Poland’s Official Submission for
Foreign Language Film Competition
for the 91st Academy Awards®
Stirring, emotional, haunting, heartbreaking. With just one look at the trailer, you feel the visual texture of COLD WAR created by the black & white cinematography, embracing not only the time and the different locales, but the visceral nature of the emotional ranges we are seeing and feeling unfold in this unforgettable love story set against the visage of post-war Europe. Performances are indelible and heartbreaking while star-crossed love uplifts and gives hope in the darkest of moments.
COLD WAR is a passionate love story between a man and a woman who meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet fatefully condemned to each other. Set against the background of the Cold War in the 1950s in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris, the couple are separated by politics, character flaws and unfortunate twists of fate – an impossible love story in impossible times.
Director Pawel Pawlikowski’s most recent film, Ida, was a global success, winning the Oscar and BAFTA for Best Foreign Language Film as well as five European Film Awards including best European film, director and screenplay. His other key credits include My Summer Of Love and Last Resort.
In theatres December 21, 2018.
