IDA (2013) by Paweł Pawlikowski
Running time: 1 hr 22 mins
from €5 to €10
In 1960s Poland, before taking her vows, Anna, a young orphan raised in a convent, sets out to meet her aunt, the only surviving member of her family. She then uncovers a dark family secret dating back to the Nazi occupation.
In black and white—the colours of her memories—and a square aspect ratio that frames faces like paintings, set to the rhythm of Coltrane’s saxophone and Busoni’s transcription of a Bach chorale, and carried by a young actress whose performance is all the more moving for the fact that she is not an actress (Agata Trzebuchowska), Ida is a minimalist film of breathtaking beauty. ” Jérôme Garcin, Nouvel Obs.
Screening attended by the filmmaker.
Discussion moderated by Eva Bester, journalist and writer.