Blu-ray, DVD, VOD Release: Ida

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Sept. 23, 2014; VOD Release Date: Sept. 9, 2014
Price: DVD $29.95, Blu-ray $34.95
Studio: Music Box


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Agata Trzebuchowska (r.) and Agata Kulesza in Ida.

From acclaimed international filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski (Last Resort, My Summer of Love) comes Ida, a drama about a young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland who makes a shocking discovery about her family’s past that sets her on a life-changing path.

When the Mother Superior insists that 18-year old Anna (newcomer Agata Trzebuchowska), a sheltered orphan raised in a convent, visit her sole living relative before taking her vows, naïve and innocent Anna soon finds herself in the presence of her aunt Wanda (Agata Kulesza), a worldly and cynical Communist Party insider who shocks Anna with the declaration that her real name is Ida and her Jewish parents were murdered during the Nazi occupation. This revelation prompts a journey to the family house and into the secrets of the repressed past.

The winner of the International Critics Award for Pawel Pawlikowski at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, Ida is rolling out theatrically in the U.S.’s top 100 markets, where it has grossed nearly $4 million at the domestic box office.

At Rotten Tomatoes, Ida holds a high rating of 94%, based on 87 published reviews, with director Pawlikowski receiving much praise for his accomplishment in taking an historic tragedy and so effectively personalizing it through his characters.

Shot in black-and-white and presented in Polish with English subtitles, the Ida Blu-ray and DVD contain a Q&A with the filmmaker and behind-the-scenes featurettes as bonus features.

 

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