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Krzysztof Zanussi
Zycie jako smiertelna choroba przenoszona droga pyciowa (Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease)
Director
Krzysztof Zanussi
Composer
Wojciech Kilar
Cast
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Krystyna Janda, Tadeusz Bradecki
Edition 2000
99'
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2000
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Drama
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Dialogue:
Polish, French, English
Tomasz, a physician in his sixties, works on the set of a film about Saint Bernard who prepares a horse thief for death. Intelligent but moody, Tomasz suspects he might be terminally ill. A series of medical tests only confirms his suspicion. A desire awakens in Tomasz to deny all moral values he used to cherish and to prove them wrong. Pretending to be a friend, he tries to destroy a young couple’s love, engages in a game with a young priest, hoping to hear the confessions of his lost faith, and finally gets ready to commit suicide. Nonetheless, he never stops waiting for a sign, a spiritual force to guide him in life. The sign comes, unexpectedly, in a hospital room…
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Credits
Directors
Krzysztof Zanussi
Composers
Wojciech Kilar
Cast
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Krystyna Janda, Tadeusz Bradecki
Scenario
Krzysztof Zanussi
Director of Photography
Edward Klosinski
Editors
Marek Denys
Producers
Iwona Ziulkowska-Okapiec
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Dialogue
Polish, French, English
Countries of production
Poland, France
Year
2000