Wesele

2021 [POLISH]

Action / Drama

4
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 1586 1.6K

Plot summary

The story of a WWII tragedy in a Polish village mixed with the story of a wedding taking place in the same place 80 years later. A bitter look at a xenophobic community that forgets its own history.

Director

Wojciech Smarzowski Photo
Wojciech Smarzowski

Top cast

Maria Sobocinska Photo
Maria Sobocinska as Inka
Tomasz Schuchardt Photo
Tomasz Schuchardt as Romek Wilk
Anna Szymanczyk Photo
Anna Szymanczyk as Secretary Ruta
Michael Rubenfeld Photo
Michael Rubenfeld as Lewi Zukerman / Neighbor
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
1.2 GB
1280*534
Polish 2.0
NR
Subtitles
24 fps
2 hr 13 min
Seeds 1
2.46 GB
1920*800
Polish 5.1
NR
Subtitles
24 fps
2 hr 13 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Erik_Surewaard 6 / 10

This movie is an artistic blend of events taking place today and during WW2

This movie is a mix of (1) a nowadays polish wedding including its aftermath, and (2) events that took place during WW2. The latter occured during both the Russian occupation - of the east part of Poland - as well as the later Nazi occupation.The movies tries to show the viewer amongst others how a pogrom took place, whereby over 500 jewish people became victim of the hate of the local population.Also, an attempt is made to show parallels between what happens in todays society compared with some of the events that resulted in WW2. As such, it can even be seen as a warning to the viewer that one does not let hate - towards other groups of people - escalate in a way that it consumes everything.I personally would have preferred if a complete split was made between the events going on today and the ones in the past. Blending the events that are over 80 years aparts, may be artistically a nice move, but results in a too chaotic storyline in my opinion. Splitting them would have greatly benefitted the movie as a whole. I think that if the movie would have taken place for the most part during WW2, it would have easily gotten an IMDb score of at least +1 higher. Especially if you see how much effort was put in making the WW2 sets. Re-editing the current material might even create a movie that is a big improvement on the current state.In its current state, I give this movie a score of 6.2/10, resulting in a 6-star IMDb rating.
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Reviewed by galinaeden 10 / 10

Extremely powerful

Having seen numerous films that touch upon the Holicaust, I found this film powerful and harrowing. The juxtaposition of wartime crimes with modern xenophobia and corruption was brilliant, heightened by the grandfathers' memories entering the wedding scenes. I sat chilled to the bone through the rounding up of the Jews and their subsequent murder by fire. The director is not only talented but very brave, given Poland's recent laws against "false" (i.e. Critical) history of the role of yhe Poles in the Holocaust (and in killing returning Jews after the war). Highly recommended - tough viewing, but a must-see nonetheless.

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