SOĞUK SAVAŞ FİLMİNDE KAYIP ANAVATAN VE NOSTALJİ

Abstract

In this study, Cold War (Pawel Pawlikowski, 2018) is evaluated using the concept “nostalgia” which expresses the longing for the past and the search for home in connection with the losses that occur during the times of social crisis and the concept “melancholy” which can be defined as not being able to mourn for the loss and preserving the lost object in self. The study examines how polarized politics during the Cold War period and its manifestation in the social-cultural life and the individual lives of people can be interpreted within the discussions of national identity, counter-memory, nostalgia, and melancholy. It is claimed that the film, which intertwines a love story with the Cold War and a narrative about the Polish nation, problematizes the social collapse, the loss of identity, and the anxiety of statelessness that emerged as a result of the construction of official culture and memory. Therefore, the present study argues that the nostalgic and melancholic narrative of the film can be associated with a search for the construction of a new national identity/memory symbolized by the ruined church, the snow-covered villages, and authentic folk songs that were not deformed, all of which existed before socialism.