: As the Stalinist regime tightens its grip, Mazurek is forced to pivot from folk songs to propaganda hymns honoring world leaders.

: They meet at auditions for Mazurek , a Polish folk ensemble intended to celebrate "peasant" culture.

: Seeking artistic and personal freedom, Wiktor defects to the West. Zula, however, chooses to stay, beginning a cycle of reunions and separations across the Iron Curtain.

: Paweł Pawlikowski , following his Oscar-winning film Ida .

The film follows (Tomasz Kot), a cynical but gifted conductor, and Zula (Joanna Kulig), a spirited young singer with a mysterious past.

: Their journey spans 15 years, moving through jazz clubs in Paris and labor camps in Poland, eventually returning to where they first met. 🎶 The Role of Music