Cold War (Zimna wojna)
The Cold War of the 1950s, which took place in Paris, Berlin, Poland and Yugoslavia, has brought many challenges and exciting stories. Under the Cold War, two different people have fallen into print and backgrounds and may not be identical in a love story. The story of romantic love is turning into a conflict that will not be repeated in a cold war amid so many emotional challenges.
1974, Rijeka, Croatia, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]
October 28, 1948 in Sosnowiec, Slaskie, Poland
21 April 1977, Legnica, Dolnoslaskie, Poland
13 April 1968, Paris, France
13 November 1984, Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia
25 December 1973, Bialystok, Podlaskie, Poland
12 December 1978, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
March 12, 1972 in Bourgoin-Jallieu, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France
24 June 1982, Krynica-Zdrój, Malopolskie, Poland
4 September 1978, Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland
1968, Poland
October 30, 2018
Pawlikowski is compelling his two lovers on a sadistic and slightly contrived trajectory to end-gain the moral of the story which is that corrosive politics destroy lives.September 07, 2018
A passionate love story (yes, there's a recurrent theme here) that plays out, with musical accompaniment and political resonance, across three decades in postwar Europe.May 14, 2018
The more we see this relationship, the more its mystery grows. That is the profound, beguiling truth with which Cold War ultimately leaves us.October 30, 2018
In Cold War, every frame contains a moving beauty and intensity. [Full Review in Spanish]November 02, 2018
Pawlikowski continues to be a master of frame composition. [Full Review in Spanish]September 16, 2018
Luminously shot in black and white, with every frame artfully composed, Pawel Pawlikowski's powerful "Cold War"....casts a spell over audiences.September 05, 2018
Form and content seem oddly divorced, but music -- the Polish folk tunes, communist-propaganda anthems and Parisian torch songs -- sets the mood and saves the day.October 31, 2018
It's got more energy and freedom than the more classically told Ida, and this can be seen in the camera movements, although occasionally it feels like the movie meanders as much as the characters do.October 27, 2018
It's sort of Richard Linklater's Before trilogy meets Casablanca, but condensed into an all-too-short 85-minute runtime.May 15, 2018
This is an achingly personal story - the romantic leads are named after Pawlikowski's own parents, to whom the film is dedicated - and also a sadly resigned one.October 30, 2018
Pawel Pawlikowski puts on stage what is impossible to represent: the space for love in a world divided in two, in this masterful work, powerful and reflective, about passions denied by the historical context. [Full Review in Spanish]August 28, 2018
One of the most colourful things you'll ever see in black and white.