Great Cinema but I wanted a better conclusion.

Rating: 8/10 (8 February 2019)

My Review-
Remember the great days of Foreign movie stars like Sophia Loren and Marcello MastrioannI and directors like Visconti and Fellini ?
Well all these ingredients are evident in the Polish film Cold War with the pairing of Joanna Kulig as the luminous Zula a beautiful talented , calculating charismatic but damaged Polish refugee and Tomasz Kot as Wiktor the musician and her handsome rescuer and totally obsessed lover.
When we first meet Zula in 1949 desperate to join a Polish Folk Academy while on probation for stabbing her father , when Zula is asked why ? her chilling reply is
" He mistook me for my mother and the knife showed him the difference"
The story filmed magnificently in Monochrome and on a smaller screen ratio 1:37:1 in keeping with the era which covers 15 years is a love story Romeo and Juliet style , which may explain my only criticism a very odd and puzzling ending.
The director Pawel Pawlikowski has created a beautiful atmosphere and ambience to suit the era
and chosen a superb cast to portray the characters.
I loved the 2 music styles in this movie the Polish folk songs and dancing in the beginning and the sultry jazz in The Paris night clubs that follow on as the couples story unfolds over the years.
This film is nominated for 3 Academy awards Best Foreign Movie , Best Director and Cinematography .
Ihope it wins Best Foreign Movie , it probably won't because Roma a film , which left me totally cold and bored is the favourite of The Academy I suspect purely because of its Mexicaness and as a protest to Donald Trump.