LOVE STORY DURING THE COLD WAR...!

Rating: 10/10 (20 January 2020)

A nominee for Best Foreign Language at last year's Oscars. Taking place during the turbulent Communist regime'd years in Poland during the 1960's, a pianist/talent scout & the singer he discovers embark on a romance which spans time & runs the gamut of emotions. As much a romance between people of different strata while serving as a commentary on the failings of a repressive government trying to stymie the creativity of artistes, this film, shot in gorgeous black & white (much like director Pawel Pawlikowski's previous feature Ida), is episodic yet an emotionally involving treatise on love which tugs at the heartstrings but empowers one's sense of time & place when a love affair begins w/the best of intentions only to be hampered by the marching drums of history.