The Contract
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.
The ContractFilms
Details
- Release date
- 3 Mar 1982
- Runtime
- 1 h 54 min
- TMDB 5.5
- Genres
Drama
- Director
- Countries
PL
- Cast
Maja Komorowskaas Dorota Tadeusz Łomnickias Adam Ostoja-Okędzki Magdalena Jaroszas Lilka Bartoszuk Krzysztof Kolbergeras Piotr Ostoja-Okędzki Nina Andryczas Olga Aleksandrowa Zofia Mrozowskaas Maria Beata Tyszkiewiczas Nina Janusz Gajosas Bolesław Bartoszuk Edward Linde-Lubaszenkoas Journalist Zygmunt Ignacy Machowskias Adam's Friend - Writers
- Composer
- Cinematography
Sławomir Idziak - Studios
