Ida

Details

Release year: 2013

Storyline

A novice nun about to take her vows uncovers a family secret dating back to the German occupation.

Top credits

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

Did you know

• Pawel Pawlikowski had such difficulty finding an actress to play the titular character that he asked his friends to take secret photographs if they saw anyone who was in the right ballpark of the character. One of his friends, director Malgorzata Szumowska, saw Agata Trzebuchowska in a Warsaw café, took the picture and persuaded her to audition. She agreed to meet with Pawlikowski because she was a fan of his film My Summer of Love (2004).

• Film debut of Agata Trzebuchowska, a student with no prior acting experience. She has since had a few incidental acting credits.

• Near the end of the film, in the scene where Wanda lays out photos of deceased relatives, the photo third row down, far left, is that of Irena Sendlerowa, a nurse and social worker who led a secret operation that saved the lives of 2,500 children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw ghetto during WWII.

Box Office

Gross (Domestic): $3,827,060

Opening Weekend (Domestic): $55,438 (2014-05-04)