oldblackdog1

The beautiful photography - in Ansel Adams shades of treys to blacks - and insistence created through pacing that you pause - come to a full stop -work for these two wonderful actresses and the subject matter. The director sets up the scene to that the viewer cannot avoid seeing the faces and the settings, and consider what is happening now and what happened in the past -

Like another reviewer, I came away wondering why wasn't it called "Wanda" - the aunt being one of the most complex characters you are likely to encounter in modern film. But Ida provides the open eyes

...who in the end incorporates at least some of her aunt's spirit ...