One Billion Happy People (2011)

• 66%
• 2011
• Documentary
• Maciek Bochniak
• Krzysztof Darewicz
• Sławomir Świerzyński
• Biao Chen

1990Â's Rural Post-Communist Poland. Four villagers with Casio-tones\r\nsing tacky Euro-disco songs about spotted pants & the like. Their fans\r\nsmile, dance, get drunk, & fight . . . & buy their records: 16 million\r\nof them. Bayer Full become the most successful Polish artists ever.\r\n\r\n2010 Shanghai. Krzysztof Darewicz, maverick Polish expat, phones\r\nSlawek Swierzynski, farmer & leader of the long-forgotten band, with a\r\nÂ'little planÂ':\r\n\r\nÂ"You will reform & play concerts in China. And, you will sing & record\r\na new album - in Chinese. SimpleÂ".\r\n\r\nBut, in formal talks with the Chinese, Swierzynski makes one cultural\r\ngaffe after another - a Chinese Â'Lost in TranslationÂ' this most\r\ncertainly is. But, unlike Bill Murray, Swierzynski is laughing.\r\nDarewicz is not.\r\n\r\nAs the band struggle with the Chinese lyrics, SwierzynskiÂ's fearsome\r\nego awakens & he begins to act of his own volition.\r\n\r\nÂ"(Swierzynski) seems to forget that this was not & will not be\r\npossible without meÂ".\r\n\r\nAs reports of a Â'67 million CD recording contractÂ' filter through to\r\nthe feverish media, Darewicz continues bitterly:\r\n\r\nÂ"ItÂ's possible your film will be about how Bayer Full didnÂ't go to\r\nChina & fooled the entire Polish nationÂ".