Cold War

7.4 2018 Paweł Pawlikowski 1h 28m
Romance Music Drama
Cold War

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.

Cast

Joanna Kulig Joanna Kulig Zuzanna 'Zula' Lichoń
Tomasz Kot Tomasz Kot Wiktor Warski
Borys Szyc Borys Szyc Lech Kaczmarek
Agata Kulesza Agata Kulesza Irena Bielecka
Cédric Kahn Cédric Kahn Michel
Jeanne Balibar Jeanne Balibar Juliette
Adam Woronowicz Adam Woronowicz Consul
Adam Ferency Adam Ferency Minister

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Vibes

Emotional Chill Visually Stunning Deeply Moving Critic Favorite

Double Feature Pairings

Films that pair perfectly with Cold War

Ida
Ida 2013
Pawlikowski's Poland double bill. Two films about love and identity under impossible political pressure. Brief Encounter
Brief Encounter 1945
Black and white love tragedies. Two films about couples whose love is real and whose timing is catastrophic. Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago 1965
Love against the Iron Curtain. Two films about desire that refuses to obey borders, wars, or history. Atonement
Atonement 2007
Decades of love destroyed by history. Two films about couples who spend entire lifetimes trying to return to the moment everything was right.

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