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Thursday, January 8, 2015

I saw this one before but can't figure out where...


Ida is the tale of a novitiate about to take her vows who is sent out into the cruel world of postwar Poland to test her faith[?].  Visiting her worldly Aunt Wanda she discovers her heritage.  The hypnotic B&W treatment of a severely damaged nation in the throws of a not so successful communism and a damp, dank winter illustrate the anxiety Ida feels on her journey to find out what happened to her parents.  I saw this film sometime in 2013 and wonder how it qualifies to compete for this year's Foreign Language Oscar.  It has a good chance of grabbing it.

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