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IDA dir. Pawel Pawlikowski @ 6th EKRAN TPFF
Ida
Nov. 7th - 7PM @ The Revue Cinema
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, makes a shocking discovery about her past. 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. Naïve, innocent Anna soon finds herself in the presence of her aunt Wanda (Agneta 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, 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 is a masterly evocation of a time, a dilemma, and a defining historical moment; Ida is also personal, intimate, and human. The weight of history is everywhere, but the scale falls within the scope of a young woman learning about the secrets of her own past. This intersection of the personal with momentous historic events makes for what is surely one of the most powerful and affecting films of the year. Poland's submission to the 2015 Oscars in Foreign Language Film Category
80 min
Directed by Paweł Pawlikowski Writter by Paweł Pawlikowski, Rebecca Lenkiewicz Cast Wanda - Agata Kulesza Anna - Agata Trzebuchowska Lis - Dawid Ogrodnik
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LocationRevue Cinema (View)
400 Roncesvalles Ave.
Toronto, ON M6R 2M9
Canada
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Minimum Age: 16 |
Non-Smoking: Yes! |
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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