A gorgeous, simple masterpiece by Paweł Pawlikowski that chronicled the beautiful, romantic tragic love story of two people separated by circumstances, ideologies, politics, borders and self-doubt, but yet, regardless of obstacles, they still harbour a love that transcended it all. Simply told - the power of economical storytelling - Pawlikowski’s film was honest and touching, sincere without being saccharine. And the two leads, Tomasz Kot, reminiscent of the Fiennes brothers, and Joanna Kulig, luminous and vulnerable, anchored the story and sold the honesty of their romance through all its ups and downs, the ugliness and the beauty. The audience truly get invested in their story from the start to the end. Kudos to Pawlikowski for achieving all that in 88 minutes. Like his previous film “Ida”, and Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma”, the black and white cinematography by Łukasz Żal was gorgeous with impeccable composition and a sumptuous use of light and shadows. It will be a close fight between the simple, tragic romance of “Cold War” and the simple, familial bond of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Shoplifters” for Best Foreign Film (assuming “Roma” goes for Best Picture”).
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