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2	[[caption-width-right:350:The apple doesn't fall far.]]
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4	->''"Marrying my husband was no mistake. I had my reason, only I can't remember what it is."''
5	-->--'''Jadzia Pzoniak'''
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7	''Polish Wedding'' is a 1998 comedy-drama film written and directed by Theresa Connelly, starring Creator/LenaOlin, Creator/GabrielByrne, and Creator/ClaireDanes.
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9	The film revolves around a Polish-American family in the Detroit suburb of Hamtramck, Michigan. Jadzia Pzoniak (Olin) is the matriarch of the family, who married Bolek (Byrne) while she was pregnant. They have five kids: sons Ziggy (who's recently married and a new father to a baby boy who is almost inconsolable), Witek, Koz, and Kris, and daughter Hala (Danes), who is rebellious and habitually flirts and has sex with men. When Russell (Adam Trese), a cop, gets Hala pregnant, Jadzia and the rest of the family pressure him to marry her.
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12	!! This film provides examples of:
13	* AmbiguousTimePeriod: Given that there are multiple cars from the [[TheSeventies 1970s]] and [[TheEighties 1980s]], it's possible that the movie takes place between those decades.
14	* AnachronismStew: The movie is set in the 1970s but there are cars in the background that didn't exist until the 1980s.
15	* TheBabyTrap: This was the case with Jadzia, Sofia, and with Hala.
16	* BabiesEverAfter: Hala gives birth to a baby girl towards the final scene.
17	* BerserkButton: Sofia is irritated when Jadzia calls her "Gypsy" and reminds her repeatedly that she's Syrian.
18	* DysfunctionalFamily
19	* EverybodySmokes: Hala and youngest son Kris, Bolek even smokes at the breakfast table in front of his new grandson.
20	* GenerationXerox: Hala inherits Jadzia's free-spirited and sexual nature, resulting in her pregnancy.
21	* IWantGrandkids: Jadzia proclaims this despite already having a brand new grandson.
22	* MassiveNumberedSiblings: There are five kids: four sons and one daughter.
23	* RomanAClef: Writer and director Teresa Connelly claims that the film is semi-autobiographical and the movie's 1970s suburban Detroit setting as well as the Pzoniak family were loosely inspired by her childhood.
24	* SexyDiscretionShot: When Russell and Hala make love, the camera pans to the traffic lights.
25	* ShotgunWedding: Jadzia eloped to Bolek while she was pregnant with Ziggy, Ziggy got married to Sofia when she was pregnant with their child and Hala does the same when she gets pregnant by Russell.

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