Ida was delightful in a very understated manner. Primarily concerning itself with issues of identity and faith, it somehow managed to cover a pretty bleak and sombre period of Polish history with a lot of warmth. Filmed in black-and-white Academy ratio, every shot was so carefully framed, with a generous use of empty space, and it really draws your eyes to what's important: the two great performances by the leads. Agata Trzebuchowska with her cute little dimple and her dark, dark eyes.

[Filmin] Beautiful. Hypnotic. A film with a classic cinema texture but modern camera framing. The use of non-music is absorbing. Paweł Pawlikowski found here his own language that later evolved into the also riveting "Cold war" (2018). Unforgettable images: the convent with "dreyerian" atmosphere, the sea of trees that embraces the decadent Jewish cemetery... Black & White. John Coltrane.

In the end, she becomes a nun.