Ida (2013)
Ida is a Polish feature film by Paweł Pawlikowski from 2013. It tells of the double journey of the young novice Anna to her past and through Poland in the 1960s. The black and white film received the European Film Award in 2014 and was named Best Foreign Language Film at the 2015 Academy Awards .
action
The black and white film is set in Poland in the 1960s. It deals with the tension between socialism , anti-Semitism and Catholicism .
The young novice Anna is preparing for her profession ( religious vows ). Until then she grew up in an orphanage . At the request of her superior , she visits her aunt Wanda, her last relative, again before taking the vows. The aunt was a relentless judge after the Second World War and was nicknamed Bloody Wanda . She now has a penchant for alcohol, cigarettes and changing lovers. During Anna's visit, the aunt confronts her with her past: Anna is the native Jew Ida Lebenstein, whose parents were first hidden by neighbors during the Second World War and then murdered. In search of their parents' grave, the two women embark on a journey through Poland.
During this journey, in the style of a road movie , Ida increasingly gets to know the world outside the monastery. Here she meets the saxophone playing musician Lis and numerous other people: A journey that changed the lives of the two women profoundly. Wanda tells Ida that she is attractive and asks her about her thoughts on physical love. When Ida says no, Wanda replies: "You should try it, otherwise your vow is not a real renunciation." After Ida and Wanda have found the murderer of Ida's parents and Wanda's son and have buried the relatives' remains in the Jewish family grave, they leave Ida back to the monastery to take her vows as planned. After the experience, however, she does not yet feel ready for it and renounces the ritual. Wanda cannot return to her usual life after the last few days and commits suicide .
Ida meets the musician Lis again at her aunt's funeral. She takes off her novice costume, she smokes, she drinks alcohol, visits a dance hall, dances with Lis and finally sleeps with him. However, she refuses his offer to travel to the sea with him. The next morning she puts on her novice costume again and leaves him while he is still sleeping.
criticism
The film was rated very well in internet portals and by the press. At Rotten Tomatoes , 96% of the 135 reviews are positive; the average rating is 8.3 / 10. Metacritic rated Ida 90 out of 100 based on 34 reviews.
The magazine Epd film called Ida a “multi-layered portrait of Polish post-war history” of “existential power” that goes far beyond the “contemporary historical situation”. Die Zeit wrote that Ida told “nuanced and emphatic” “about the inner conflicts of two very different women” and that the film was “timeless” because it “renounced any moral judgment.” The film service praised them Narrative structure of the "brilliant" film. By dispensing with a detailed explanation of the plot, Ida is a film that "lasts for a long time".
David Denby from New Yorker magazine was particularly moved by the “austere severity” of the “compact masterpiece”, which created “a feeling of awe”, at least “a strong concentration and sympathy” in the audience from the very beginning [...]. Between the individual images of the film, which appears “almost static” in its composition, the “emotional energy” can be felt, “which continuously charges the relationship between the women”. The Neue Zürcher Zeitung attested Ida “strong, iconic images” and also saw their power in the contrast between the two women.
The Los Angeles Times saw the great strength of the film in the casting of the title role with the still inexperienced actress Trzebuchowska, who has a remarkable "charisma and presence". It is her "face and her situation, her real and existential journey" that "carries you away". AO Scott from the New York Times was enthusiastic about the tension in the film. There is “nothing more moving” than watching Ida the still “blank slate” as she “attains wisdom and insight” on her way. Variety was also “fascinated” by Trzebuchowska, but criticized that the film offered more “an intellectual than an emotional experience”.
The Guardian wrote that Ida was a “little gem”, “a kind of neo-new wave film” with echoes “of the classic Polish film school and especially Truffaut ”, but also “ Béla Tarr and Aki Kaurismäki ”. The film-dienst was reminded of the cinema dramas by Carl Theodor Dreyer or Robert Bresson , expanded to include elements from the “cinema of the Polish New Wave around 1960.” Accordingly , Ida described Die Zeit as a “homage to Polish post-war cinema ”.
Controversy in Poland
In Poland, the film was criticized by some as anti-Polish and falsifying history. A petition has been initiated by the Polish Anti-Defamation League ( Reduta Dobrego Imienia ) . She criticized the film because it ignores the German occupation and could give uneducated viewers the impression that Poland was responsible for the Holocaust. The petition received more than 40,000 signatures.
