Wesele (2004)
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Duration: 109 minuten
Alternative title: The Wedding
Country:
Poland
Directed by: Wojciech Smarzowski
Stars: Marian Dziędziel, Iwona Bielska and Maciej Stuhr
IMDb score:
7,7 (5.211)
Releasedate: 13 October 2004
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Wesele plot
"This is a story about love and money… but actually about love for money"
Wojnar is a rich man whose beautiful daughter Kasia marries in a small town in present-day Poland. Wojnar had to bribe the groom with a nice car, because Kasia is pregnant by another man. At the end of the ceremony, the car is delivered by a mobster, who immediately demands the promised money. But that's not all he has his sights set on.
Actors and actresses
Chrzestny
Wiesław Wojnar, ojciec Panny Młodej
Ksiądz Adam
Dziadek Kaśki
Janusz
Notariusz
Lisowska
Kaśka, Panna Młoda
Kamerzysta
Wujek Mundek
Reviews & comments
BBarbie
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- 12893 messages
- 7675 votes
A literal and figurative drunk farce about a grotesque wedding. The film only has disfigured, bold characters and vulgar humour. Far from my thing.
Translated from Dutch · View original
Collins
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- 7350 messages
- 4348 votes
With Wesele, director and writer Wojciech Smarzowski produces a temporal and biting allegory about the human drive for corruption, fraud, conspiracy and favoritism. The place of action is a wedding party where, according to good Polish custom, the alcohol flows freely. While the ballroom and the drunken games begin in the ballroom, shadowy affairs are being handled in the back rooms.
Smarzowski stages his sketch of morality with a calculating frenzy. Wesele (which by the way means wedding) consists of chaotic scenes, but as a viewer you know how to separate the wheat from the chaff. The action that matters is always recognizable in the melee of people and events. While watching I did not drown in a multitude of confusing situations. Although a lot happens in Wesele and there is a lot to see, the film looks amazingly structured. Excellent acting is an important anchor point in a chaotic film and fortunately the actors in Wesele do an excellent job of that.
The biting spot is easy to recognize. The exaggerated prejudices of the wedding guests, as well as the exposure of human vices, succeed very well. The film is probably good as a parody of Polish society. You may have to be of Polish origin to get the humor. The humor seemed very farcical and noisy to me. I didn't like it much. I actually didn't laugh. The directing is good. The acting is good. However, the story and humor did not really grab me.
Translated from Dutch · View original
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