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Ida (Original title)Sister of Mercy (Working title)Siostra milosierdzia (Working title)
Date: 26 September 2014 (Release)

Countries: Poland, Denmark, France, United Kingdom

Director: Pawel Pawlikowski

Synopsis: Drama. In 1960s Poland, Anna, an eighteen-year-old novice is preparing to become a nun at the convent where she has lived since being orphaned in World War II. When the Mother Superior insists she make contact with her last remaining relative, she meets her aunt Wanda, a free-living intellectual working as a judge who is hiding the secret of Anna’s true identity.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
Religion, Catholic Church, Jewish people, Orphans, Nuns, Tracing relations, Identity, World War II, Poland
Releases
Date: 25 October 2013Country: PolandRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.375:1Runtime: 80 mins Dialogue (original): Polish
Date: September 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 81 mins 53 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 26 September 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.375:1Runtime: 82 mins 2 secs - Dialogue (original): Polish / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: Curzon Film World