Cold War

Cold War

2018 · 88 min · PL · R · 7.5 (1,370 votes)
Dir. Paweł Pawlikowski · Starring Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza, Cédric Kahn, Jeanne Balibar
DramaRomanceWarMusic

A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.

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A deeply melancholic and visually stunning journey through a tragically intertwined romance. It feels like a beautiful, aching poem, steeped in the somber elegance of its black-and-white aesthetic and propelled by a yearning, jazz-infused spirit. The intensity of its central connection is palpable, yet always shadowed by an inescapable sense of longing and fate.

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