The Contract
5
Rating
(10 votes)
1h 54m
Runtime
1982
Released
1
Popularity
Genres
Overview
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.
Status
Released
Original Title
Kontrakt
Release Date
1982-03-03
Languages
Polish
Directors
Writers
Krzysztof ZanussiWriter
