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''Kawasaki's Rose'' () is a 2009 Czech
drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Jan Hřebejk Jan Hřebejk (; born 27 June 1967) is a Czech film director and actor. Life and career Born in Prague, Hřebejk graduated from high school in 1987 and continued his studies at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague ...
. The film was selected in the Czech Republic as the Czech entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film The following is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various films, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Bes ...
at the
83rd Academy Awards The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2010 in the United States and took place on February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, be ...
, 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 A honeymoon is a vacation taken by newlyweds after their wedding to celebrate their marriage. Today, honeymoons are often celebrated in destinations considered exotic or romantic. In a similar context, it may also refer to the phase in a couple ...
'' (Líbánky), and ''
Innocence Innocence is a lack of guilt, with respect to any kind of crime, or wrongdoing. In a legal context, innocence is prior to the sense of legal guilt and is a primal emotion connected with the sense of self. It is often confused as being the op ...
'', with this film Hrebejk presents a loose trilogy of films in which shadows from the past come to haunt the present of its characters.


Cast

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Lenka Vlasáková Lenka Eden Kripac (born 19 March 1978) is an Australian singer-songwriter and actress best known for her song " The Show", from her debut album, ''Lenka''. "The Show" has been used in numerous advertisements, most notably for Old Navy, as well ...
as Lucie * Milan Mikulčík as Luděk *
Martin Huba Martin Huba (born 16 July 1943 in Bratislava) is a Slovak actor and director on stage and in film. In 1964 he graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU). He joined the Východoslovenské štátne divadlo (Košice State ...
as Pavel *
Daniela Kolářová Daniela Kolářová (born 21 September 1946 in Cheb) is a Czech actress. She has appeared in several Theatre Studio DVA productions. Filmography Film * '' Kawasaki's Rose'' (2009) * ''Empties'' (2007) ... Eliška * ''Dark Blue World'' (2001 ...
as Jana *
Antonín Kratochvíl Antonín Kratochvíl (also written Antonin Kratochvil; born 12 April 1947) is a Czech-born American photojournalist. He is a founding member of VII Photo Agency. Life and work Kratochvíl was born in 1947 in Lovosice, Czechoslovakia. He gained ...
as Bořek (as Antonín Kratochvíl) * Anna Simonová as Bára *
Petra Hřebíčková Petra Hřebíčková (born 20 September 1979) is a Czech Republic, Czech stage and film actress. Her film debut was in the 2006 comedy ''I Served the King of England (film), I Served the King of England''. On stage, she acted for six years at th ...
as Radka *
Ladislav Chudík Ladislav Chudík (27 May 1924 – 29 June 2015) was a Slovak actor. He appeared in more than fifty films. Selected filmography Awards * Czech Lion The Czech Lion Awards () are annual awards that recognize accomplishments in filmmaking a ...
as Kafka * Ladislav Smoček as Dr. Pešek * Vladimír Kulhavý as Chief Physician


See also

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List of submissions to the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of submissions to the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Be ...
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List of Czech submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Czech Republic has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1994 (after the split of Czechoslovakia in January 1993). However, there were also Czech films submitted by Czechoslovakia before it ceased to ...


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* 2009 films 2009 drama films 2000s Czech-language films Films directed by Jan Hřebejk Czech Lion Awards winners (films) Golden Kingfisher winners Czech drama films 2000s Czech films {{2000s-CzechRepublic-film-stub