Movie

Ida

2013 · 82 min

A stark, quiet black-and-white journey through grief and identity, heavy with unspoken history and moral unease.

Overview: In 1960s Poland, young novitiate Anna is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.
How it feels: Melancholic, bleak, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, identity, faith, guilt
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
identity
faith
guilt
family
Places: countryside
big city
road trip
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild