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Cold War poster

Quick Info

Rating

7.4/10

Release2018

Runtime1h 28m

StatusReleased

Budget$4,954,500

Revenue$18,754,051

Production

Opus Film

Apocalypso Pictures

MK2 Films

ARTE France Cinéma

BFI

Channel 4 Television

Canal+ Polska

EC1 Łódź

Mazowiecki Instytut Kultury

Silesia Film

Kino Świat

Wojewódzki Dom Kultury w Rzeszowie

Movie

Cold War

2018

1h 28m

7.4

Romance

Music

Drama

Synopsis

A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.

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