In the film's opening weekend in the United States it made $54,353 from three theaters, an average of $18,118 per venue. Zula suggests they view it "from the other side," and the two stand and depart from view, as wheat fields sway in the wind.Ĭold War grossed $4.6 million in the United States and Canada, and $15.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $20.5 million. After ingesting pills, the couple is seen sitting outside, observing the landscape. The two take a bus to an abandoned church seen at the beginning of the film, where they exchange marriage vows and prepare to commit suicide together. Wiktor and Zula escape to a bathroom together, where a miserable and defeated Zula begs Wiktor to rescue her. Zula arranged for an early release for Wiktor by agreeing to marry Kaczmarek, and now has a young son with him. Five years later, a freed Wiktor meets with Kaczmarek at a club where Zula, now a barely-functioning alcoholic, is performing. Zula meets with him at a work camp, where he reveals that he has been sentenced to a "generous" 15 years of hard labor on charges of defecting and espionage his hand is visibly disfigured. She later disappears, and Wiktor confronts Michel, who reveals she has returned to Poland.Īgainst the advice of a Polish embassy official in Paris, Wiktor returns to Poland. She reveals that she had an affair with Michel and insults Wiktor, and he strikes her. Wiktor and Zula finish Zula's record, but a disappointed Zula remains frustrated and unhappy.
Zula becomes jealous of Wiktor's past lovers, and as work on her record strains their relationship, she begins to drink heavily and misbehave in public. He embellishes her backstory to make her more interesting to film producer Michel, which annoys Zula. Wiktor attempts to build a singing career for Zula. She has married another man to obtain a visa so that she could travel to Paris and be with Wiktor. Two years later, Wiktor is working as a film score composer in Paris, where Zula reunites with him. A year later, Wiktor attends one of the troupe's performances in Yugoslavia, where Zula spots him in the audience and becomes visibly shaken. When Wiktor asks Zula why she failed to appear with him to cross the border, she says that she lacked confidence in herself. They both have other partners but their continued mutual attraction is clear. Years later, Zula meets Wiktor in Paris, where he is working at a jazz club. Zula fails to come to the rendezvous with Wiktor and he crosses the border alone. The ensemble visits East Berlin, Wiktor plans to flee to the west with Zula, and the two affirm their love and passion. Kaczmarek is also interested in Zula and pressures her into spying on Wiktor for him, but Zula does not reveal any incriminating information. Wiktor and Irena are opposed to this, but the career-driven, opportunistic Kaczmarek agrees, and a resentful Irena quits. Wiktor and Irena are pressured by bureaucrats to include pro-Communist and pro-Stalinist propaganda in their performances-in exchange, the troupe would be allowed to tour the eastern bloc.
Wiktor and Zula quickly develop a strong, obsessive attraction and have sex after a performance. Wiktor's attention is immediately captured by Zula, an ambitious and captivating young woman who is faking a peasant identity and is on probation after attacking her abusive father.
In post- World War II Poland, Wiktor and Irena are holding auditions for a state-sponsored folk music ensemble. The film has received numerous accolades, including three nominations at the 91st Academy Awards ( Best Foreign Language Film, Best Director and Best Cinematography) and four at the 72nd BAFTA Film Awards, as well as six awards from seven nominations at the 31st European Film Awards, winning the main Best Film Award. Critics praised its acting, screenplay, direction and cinematography. The film, which was loosely inspired by the lives of Pawlikowski's parents, also features Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza, Cédric Kahn and Jeanne Balibar in supporting roles.Ĭold War premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival on. Set in Poland and France during the Cold War from the late 1940s until the 1960s, the story follows a musical director ( Tomasz Kot) who discovers a young singer ( Joanna Kulig), exploring their subsequent love story over the years. It is an international co-production by producers in Poland, France and the United Kingdom.
Cold War ( Polish: Zimna wojna) is a 2018 historical drama film directed by Paweł Pawlikowski, who co-wrote the screenplay with Janusz Głowacki and Piotr Borkowski.
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