Ida

1962, Poland. Anna is a lovely, 18-year-old woman who is preparing to take orders in the same convent where she has lived since becoming an orphan. The mother superior informs Anna that prior to taking her vows, she should meet with her only living relative – her mother’s sister Wanda. These two temperamentally different women set out on a journey together into their family’s past that will lead them toward their destiny. The black-and-white, visually striking picture explores the uncertainty of these complex characters with both conviction and profound humanity, their spirits reflected with great power in the faces of the two actors. One of Britain’s most original directors, Polish born Pawel Pawlikowski had this to say about the film: "I wanted to make a film about history, which would not feel like a historical film; a film which is moral, but has no lessons to offer; I wanted to tell a story in which ‘everyone has their reasonsʼ – a story closer to poetry than plot.”