The first broadcast on Polish television was preceded by a 12-minute critical commentary that criticized the film as historically inaccurate, portraying an overly negative image of Poland, and claimed that winning the Oscars was due to its pro-Jewish view of the "Polish-Jewish conflict" is due. The commentary program provoked protests from the European Film Academy as well as numerous Polish filmmakers such as Agnieszka Holland , Małgorzata Szumowska and Andrzej Wajda .
background
With the work on the film, the UK-based director Paweł Pawlikowski returned cinematically to his native Poland. For the leading actress Agata Trzebuchowska it is the first appearance in a film.
The film was produced by Opus Film . The German premiere took place on April 10, 2014 as part of the GoEast Festival in Wiesbaden , where the film received the ŠKODA Film Prize for Best Film. The film is distributed in Germany by Arsenal Film .
The film had already enjoyed success in France . Over 100,000 visitors saw him on the opening weekend alone.
Trivia
- The car Wanda and Ida drive all the time is a Wartburg 311 . What can be heard, however, is a different engine than the characteristic one.
Awards (selection)
The film won top prizes at the Gdynia Film Festival , the Warsaw International Film Festival and the London Film Festival in 2013 .
In 2014, in addition to a jury award for camera work, five awards followed at the European Film Awards , including in the main category for Best Film .
Also in 2014 he won the LUX film award of the European Parliament .
Ida was nominated for the 2015 Golden Globe .
At the 2015 Academy Awards , Ida received the award in the Best Foreign Language Film category . The film was also nominated in the Best Cinematography category.
In 2016, Ida ranked 55th in a BBC survey of the 100 most important films of the 21st century .
Web links
- Ida in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ida at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Ida at Metacritic (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of release for Ida . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2014 (PDF; test number: 144 423 K).
- ↑ Polish drama "Ida" wins European film award. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . December 13, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- ↑ Ida (2014). Rotten Tomatoes , accessed February 22, 2015 .
- ↑ Ida. Metacritic , accessed February 22, 2015 .
- ^ Rudolf Worschech: Film of the month April: "Ida". Epd film , March 25, 2014, accessed February 22, 2015 .
- ^ A b Andreas Busche: Film "Ida". A nun's crisis. In: The time . April 10, 2014, accessed February 22, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Ralf Schenk : Ida. film-dienst , accessed on February 22, 2015 (No. 8/2014).
- ↑ David Denby : “Ida”. In: The New Yorker . May 27, 2014, accessed on February 22, 2015 (English): “[…] thrown into a state of awe by the movie's fervent austerity. [...] if not awe, then at least extreme concentration and satisfaction. [...] compact masterpiece. [...] "Ida" might be called static were it not for the currents of emotion from shot to shot, which electrify the women's relation to each other throughout. "
- ↑ Christina Tilmann: "Ida". The rest is silence. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . April 16, 2014, accessed February 22, 2015 .
- ↑ Kenneth Turan: Review: 'Ida' 'a journey of discovery through Polish, personal history. In: Los Angeles Times . May 1, 2014, accessed on February 22, 2015 (English): “[…] casting Trzebuchowska, a young woman of remarkable poise and presence who had never acted before […]. It is Trzebuchowska's face, and her character's situation, her existential and practical journey, that hold our interest in "Ida." "
- ^ AO Scott : To Innocent Awakened. 'Ida,' About an Excavation of Truth in Postwar Poland. In: The New York Times . May 1, 2014, accessed on February 22, 2015 (English): “[…] as an empty vessel, with little knowledge or experience of the world. To watch her respond to it is to perceive the activation of intelligence and the awakening of wisdom. I can't imagine anything more thrilling. "
- ^ Peter Debruge: Telluride Film Review: 'Ida'. In: Variety . August 30, 2013, accessed on February 22, 2015 (English): “She's mesmerizing to watch. [...] offering an intellectual exercise in lieu of an emotional experience [...]. "
- ^ Peter Bradshaw: Ida - London film festival review. In: The Guardian . October 14, 2013, accessed on February 27, 2015 (English): "It is a small gem [...] a sort of neo-new wave movie with something of the classic Polish film school and something of Truffaut, but also [...] of Béla Tarr and Aki Kaurismäki. "
- ^ Ida director Pawel Pawlikowski stands ground against complaints of historical inaccuracy In: The Guardian . January 30, 2015 (English).
- ^ Polish nationalists launch petition against Oscar-nominated film Ida. In: The Guardian . January 22, 2015 (English).
- ↑ Polish TV broadcaster criticized for its treatment of Ida screening The Guardian , March 4, 2016 (English)
- ↑ Polish Directors' Guild Expresses' Outrage 'at Public Television Network's Attack on Oscar-Winning Film' Ida ' Variety.com, February 29, 2016 (English).
- ↑ Uwe Mies: Kino "Ida": The demons of betrayal. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . April 10, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
- ↑ Official website of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (English).