Themes: Wedding Bells, Family Gatherings, Arranged Marriages
Main Cast: Leslie Caron, Maja Komorowska, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Magda Jaroszowna, Krzysztof Kolberger
Release Year: 1980
Country: PL
Run Time: 114 minutes
Plot
Bearing traces of the old Anton Chekhov play The Wedding, The Contract is set during an "arranged" ceremony. The bride and groom barely know each other, but this matters not at all to their tradition-bound families. At the last minute, the bride balks. Only slightly nonplused, the groom's father, a status-seeking doctor, decides to go ahead with the expensive reception anyway. Polish director Krzysz Zanussi uses this scenario to stick it to capitalist corruption, and to society's destruction of the individual spirit. Leslie Caron, the one recognizable member of the cast, is outstanding as a wealthy, over-the-hill ballerina who happens to be a kleptomaniac. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Beata Tyszkiewicz; Bozena Dykiel; Janusz Gajos; Ignacy Machowski; Nina Andrycz; Peter Bonke
Credit
Gabriela Allina - Art Director, Teresa Gruber - Art Director, Joanna Lelanow - Art Director, Maciej Putowski - Art Director, Tadeusz Wybult - Art Director, Krzysztof Zanussi - Director, Ewa Smal - Editor, Urszula Sliwinska - Editor, Wojciech Kilar - Composer (Music Score), Slawomir Idziak - Cinematographer, Tadeusz Wybult - Cinematographer, Krzysztof Zanussi - Screenwriter
