

A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to each other. Set against the background of the COLD WAR in the 1950s in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris, the film depicts an impossible love story in impossible times.
- Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
- Country: Poland, France, UK
- Genre: Drama | Music | Romance (Love)
- Year: 2018
- Run Time: 01:28:40
- imdb Score: 7.7/10 (23,598 votes)
- Language: English
- Rating: R
- Cast: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza
Ann Hornaday - WASHINGTON POST
"Cinematographer Lukasz Zal finds a chilly, etched beauty in every frame; you're struck by how snow seems to stroke and soften a harsh landscape, and by the poignancy of wind ruffling the grass in a quiet field."
Moira MacDonald - SEATTLE TIMES
"Through COLD WAR, Pawlikowski shows us the beauty in an ugly time, and then he makes us wait and wonder if the characters will ever see it, too."
Mick LaSalle - SAN FRANCISO CHRONICLE
"Passionate, tempestuous, haunting and assured, this latest from writer-director Pawel Pawlikowski explores, as did his Oscar-winning "Ida," Poland's recent past, resulting in a potent emotional story with political overtones that plays impeccably today."
Kenneth Turan - LOS ANGELES TIMES
Academy Awards Nominee 2019
Best Director, Cinematography and Foreign Film
Cannes Film Festival 2018
Best Film
Stockholm Film Festival 2018
Best Film
Camerimage 2018
Best Film and Director
European Film Awards 2018
Best Edition
El Gouna International Film Festival 2018
Best Actress
Ghent International Film Festival 2018
Best Film
National Board of Review 2018
Best Foreign Film
New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2018
Best Foreign Film
Polish Film Festival 2018
Best Edition, Sound and Film
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2018
Best Cinematography
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards 2018
Best Foreign Film
New York Film Critics 2018
Best Foreign Film
Sundance Film Festival 2018
Toronto Int'l Film Festival 2018
Karlovy Vary Int'l Film Festival 2018
Melbourne Int'l Film Festival 2018
Athens Int'l Film and Video Festival 2018
San Diego Int'l Film Festival 2018
Chicago Int'l Film Festival 2018
Jerusalem Film Festival 2018
Philadelphia Int'l Film Festival 2018
Odessa International Film Festival 2018
Sarajevo Film Festival 2018
Miskolc Int'l Film Festival 2018
New York Film Festival 2018
Hamburg Film Festival 2018
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