X
- 2010
- Menemsha Films
- 1 h 40 m
- 2010
- Menemsha Films
- 1 h 40 m
Summary Kawasaki's Rose is a drama about family and politics, the role of memory in relationships, and that of jealousy, arrogance, love, loyalty and betrayal.(Menemsha Films)
Directed By: Jan Hrebejk
Written By: Petr Jarchovský
- 2010
- Menemsha Films
- 1 h 40 m
- 2010
- Menemsha Films
- 1 h 40 m
Kawasaki's Rose
67
8.2
Summary Kawasaki's Rose is a drama about family and politics, the role of memory in relationships, and that of jealousy, arrogance, love, loyalty and betrayal.(Menemsha Films)
Directed By: Jan Hrebejk
Written By: Petr Jarchovský
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
67
67% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
33% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
67
67% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
33% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
The point of this thoughtful, moving film is that the motives and actions that define human ethics are never simple and that the Communist regime was especially adept at exploiting this complexity for its own ends.
Performed and directed with assured elegance, Kawasaki's Rose is a film that recognizes life as a tumultuous mess of both noble and base intensions and actions, as well as one that understands the thorny tragedies such chaos often leaves in its wake.
Kawasaki's Rose is the first Czech or Slovak film to address the issue of collaboration with the former Czechoslovakia's bygone secret police. That history must still be raw for some who survived the era, as it is in "The Lives of Others."
The problem with Kawasaki's Rose is that the theme is far more compelling than the movie.
Such overall familiarity makes the over-the-top soap-operatic elements, such as a histrionic screamathon between mom and daughter, that much more grating-and Hrebejk's upending of cathartic clichés that much more gratifying.
The longer director Jan Hrebejk's film goes on, the more complex the relationships become, until the film becomes little more than a talkathon.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 6 User Ratings
8.2
83% Positive
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
0% Mixed
0 Ratings
0 Ratings
17% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 6 User Ratings
8.2
83% Positive
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
0% Mixed
0 Ratings
0 Ratings
17% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
There are no user reviews yet. Be the first to add a review.
Production Company
In Film Praha,
Infinity Prague
Release Date Nov 24, 2010
Duration 1 h 40 m
Genres
Awards
Czech Lions
• 3 Wins & 9 Nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
European Film Awards
• 1 Nomination
