Ida, Ida, 2013, 80 min.
Sunday, November 9, 7:00 pm
Director: Paweł Pawlikowski
Screenwriter: Paweł Pawlikowski
Principal Cast:Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, David Ogrodnik, Jerzy Trela
Ida is Poland’s 2015 Oscar candidate in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
The film is set in Poland in 1962. Anna is an orphan, and about to take her vows at a convent. Before she does, she's sent to see her only living relative, her aunt Wanda who informs her that they're both Jewish and that Anna’s real name is Ida. Wanda takes Ida to the village where her parents lived, and where they died during World War II in circumstances that are not entirely clear. Driving through rural Poland, the cloistered novice learns more about life’s cruelties and her country’s recent past than she would surely ever want to know—while her aunt is forced to reexperience the trauma she would prefer had remained buried. Stripped of superfluous technique, this exquisite feature explores national as well as personal identity, and the need for belief in a bewildering world.
Following the screening: Question-and-answer session with Agata Trzebuchowska