SpIFF:Kawasaki's Rose
Czechoslovakian director Jan Hrebejk’s probing socio-political drama of love and betrayal is an absorbing treatise on personal honor and the compromises we all make for the sake of lovers, family and country. Here, a famous Czech psychiatrist, seen as a hero in his community for opposing the former Communist regime, is unexpectedly exposed as something else entirely: a sympathizer of the Party who was instrumental in the forced exile of a family friend.
The title refers to one of the most difficult figures to create in origami, which stands as the film’s metaphor for intricate personal relationships. (Czech Republic | 100 mins)
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Sunday, February 13, 2011 | Noon | $7.50


