''The Wedding'' ( pl, Wesele) is a 2004 Polish

dark comedy Black comedy, also known as dark comedy, morbid humor, or gallows humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discus ...

film directed by

Wojciech Smarzowski Wojciech Smarzowski (born 18 January 1963 in Korczyna, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Korczyna near Krosno) is a Polish screenwriter and director. He studied filmmaking at the Jagiellonian University and the National Film School in Łódź (1990). His ...

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 Marian Dziędziel (born 5 August 1947) is a Polish actor. He received three Polish Academy Award for Best Actor nominations and won once for his role in '' The Wedding'' (2004). In his career spanning half a century, Dziędziel has appeared in mo ...

as Wojnar, Kasia's father *Iwona Bielska as Eluśka, Kasia's mother *

Tamara Arciuch Tamara Arciuch (born 24 March 1975 in Skierniewice Skierniewice is a city in central Poland with 47,031 inhabitants (2021), situated in the Łódź Voivodeship (since 1999), previously capital of Skierniewice Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is th ...

as Kasia *

Bartłomiej Topa Bartłomiej Topa (born 26 May 1967, Nowy Targ, Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a pop ...

as Janusz, Kasia's husband *

Maciej Stuhr Maciej Jerzy Stuhr (born 23 June 1975) is a Polish actor, comedian and occasional film director. Life and career In 1999, he majored in psychology from the Jagiellonian University before moving on to study acting at Kraków's National Academy ...

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 Jerzy Rogalski (born 11 April 1948, Oleśnica, Poland) is a Polish film and theatre actor. Biography Rogalski was a graduate of the National Film School in Łódź. From 1970 to 1974 he was associated with the Baltic Dramatic Theatre them. Jul ...

as uncle Mundek *Agnieszka Matysiak as aunt Hela *

Tomasz Sapryk Tomasz Sapryk (born 17 November 1966 in Warsaw, Polish People’s Republic) is a Polish actor. He appeared in the television series ''Aby do świtu...'' in 1992 and in the film ''The Hexer (film), The Hexer'' in 2002. In 2007, he won a Polish Fil ...

as sergent Styś *

Arkadiusz Jakubik Arkadiusz Jakubik (; born 14 January 1969 in Strzelce Opolskie) is a Polish actor, scriptwriter, voice actor and musician. Known mainly for portrayal of a disabled cop Rysio in '' 13 posterunek'' sitcom and for wide collaboration with Wojciech Sm ...

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 Polish Film Award, or Eagle ( pl, Polska Nagroda Filmowa, „Orzeł”) is a film awards ceremony given annually since 1999, with the first event held on 21 June, by the National Chamber of Audiovisual Producers (KIPA). Since 2003 they are given ...

, the East of West Award - Special Mention at the

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has become ...

and the Youth Jury Award - Special Mention at

Locarno International Film Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, sh ...

, while as writer he won the Best Script award at the

Warsaw International Film Festival Warsaw Film Festival ( pl, Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy, abbreviated as WFF) is an annual film festival held every October in Warsaw, Poland which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries from all around the world. The festival ha ...

. Marian Dziedziel (Wojnar) won the Audience Award and the Eagle at the Polish Film Awards.

External links

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' at Film Polski (link in Polish) *
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'' at Stopklatka (link in Polish)
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