Polish family chaos so unhinged you'll thank god for YOUR relatives.
A wealthy grandfather throws a party to celebrate his grandson's First Communion. Soon the family gathering takes unexpected turns.
Acting
Leszek Piskorz delivers spectacular passive-aggressive patriarch energy.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes politeness like a knife fight.
Director
Tomasz Drozdowicz
Leszek Piskorz
Henryk Makowiecki
Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska
Irena Makowiecka
Agnieszka Wosińska
Alicja Makowiecka
Grzegorz Damięcki
Robert Makowiecki
Witold Dębicki
Antoni Witkowski
Roma Gąsiorowska
Olenka
Dorota Segda
Grażyna Szymoniuk
Janusz Chabior
Wiktor Szymoniuk
Michał Czernecki
Jarek Makowiecki
Magdalena Boczarska
Ania Witkowska
Anna Romantowska
Teresa Frankowska
Dariusz Jakubowski
Dolny
Mieczysław Hryniewicz
Frankowski
Henryk Talar
Major Puszek
Karolina Gruszka
Joanna Panasiuk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
First Communion in Poland is massive social theater; this film weaponizes that pressure cooker perfectly.
Director Drozdowicz allegedly cast actual family members of friends to capture authentic awkwardness — you can tell.
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