as seen through the eyes of a shy and scrawny 17-year-old girl, and you’ll get an idea of the setup in), a brooding Danish thriller that opened this year’s Panorama sidebar in Berlin.
The life of Ida goes from bad to well, really bad, in a matter of weeks after her drug-addicted mom totals the family car, killing herself and leaving Ida to recover in the arms of her aunt, Bodil . From the very start, it’s clear that Bodil is much more of a Ma Barker — or a Smurf Cody, to cite the memorable Jacki Weaver character in Michôd’s movie — than a Mother Theresa, ruling over a homegrown crime organization involved in loansharking, nightclubs and other shady endeavors.
Yet unlike Bodil and the boys, Ida has something of a moral conscience, and that soon gets in the way of the family plans when she witnesses a killing at their hands. With no one to turn to except a social worker , Ida has to fend for herself as the home front turns increasingly volatile, with Bodil proving to be a fearful materfamilias willing to do anything to keep her sons safe.
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