Kawasaki's Rose

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04/11/2013 Kawasaki's Rose is a very European film, with some very deep messages pertaining to social change, in this case from Communism to the current Republic setting of the Czech Republic. It is built around strong performances. One of the scenes, featuring a daughter (Lenka Vlasakova) and her mother (Anna Simonova) confronting each other over the shady past of the father, is a beautifully acted and shot scene, and sets the tone for what's to come. A great hidden gem. See more 12/09/2011 Over reliant on interviews to tell the story but since interview/interrogation is so crucial to the story this is likely intentional and not as damaging as it would have been in most films. Worth seeing. See more 10/27/2011 This is an intelligent, beautifully acted film. It's humanity is universal. See more 07/27/2011 Despite rather irritating and shaky beginning with unnecessary plot discursion, later the story gets clearer, the pace dramatic and the atmosphere thick. The story of people affected by communist secret police methods. Colboration, betrayal, morality, remorse and reconciliation. And secret police swines keep on smiling... See more 02/14/2011 Over reliant on interviews to tell the story but since interview/interrogation is so crucial to the story this is likely intentional and not as damaging as it would have been in most films. Worth seeing. See more walter m @Harlequin68 12/05/2010 In "Kawasaki's Rose," Lucie(Lenka Vlasakova), a middle-aged woman, is ecstatic to hear that the large tumor removed from her is benign. So, she does not really care that she will be written up in a medical journal. However, she is definitely less than thrilled to hear that while she was sick, her husband Ludek(Milan Mikulcik) had returned to his former lover Radka(Petra Hrebickova), despite their trying to make amends with a large amount of eastern philosophy. Radka is also a producer on a television special about Pavel(Martin Huba), Lucie's father and a psychiatrist, who is about to be awarded the Memory of a Nation Award for his work as a dissident under the Communists. "Kawasaki's Rose" is a worthwhile movie but not an easy one to get a handle on, as the focus and literally the terrain shift so much. The movie starts out political, then turns into a family drama, before getting back into politics with two separate sides of the same story, before eventually settling on family again. If there is a central character, then it is Lucie who is not only caught in the middle of the generations but also the family itself. Through all of this, the one thing that does not change is the movie's interest in memory and how it is recalled, not remembered.(Speaking of which, I had forgotten all about Charter 77.) And in the end, no matter how perfect or evil we may think a person is, the truth is that much more complicated. See more Read all reviews

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