A sharp and accurate satire on the mentality and ways of the Polish countryside, aptly hailed the contemporary version of "The Morality of Mrs. Dulska".
The funny, clever script was written by Andrzej Mularczyk, author of the cult trilogy about the Karguls and the Pawlaks.
Bożena Dykiel perfectly portrays a strong woman ruling her family and the entire community with an iron hand.
Jadwiga Kolęda, a despotic and ambitious head of the community, receives two important messages: the village will be visited by an important official and her only daughter Dorota is pregnant. Trying to avoid a scandal at all cost, the woman sends her husband on a mission to find a man willing to marry Dorota at once and divorce her immediately afterwards. The simple-minded husband returns with Bronek - a likeable young man who turns out to be a criminal. Despite this, Jadwiga is determined to stick to her plan. What she fails to predict, however, is that Dorota and Bronek will fall in love with each other and their marriage will be real.
Due to the fact that the film was made during martial law, its creators had to refrain from universalisation and allusions to higher levels of state authority.
