Oscar Best Foreign Film Nominees 2019
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Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski and produced by Amazon Studios, this historical period drama is set in Poland and France from the late 1940s until the 1960s, telling the love story of a musical director who discovers a promising young singer (a story that is loosely based on the relationship between Pawlikowski's late parents).
The film first premiered at Cannes, where Pawlikowski took home the award for best director, and — as well as best foreign language film — Pawlikowski is competing again in the best director category at the Oscars. The Polish director already won for his religious drama Ida back in 2015, so if he scores a second win, he'll be only the seventh director in history to have directed multiple Oscar winners (and just the second in the last 43 years).