Rating: PG13
Genre: Comedy Drama
Release Date: 03/16/1999
SubTitles: Espanol
Dubbed: English
Run Time: 107 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox

Theresa Connelly makes her directorial debut with her own screenplay, a semi-autobiographical romantic comedy-drama, set in working-class Detroit, about a large Polish-American family run by matriarch Jadzia Pzoniak (Lena Olin). Her four boys obey her, but adolescent Hala (Claire Danes) is rebellious and independent. Although happily married to bakery worker Bolek (Gabriel Byrne), Jadzia engages in an almost-open affair with Roman (Rade Serbedzija). Hala sneaks off for late-night trysts with her handsome neighbor Russell Schuster (Adam Trese), resulting in her pregnancy. After her parents learn the news, Russell is forced to marry Hala, and a big Polish wedding is planned. Shown at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival.

~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Lena Olin - Jadzia Pzoniak
Gabriel Byrne - Bolek Pzoniak
Claire Danes - Hala Pzoniak
Adam Trese - Russell Schuster
Mili Avital - Sofie Pzoniak
Daniel Lapaine - Ziggi Pzoniak
Rade Serbedzija - Roman

Production:
Theresa Connelly - Director
Julia Chasman Tom Rosenberg Geoff Stier - Producer
Gregory Goodman Richard S. Wright - Co Producer
Luis Enriquez Bacalov - Composer
Curtiss Clayton Suzanne Fenn - Editor
Theresa Connelly - Screen Writer
Guy Dufaux - Cinematographer
Donna Zakowska - Costume Designer
Nick Wechsler - Executive Producer
Sigurjon Sighvatsson - Executive Producer
Kara Lindstrom - Production Designer
Ted Tannenbaum - Executive Producer

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