Fiction, 91′

Directed by: Jan P. Matuszyński
Production: Poland, 2024

Jurek, along with his father-in-law Ben, confronts the loss of a loved one and decides to perform the Chinese ritual of minghun – a post-mortem wedding. The two set out on an emotional journey deep into themselves with the aim of finding a perfect partner for the deceased to spend eternity with. The clash of the two very distinct cultures is there to help make both the protagonists and the viewers aware of the fact that regardless of our origin, we all belong to one human family where basic emotions are shared. A story about hope, love and searching for the meaning of life and what happens after it comes to an end.

Directed by: Jan P. Matuszyński
Written by: Grzegorz Łoszewski
DOP: Kacper Fertacz
Editing: Leszek Starzyński
Art directing: Joanna Kaczyńska
Costume design: Emilia Czartoryska
Make-up: Pola Guźlińska
Sound: Jarosław Bajdowski
Music: Stefan Wesołowski

Production management: Weronika Pacewicz, Dariusz Kłodowski
Producers: Klaudiusz Frydrych, Krzysztof Rak, Inga Kruk
Production company: Wonder Films
Co-production companies: Canal+ Poland, Gdańsk Film Fund, Gdynia Film Center, TVP, Dreamsound, DI Factory

Co-financed by: Polish Film Institute, Gdańsk Film Fund

International sales & Festival distribution: IKH Pictures Promotion

Marcin Dorociński
Natalia Bui
Izabela Francis Vinent Abreu
Daxing Zhang
Grażyna Sobocińska
Maja Laura Jaryczewska
Wiktoria Gorodeckaja

Polish Film Festival, Gdynia, Poland (2024)

Central and Eastern European Film Festival CinEast, Luxembourg (2024)

Kinoteka Polish Film Festival, UK (2025)

EAGLE Polish Film Award – nominations in the categories: Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Leading Actor, Best Make-up (2025)

JAN P. MATUSZYŃSKI graduated from Directing at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia in Katowice and the Documentary Course at the Wajda School. His documentary film Deep Love received numerous awards, including the Silver Lajkonik Award at the Krakow DFilm Festival in the ‘best documentary film’ category. His feature films The Last Family and Leave No Traces became real phenomena honoured with numerous awards in Poland and abroad. Leave No Traces was selected for the main competition of the 78th Venice International Film Festival and at the 46th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, the filmmakers received Silver Lions Award. Earlier (2016), The Last Family received Golden Lions Award there. He is a director of such series as The Pack and The King of Warsaw based on the novel by Szczepan Twardoch. His latest projects are Minghun with Marcin Dorociński in the leading role, and TV series Easterngate which has recently premiered.