Ida is a profoundly moving, visually mesmerising coming of age tale, steeped in the shadowy secrecy of post-holocaust, Poland. At eighteen, Ida, a novitiate, is about to take her vows but before doing so, her mother superior asks her to spend some time with her only relative, long-lost, estranged aunt Wanda (Agata Kulesza). Ida dutifully, albeit reluctantly, complies only to discover the truth of her own Jewish identity – her real name is Ida Lebenstein, setting her on a path to uncover her hidden family history; a journey that cuts deep into the shameful remnants of the Jewish genocide and the greed that underpinned it.

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