THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS.
Every love story is the best especially when one
is spawn from the love of both parents, and this movie, Cold War is the one which
seems to be a love song to the director’s parents. Cold War is a movie that looks like montages placed together to create
an art which pushes the boundary of what is defined as love, no matter how
turbulent or volatile the fragile love is.
Turbulent as what the movie title suggested, Cold War is a movie that requires one to
watch and interpret for their own instead of entering the cinema and leaving
the place with a story that contents a person’s heart during the holiday
season. It is no holiday season movie especially when it lacks the kind of
warmth seen in movies like “Love Actually”, but it was still entertaining.
Set between 1949 and 1964 in a post-war Europe, Cold War tells a story of a relationship
between two leading characters and how they are constantly being in this tug of
war that never seem to end. It is not a common love and yet the turbulent
relationship between the two people is somewhat relatable at some level.
Between acts in the movie, we are shown that the characters first met during an
audition held to fine pick individuals to be part of an exciting opportunity -
a communal singing group travelling around Europe as a new folk act, an art in
the making unlike the ordinary.
The attitude of the movie initially got me on
the soft note that this was a romantic film as what was advertised by Amazon
Studios - a hopeful glimmer of love in the conflicting harsh period of the
history. Due to the movie being penned on the perspective of the leading woman,
Zula, we managed to see the dynamics of the new world she was in and the love
between her and Wiktor, her counterpart in the movie. I think what got me to
realise and change my perception of Cold
War was the scene act set in Paris, France. It is a crucial act to realise
about the indifference of the relationship - one not understanding the life in
Paris and its people, another not understanding the other person’s inability to
accept the things the way they are.
As the movie progresses through more acts and
cuts in between, you learned that Cold
War is not about the unlikely relationship that is torn by the external
factors, but the internal factors. Had the characters learn to be more patience
and understanding, they would not have such difficulties and painful
realisation that anything they do is improbable. That is why Cold War moved the audience - through
the painful process of conflicting internal emotions and sympathy from song to
song (“Two Hearts” is repeated in several acts but offered different emotional
interpretation), and nostalgia imagery.
In conclusion, Cold War is at best, one of the anticipating foreign movies to look
out. I would not suggest watching the movie if you are one for romance or
similar to New Wave. However, at the very most, I believe Cold War is a movie that is best interpreted when you have a look
at it for yourself and I think that is an experience that can never be taken
away.
Ratings: 7/10
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