"Transfixing." - Guy Lodge, Variety
"It left me speechless." - Mark Kermode, The Guardian
"A sweeping romantic epic that recalls the Golden Age of Hollywood." - Farah Cheded, Film School Rejects
WINNER: Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award - Pawal Pawlikowski
A passionate love story from director Pawel Pawlikowski (Ida) about two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to love each other. Set against the background of the Cold War in 1950s Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris, the film depicts an impossible love story in impossible times.