Zimna wojna (Cold War)
2018
**
Director: Paweł Pawlikowski
Cast: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza, Cédric Kahn, Jeanne Balibar
After WW2 in Poland, music director Wiktor meets a young singer named Zula. For the next 15 years, we follow their turbulent relationship in Berlin, Yugoslavia, Paris, and back in Poland. Pawel Pawlikowski's bafflingly overpraised black and white drama was inspired by the lives of his parents. This is apparently a love story, but the cramped 4:3 aspect ratio, jumpy narrative, sketchy writing, and deadpan performances left me completely uninvested in the characters and their motivations. There are some nice musical numbers.
