Independent Cinema for Everyone

Pawel Pawlikowski wowed Cannes (and picked up a Best Director prize) with this gorgeously crafted love story of a pair of mismatched musicians shuttling back and forth across the Iron Curtain. In the ruins of post-war Poland, Wiktor and Zula fall in love. As performing musicians forced to play into the Soviet propaganda machine, they dream of escaping to the creative freedom of the West. But one day, as they spot their chance to make a break for Paris, both make a split decision that will mark their lives forever. With a stunning soundtrack that takes you from the rustic folk songs of rural Poland to the sultry jazz of a Paris basement bar this is a heartbreakingly personal film.

Dir. Pawel Pawelikowski, PolandFranceUK, 2018, 89 mins, subtitled. Cast. Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc.