Movie #1001 "Ida" is a movie that might be nominated for best documentary this year at the Academy Awards (if it is nominated as one of the top 5) -- it has been getting good reviews all year (got the nod from the Chicago film society) and is nominated for a spirit award this year, so it has good credentials. It's an odd film ---- very quiet and the lead, the nun novice, is told by the head nun that before she official becomes a nun she should find out her history --- she doesn't want to, but the nun insists, so on a journey she goes, and one of the first things (among many) that she finds out is a big surprise for her (I don't want to give it away), but it leads her to other findings and the trip becomes life changing for her. It's quiet and a short film, with subtitles (it's in Polish), but it's so stark in dialogue that I'm not sure everyone would like it. If it still sounds interesting to you after this write up, seek it out because it is different in its style.

Ida

2013PG-13 1hr 21m I would give this movie 4 stars out of 5

Raised in a Catholic orphanage during the Nazi occupation of Poland, a woman is poised to join the order when she learns the truth about her heritage