Poland 1962. Anna is a beautiful eighteen year old woman,
preparing to become a nun at the convent where she has lived since
orphaned as a child. She learns she has a living relative she must
visit before taking her vows, her mother's sister Wanda.
Together, the two women embark on a voyage of discovery of
each other and their past. Her aunt, she learns is not only a
former hardline Communist state prosecutor notorious for sentencing
priests and others to death, but also a Jew.
Anna learns that she too is Jewish - and that her real
name is Ida. This revelation sets Anna, now Ida, on a journey to
uncover her roots and confront the truth about her
family.
Ida has to choose between her birth identity and the
religion that saved her from the massacres of the Nazi occupation
of Poland. And Wanda must confront decisions she made during the
War when she chose loyalty to the cause before family.
Written by Paweł Pawlikowski and Rebecca Lenkiewicz, and
directed by Pawlikowski (Last Resort, My Summer of Love), the film
stars Agata Trzebu- chowska as Ida.
Winner Best Film, London International Film Festival 2013
Winner Fipresci International Critics Prize. Toronto International
Film Festival 2013