“Kawasaki’s Rose” to get US premiere in November

The film “Kawasaki’s Rose” by Jan Hřebejk, chosen by the Czech Film and Television Academy to compete for the Oscar for the best foreign language film in 2011, will get its premiere in the United States at the end of November. It will be screened at the New York cinema, Film Forum, which specialises in independent productions. The academy announced its Oscar competition selection on its website on Sunday. The 2009 drama tells the story of a respected psychiatrist and a former dissident, who is about to receive state honours when it turns out he had collaborated with the communist secret police. “Kawasaki’s Rose” got nine nominations for the annual Czech film awards, Český lev, but only converted those for the best male and female actors in supporting roles.