Year: 2018
Country: Poland, France, UK
Director: Pavel Pavlikovsky
Cast: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Boris Sheets, Agatha Kulesha
Genre: drama
Runtime: 84 min.
Age: 16+
A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismatched, set against the background of the Cold War
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.
Awards & Festivals:
Academy Award nomination – Best Directing, Best Cinematography, Best Foreign Language Film
Cannes Film Festival — Best Director
Camerimage International Film Festival – Silver Frog Award
Polish Film Festival — Best Editing, Best Sound, Best Film, Golden Lion - Best Film
Gaudi Award – Best European Film
Goya Award – Best European Film
San Sebastián International Film Festival — participation
Toronto International Film Festival — participation
BAFTA Award Nomination – Best Film Not in the English Language, Best Screenplay (Original), Best Cinematography, Best Director