Variety ♥'s Kawasaki's Rose

Derek Elley of Variety recently posted a great review of Kawasaki's Rose, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival this past Friday. The good word of mouth just keeps flowing for this film! Here's a preview of what he had to say:

"While many other Central European countries have dealt with their collaborationist past in movies, Hrebejk and Jarchovsky claim theirs is the first to do so in the Czech Republic. Typically, but without devaluing the content, it's dealt with in a very Czech way -- sans real bitterness, marbled with a lightness of touch, and capped by a final scene that's wound-healing in its tartly genial humor."

"Ensemble performances are topnotch, from Huba and Kolarova as the husband and wife who still retain their dignity even as their past becomes media property, through Vlasakova as their conflicted daughter, to smaller parts like Anna Simonova as Bara, Lucie's restless teen daughter. One cross-generational scene between Huba and Simonova is a beauty, showing how Jarchovsky's well-worked script keeps all family members involved in the ensemble at all times."

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