Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease

Sep 8, 2000

1h 37m

★ 6.9

Overview

Tomasz, a doctor, and atheist, is diagnosed with cancer. His ex-wife offers him the money for treatment in Paris, but his lung cancer is past the operating stage. Facing imminent death, he questions the beliefs he has held all his life and starts experimenting with both his own life and those of others.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Jacques Le Glou Audiovisuel

CANAL+ Polska

Telewizja Polska

Studio Filmowe Tor

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Cast

Tomasz Berg

Zbigniew Zapasiewicz

Anna

Krystyna Janda

Monk Marik

Tadeusz Bradecki

Hanka

Monika Krzywkowska

Filip

Paweł Okraska

Starszy wioskowy

Jerzy Radziwiłowicz

Karol

Szymon Bobrowski

Profesor

Aleksander Fabisiak

Koniokrad

Xavier Schliwanski

The musician's mother

Teresa Marczewska

piosenkarz

Redbad Klynstra-Komarnicki

Chory muzyk

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