Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease
Zycie jako smiertelna choroba przenoszona droga plciowa, feature film, Poland / France, 2000
DIRECTED BY: Krzysztof Zanussi
CAST:
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz (Tomasz Berg),
Krystyna Janda (Anna),
Tadeusz Bradecki (svećenik Marek),
Monika Krzywkowska (Hanka),
Pawel Okraska (Filip)
SCRIPT:
Krzysztof Zanussi
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Edward Klosinski
Synopsis:
PLife, death, and the nature of human existence become a deeply personal issue to a doctor once he is faced with his own approaching death. Tomasz Berg is a Polish doctor working in France on a film about St Bernard. When he returns to his homeland, he is diagnosed with cancer and his only option is an expensive operation in Paris. He visits his ex wife Anna to ask her for the money and sets off. In Paris he is informed that the illness has progressed...
The film has won thirteen prestigious awards (Poland, Russia, USA).
color, digital, 99 min