Directed by:
Paweł PawlikowskiComposer:
Kristian Eidnes AndersenCast:
Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Dawid Ogrodnik, Jerzy Trela, Adam Szyszkowski, Halina Skoczynska, Joanna Kulig, Mariusz Jakus, Izabela Dąbrowska (more)VOD (4)
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Pawel Pawlikowski's critically acclaimed Ida is a moving and intimate drama about a young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland who discovers a dark family secret dating back to the 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. Naiive, 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. With this beautifully directed Oscar winning drama, Pawlikowski returns to his native Poland for the first time in his career to confront some of the more contentious issues in the history of his birthplace. Powerfully written and eloquently shot, Ida a masterly evocation of a time, a dilemma, and a defining historical moment. (Artificial Eye)
(more)Cast
Agata Kulesza
Poland
Best movies:
25 Years of Innocence (2020)
The Hater (2020)
Wesele (2021)
Agata Trzebuchowska
Poland
Best movies:
Ida (2013)
Never Gonna Snow Again (2020)
Dawid Ogrodnik
Poland
Best movies:
Life Feels Good (2013)
The Last Family (2016)
Johnny (2022)
Jerzy Trela
Poland
Best movies:
A Lonely Woman (1981)
Znachor (1981)
Man of Iron (1981)
Adam Szyszkowski
Best movies:
The Last Family (2016)
Samowolka (1993) (TV movie)
Cold War (2018)
Halina Skoczynska
Poland
Best movies:
Ida (2013)
All That I Love (2009)
Oh, Charles (1985)
Joanna Kulig
Poland
Best movies:
Kler (2018)
Cold War (2018)
Walesa: Man of Hope (2013)
Mariusz Jakus
Poland
Best movies:
There and Back (2001)
Samowolka (1993) (TV movie)
Ida (2013)
Izabela Dąbrowska
Poland
Best movies:
Wszystko będzie dobrze (2007)
I'm a Killer (2016)
Ida (2013)
Artur Janusiak
Poland
Best movies:
Drowsiness (2008)
Planet Single (2016)
Ida (2013)
Anna Grzeszczak-Hutek
Poland
Best movies:
The Peasants (2023)
Hatred (2016)
Rose (2011)
Pawel Burczyk
Poland
Best movies:
The Pianist (2002)
There and Back (2001)
Świadek koronny (2007)
Marek Kasprzyk
Poland
Best movies:
How I Became a Gangster. True Story (2019)
Wesele (2021)
Kariera Nikosia Dyzmy (2002)