Polish Wedding (1998)

The film centers on a big Polish family. Jadzia is the mother and the ruler of the Pzoniak family (she has five children). Though she's happily married to Bolek, she is also having a ... See full summary »

Director:

Theresa Connelly

Writer:

Theresa Connelly

Stars:

Claire Danes, Jon Bradford, Lena Olin

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Claire Danes	...	Hala
Jon Bradford	...	Sailor
Lena Olin	...	Jadzia
Ramsey Krull	...	Kris
Gabriel Byrne	...	Bolek
Daniel Lapaine	...	Ziggy
Rachel Morrin	...	Ziggy & Sofie's Baby
Rebecca Morrin	...	Ziggy & Sofie's Baby
Mili Avital	...	Sofie
Steven Petrarca	...	Witek
Brian Hoyt	...	Kaz
Christina Romana Lypeckyj	...	Kasia
Peter Carey	...	Piotrus
Rade Serbedzija	...	Roman
Ryan Spahn	...	Kid

Storyline

The film centers on a big Polish family. Jadzia is the mother and the ruler of the Pzoniak family (she has five children). Though she's happily married to Bolek, she is also having a long-time affair with Roman. Her young daughter Hala is having an affair with neighbour cop Russell and becomes pregnant by him. Russell is pressed hard to marry Hala.

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Plot Keywords:

children | polish | flirting | teenage girl | brother sister relationship | 

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Taglines:

Sometimes the further you stray, the closer you are to home.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements, sensuality and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 July 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Amori & segreti

Filming Locations:

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$92,055 (USA) (17 July 1998)

Gross:

$563,143 (USA) (14 August 1998)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Addis Wechsler Pictures, Lakeshore Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Hala sneaks out of the house to see her father at the bakery her outfit changes twice. When she opens the window she is wearing a long sleeve blue shirt. When she runs through the alley it changes to a blue sleeveless shirt and blue skirt. When she arrives at the bakery she is in a white dress and a white short sleeve sweater.

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Quotes

Jadzia Pzoniak: Marrying my husband was no mistake. I had my reason, only I can't remember what it is.

User Reviews

a pile of confusion

When is this movie supposed to have taken place? I live in Detroit (or, ok, a suburb thereof) and this movie is definitely confused. First of all, Lena Olin wears a uniform for some meeting that looks like its from the 40's. The police car looks like its from the 70's. Gabriel Byrne's character acts like he's from the 50's and Clair Danes' promiscuous character is definitely suited to the 90's, with 80's hair.

The film was actually shot in a suburb quite a ways from Detroit that is known for having a large Polish community. That's about the only polish influence in the movie. Everything else is just horniness run amuck.

A horrible,pointless film in which the actors are way too good for the script, I was not surprised to see that the writer/director has done nothing else since. Let's hope her urge to create remains dormant and spares us another two-hours-of-my-life-that-i'll-never-get-back feeling.