Young nun learns dark family secrets before taking her vows
Let’s get out our checklist: Ida is about a Polish nun (check) and her family’s history during the Holocaust (check), in black and white (check) with subtitles (check). Who’s still with me? Good, because Ida is a really powerful film, simplistic in its devices but haunting in impact. Despite all of the above information, it’s also not overly somber – relatively quick-paced (for an arthouse film) and engrossing, Ida balances its artistic ambitions with dramatic tension. Ida’s aunt (Agata Kulesza), a chain-smoking, hard-living judge, gives the movie a sense of modernity and a dose of wit, although her character arc is ultimately the most devastating of all. With beautiful cinematography and fine performances.
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