Ida (2014)
88%RT Audience Score: 79%
Awards & Nominations: 1 nomination
Empathetically written, splendidly acted, and beautifully photographed, Ida finds director Pawel Pawlikowski revisiting his roots to powerful effect
Ida is like a time machine that transports you back to 1960s Poland, but without the risk of accidentally altering the course of history. It’s a haunting and beautifully crafted film that will leave you feeling like you’ve just witnessed something truly special. Plus, the fact that the lead actress was discovered in a cafe and hired on the spot just adds to the film’s charm. Don’t miss out on this modern classic.
Production Company(ies)
Scion Films, Canana Films, Creando Films,
Distributor
Music Box Films
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for strong violence, language throughout and some sexual content
Year of Release
2014
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:NA
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Runtime:1h 20m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:Denmark, France, Poland, United Kingdom
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): May 2, 2014 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 23, 2014
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Agata Trzebuchowska, Agata Kulesza, Joanna Kulig, Dawid Ogrodnik, Adam Szyszkowski, Jerzy Trela, directed by Pawel Pawlikowski, written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Pawel Pawlikowski, drama, PG-13, Music Box Films, Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzięcioł, Ewa Puszczynska, Christian Falkenberg Husum, reviewed by J Hoberman, Peter Travers, A.A Dowd, Alissa Wilkinson, David Hughes, Chris Nashawaty, Matthew Turner, Dustin Chang, Richard Propes, Angela L Harmon, Ryan Syrek, box office gross $3.8M, budget unknown, nun, Jewish, family, history, Catholic, Holocaust, black and white, cinematography, artistry, innocence, tragedy, individuality, faith, lineage, potential, Polish cinema
Worldwide gross: NA
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): NA
US/Canada gross: $22,750
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $24,743
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,795
US/Canada opening weekend:
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Agata Kulesza – Wanda Gruz
Joanna Kulig – piosenkarka
Dawid Ogrodnik – “Lis”
Adam Szyszkowski – Feliks Skiba
Jerzy Trela – Szymon Skiba
Director(s)
Pawel Pawlikowski
Writer(s)
Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Pawel Pawlikowski
Producer(s)
Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzieciol, Ewa Puszczynska, Christian Falkenberg Husum
Film Festivals
Sundance, Toronto
Awards & Nominations
1 nomination
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Winners, Oscar Best International Feature Film Of The Year Winners, Oscar Nominees, Oscar Winners
All Critics (165) | Top Critics (64) | Fresh (158) | Rotten (7)
Ida is not only an evocation of early ’60s Poland, the period of Pawlikowski’s childhood, but a film that gives the illusion that it could have been made then.
December 31, 2015
J. Hoberman
Tablet
TOP CRITIC
Now that Paweł Pawlikowski’s haunting Polish film has been nominated for a foreign-language Oscar, Ida is back in the conversation. Let yourself be enveloped by a modern cinema classic.
February 6, 2015 | Rating: 4/4
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
TOP CRITIC
Nestled within its sins-of-the-elders narrative is a faintly charming cross-generational bonding picture, pairing a worldly cynic with a young girl taking her last gasp of secular air before giving her life to the Lord.
January 5, 2015 | Rating: B+
A.A. Dowd
AV Club
TOP CRITIC
Trzebuchowska is certainly the film’s other great asset: all the performances are great, but she is not even an actress, having been spotted by a producer in a cafe and hired almost on the spot. You’d never believe it.
January 5, 2015 | Rating: 3/4
Alissa Wilkinson
Christianity Today
TOP CRITIC
Pawlikowski has a photographer’s eye for composition, and every crisp, monochrome frame could be a postcard from Poland’s tragic, turbulent past.
January 5, 2015 | Rating: 4/5
David Hughes
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
With her brassy, determined aunt, Ida sets off to find answers and discovers life beyond the convent walls in this leisurely but satisfying journey.
January 5, 2015 | Rating: B
Chris Nashawaty
Entertainment Weekly
TOP CRITIC
An impressively directed and deeply moving drama anchored by a pair of terrific performances from Trzebuchowska and Kulesza.
May 11, 2022 | Rating: 9/9
Matthew Turner
VODzilla.co
Ida is one of those quiet, artfully crafted little masterpieces that goes unnoticed in the dead of the spring movie season. I haven’t seen anything this year that is lovelier. Don’t miss seeing this film in theaters.
February 21, 2021
Dustin Chang
ScreenAnarchy
A remarkably bold film that is taken in some courageous directions by Pawlikowski.
September 11, 2020 | Rating: 4.0/4.0
Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com
If life is made up of small moments, Ida is a full-length mirror.
December 16, 2019
Angela L. Harmon
The NitPic
Ida is permeated with such thick, dank sorrow that I began counting the number of times any character smiled. I had to open it up to “not explicitly frowning” before someone cracked the scoreboard.
August 6, 2019 | Rating: A-
Ryan Syrek
The Reader (Omaha, NE)
Even if Ida is more admirable than it’s involving, there’s still plenty to admire.
June 19, 2019 | Rating: 7.2/10
C.J. Prince
Way Too Indie…
Plot
Ida Red (Melissa Leo) is sentenced to a long stretch behind bars after a heist went wrong. She learns that she has only months to live and is therefore determined to die as a free woman, not in jail. The crime family is headed in her absence by brother, Dallas (Frank Grillo), and son, Wyatt (Josh Hartnett), who need to pull off one big heist to save their mum.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The film features a breakout performance from newcomer Agata Trzebuchowska as the titular character.
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