Ida DVD Books 'A Man Escaped' Director: Robert

'A Man Escaped' Director: Robert Bresson (1956) French w/ English subtitles

and a wonderful comedy too

- Audio commentary with Weeks and film scholar Sam Umland (2005)

A retired prosecutor begins writing a novel and is drawn back into both an unsolved case and his unreciprocated love for a former colleague

In 17th century Japan masterless ronin

Ida DVD Books 'A Man Escaped' Director: Robert'Ida' Director: Pawel Pawlikowski (2013) Artifical Eye DVD Polish w English subtitles A beautifully austere film set in 1961 Poland and shot in black & white. Before taking her final vows a novice nun is encouraged to meet her one known relative, her aunt, who reveals that her family background is Jewish and that her birth name was Ida. The two go on a journey to discover what happened to Ida's parents during the war.