Ida Plot
From acclaimed director Pawel Pawlikowski (Last Resort, My Summer of Love) comes IDA, a moving and intimate drama about a young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland who, on the verge of taking her vows, discovers a dark family secret dating from the terrible years of the Nazi occupation. 18-year old Anna (stunning newcomer Agata Trzebuchowska), a sheltered orphan raised in a convent, is preparing to become a nun when the Mother Superior insists she first visit her sole living relative. Naive, innocent Anna soon finds herself in the presence of her aunt Wanda (Agata Kulesza), a worldly and cynical Communist Party insider, who shocks her with the declaration that her real name is Ida and her Jewish parents were murdered during the Nazi occupation. This revelation triggers a heart-wrenching journey into the countryside, to the family house and into the secrets of the repressed past, evoking the haunting legacy of the Holocaust and the realities of postwar Communism. In this beautifully directed film,
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Official US Release Trailer 2014
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I'm still reeling from watching the incredible Polish film, Ida. It's nominated for best foreign film, and is so incredibly beautifully shot in black and white. It's on Netflix streaming, and is shown in a box shape, like a film from the 1960's in which the movie take place.
Young novice Anna learns that she has an aunt she has never met. Her mother superior tells her she must visit her before she takes her vows.
Anna's aunt Wanda is the polar opposite of Anna, hard drinking, smoker and promiscuous. When they meet for the first time, Wanda informs her that she is actually Ida, and is Jewish.
They embark on a journey to find out what happened to Ida's parents and to find their... |
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