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Ida (2013)

Film
DirectorPaweł Pawlikowski
Meta takes4

Figures

Characters
Locations
  • The unmarked grave in the forest
Form & technique
  • The jazz music played by Lis, the saxophonist
  • The film's sound design, contrasting religious music, jazz, and silence
  • The film's narrative structure as a road movie
Tropes
  • Ida's journey of discovering her family's past → The Hand-Me-Down Haunting
  • The film's black-and-white, Academy ratio cinematography
  • The road trip undertaken by Ida and Wanda → The Time-Space Crucible
  • The consistent 'headroom' or empty space above characters' heads in the frame
  • Anna/Ida's journey of discovering her family's past → The Hand-Me-Down Haunting
  • The film's cinematography, specifically the use of high-angle shots and "headroom"
  • The search for the unmarked grave of Ida's parents → Hauntology
  • The contrasting lifestyles and bodies of Ida and Wanda
  • The revelation of Ida's Jewish identity

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