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Life as Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease

5th(2000) World Cinema

Aging · Love/Romance · Films about Film  

  • CountryPoland
  • Production Year2000
  • Running Time99 min
  • Format 35mm
  • Colorcolor
Program Note
Tomasz, a physician in his sixties, works on the set of a film about Saint Bernard. Intelligent but moody, Tomasz suspects he might be terminally ill. Medical tests confirm his suspicions. Tomasz begins to deny the moral values he used to cherish. 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 prepares to commit suicide. Nonetheless, he never stops waiting for a sign. It comes unexpectedly in a hospital room... "The title for this film comes from the graffiti I saw one day on the wall, where I live. It seems funny, but in fact it is not funny at all. Every life ends with death, people cloning does not exist yet and life is only transmitted sexually. There is no escape from death, is there any point in thinking about it then? Yes, when one believes that death is not our ultimate end." (Krzysztof Zanussi)
Director
Director
Krzysztof Zanussi
Born in Warsaw in 1939, a physics graduate from the University of Warsaw, Krzysztof Zanussi began studying film at the Lodz Film School in 1960 and made his first film as a member of amateur film club. Upon graduating from Lodz in 1966, he′s been active in directing various forms of films as both director and screenwriter. He received Golden Lion Award at Venice in 1984 with A Year of the Quiet Sun and Best Picture Award in this year′s Moscow Film Festival with Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease. Zanussi is currently a professor at Silesian University in Katowice.
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  • Director Krzysztof Zanussi 크지스토프 자누시
  • Producer Krzysztof Zanussi
  • Cast Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Krystyna Janda, Tadeusz Bradecki
  • Screenplay Krzysztof Zanussi
  • Cinematography Edward Klosinski
  • Production Design Halina Dobrowolska
  • Editor Marek Denys
  • Sound Katarzyna Dzida
  • Music Wojciech Kilar
  • Production Company "TOR" Film Production
    Ul. Pukawska 61, 02-595 Warsaw, Poland
    tor@tor.com.pl

  • World Sales Mercure Distribution
    24, rue de la Butte aux Cailles, 75008 Paris, France
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