively. The film premiered at Cannes Critics' Week, where audiences wept over fruit.
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