Cold War

Name: Cold War
Released: 2018
Cast: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza, Cédric Kahn

2018 · Movie · R

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Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 3

Its director stated on the record that "the film is loosely inspired by the lives of my own parents, a musical director and a singer whose tempestuous relationship spans the Cold War era in Poland an…" 1. Its narrative-universality assessment registers 8 of 10 2. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 7 of 100 3. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for White and below it for Black and Hispanic 4.

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Creator statementdirector: "The film is loosely inspired by the lives of my own parents, a musical director and a singer whose tempestuous relationship spans the Cold War era in Poland and France."RogerEbert.com interview, 2018 source ↗
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Narrative universalityNarrative universality 8 of 10; identity centrality incidental.WhatSphere content assessment. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
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Content balanceAdvocacy 7 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
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RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: White 98, Black 31, Hispanic 31.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1

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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.