Kawasaki's Rose (2009)

Original title

Kawasakiho růže

Directed by

Jan Hřebejk

Genre

drama film

Country

Czech Republic

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man confronts his family's complicated history with the Communist past. Old secrets and political betrayals resurface, forcing everyone to reconsider their relationships and loyalties.

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What happens

Kawasaki's Rose (Czech: Kawasakiho růže) is a 2009 Czech drama film directed by Jan Hřebejk. The film was selected in the Czech Republic as the Czech entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. It had already won two prizes from independent juries at the Berlinale, as well as the Golden Kingfisher and viewers' prizes at the Czech festival Finale Plzen. The film is a study of memory, the repressive Communist era, and reconciliation. Along with Honeymoon (Líbánky), and Innocence, with this film Hrebejk presents a loose trilogy of films in which shadows from the past come to haunt the present of its characters. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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