The Wedding (2004 film)
The Wedding (Polish: Wesele) is a 2004 Polish dark comedy film directed by Wojciech Smarzowski.
| The Wedding | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Wesele |
| Directed by | Wojciech Smarzowski |
| Written by | Wojciech Smarzowski |
| Produced by | Anna Iwaszkiewicz Dariusz Pietrykowski Bartłomiej Topa |
| Starring | Marian Dziędziel Iwona Bielska Tamara Arciuch Maciej Stuhr Bartłomiej Topa Paweł Wilczak Arkadiusz Jakubik Jerzy Rogalski Elżbieta Jarosik Lech Dyblik Tomasz Sapryk |
| Cinematography | Andrzej Szulkowski |
| Edited by | Paweł Laskowski |
| Music by | Tymon Tymański |
Release date |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | Poland |
| Language | Polish |
| Box office | $701,000 |
Plot
The movie opens with the wedding of Janusz and Kasia. The father of the bride, Wieslaw Wojnar, gives Janusz a brand-new-looking Audi.
However, during the traditional, extravagant wedding feast, it is revealed that Wojnar bought Janusz the car as a bribe to marry Kasia, as she is pregnant. Wojnar has to pay several people off so that the wedding celebration can proceed smoothly. This includes securing a plot of land from his father-in-law, who is spending a lot of time in the men's room.
One of Kasia's old lovers is hired to videotape the wedding ceremony, but he's not interested in getting money out of Wojnar, as the others are. Eventually, Wojnar's situation gets worse and worse, as he has to bribe police officers and a notary public over the course of the long, drunken evening.
Cast
- Marian Dziędziel as Wojnar, Kasia's father
- Iwona Bielska as Eluśka, Kasia's mother
- Tamara Arciuch as Kasia
- Bartłomiej Topa as Janusz, Kasia's husband
- Maciej Stuhr as Cameraman Mateusz
- Wojciech Skibiński as Wincenty Mróz, Eluśka's dad and Kasia's grandfather
- Paweł Wilczak as brother to the priest and a gangster
- Andrzej Beja-Zaborski as Adam, the priest
- Lech Dyblik as uncle Edek Wąs
- Jerzy Rogalski as uncle Mundek
- Agnieszka Matysiak as aunt Hela
- Tomasz Sapryk as sergent Styś
- Arkadiusz Jakubik as notary Jan Janocha
- Pawel Gędłek as Ciapara
- Andrzej Mastalerz as policeman Trybus
- Robert Wabich as Godfather
Awards
The director won the Eagle at the Polish Film Awards, the East of West Award - Special Mention at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and the Youth Jury Award - Special Mention at Locarno International Film Festival, while as writer he won the Best Script award at the Warsaw International Film Festival. Marian Dziedziel (Wojnar) won the Audience Award and the Eagle at the Polish Film Awards.
External links
- The Wedding at IMDb
- The Wedding at Film Polski (link in Polish)
- The Wedding Archived 2016-03-26 at the Wayback Machine at Stopklatka (link in Polish)
- Knee-Slappers: Poland’s Most Beloved Comedies