Ida
is like a beautiful yet painful poem. It portrays the same world we live in but
it looks very different from the poets point of view. At times it’s slow and
empty yet sometimes so full and moving. But with every word and every worse it
become deeper and deeper so full of life and full of perspective. And from
start to end in the readers mind it’s mesmerizingly picturesque in its
presentation.
Ida
who is an orphan rose in a monastery and a soon to be nun discovers that she
has an aunt who is the only living relative sets off to visit her. But once she
finds her aunt it opens up very unexpected history of her family and Ida decides
to find her origins. But more she digs bitter it becomes.
The
plot of Ida takes place in the 1960s. More than just a movie Ida is a
collection of a splendidly taken fine art photographic quality scenes one after
the other. Right from the opening scene to the one it ends each frame is
carefully crafted according to a style that links photography and cinema
together. And I paused the movie more than a few times just to enjoy the true
beauty of those scenes. For me Ida is perfect cinematography and a presentation
of true skill in through photographic composition. This quality vastly ads beauty
and depth to the movie and gives a strong base for the emotionally deep story
to unfold.
The
performances of Ida is fine as its cinematography it self. They are natural and
emotional driven. They speak little words but much loud messages are given out.
Ida uses minimal background score. Which solemnly binds with the emptiness in
characters souls that again leads to the cinematography where most scenes use
expression using empty spaces. In whichever the way the viewer feels the movie
the experience is interconnected with the combination of all these elements.
The vision of the director is impeccably visible throughout the movie and the
viewer if engulfed by it.
Made
in black and white in a very color savvy world Ida is a movie that touches the
roots of cinema and the mind of the viewers.
My
score 4.5/5
Genre:
Drama
Director:
Pawel Pawlikowski
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