Wesele

I've heard - more than once - an opinion that The Wedding should never be presented outside of Poland, because it depicts our country in a way we, Polish people, don't want to be seen by foreigners. Needless to say, I was curious to hear the foreigners' reaction. Surprisingly, The Wedding became the most wanted Polish film of 2004/2005. Using the name The Wedding as a title was an act of bravery on the part of the director Wojtek Smarzowski. In Polish tradition it is a sacred title - there was a theatre play of the same title from 1901 by Stanislaw Wyspianski, dubbed "the most original play written for the theatre in the Polish language" and a classical film from the 1970s by Andrzej Wajda. There is a scene in the film, which I think needs to be explained: towards the end of the film all participants of the ceremony sing a song - the title is "Rota" it's very patriotic and very religious, like a second national anthem of Poland. (Stefan Laudyn)