<p><b>A Czech look into the lives of others.</b></p><p>Loyalty, history and regret take centre stage for university professor Pavel Josek, lauded for standing up to the communist regime when it counted most. But as a TV documentary starts to focus in on the facts of his past, new truths are uncovered which may threaten his reputation.</p><p>The latest offering from prolific filmmaker Jan H ebejk (<i>Divided We Fall</i>; <i>Beauty in Trouble</i>, MIFF 2007) is the first of his to delve into the communist past of the Czech Republic. Taking cues from <i>The Lives of Others</i>, <i>Kawasaki's Rose</i> looks at events years after the fact, when memory is unreliable, facts are blurred and what was once seen as black and white washes out into shades of grey. </p>