Life is a Fatally Sexual Transmitted Disease is a 2000 film made in Poland.A mildly successful physician in his 60s is thrown into existential crisis when he discovers he has cancer. Krzysztof Zanussi directed this Polish feature from his own screenplay, and what makes it unusual is how gingerly he avoids kitsch. The film focuses on the mundane details of the doctor's life: his plain apartment, his unremarkable job, his unsatisfying conversations with a local priest, his difficult relationship with his workaholic ex-wife. Zanussi also notates the chaos, loneliness, and brief flashes of hope in contemporary Warsaw, where western Europe is a growing influence and the Catholic church is returning as an important institution. Krystyna Janda costars. 99 min. Source
Last Updated: August 03, 2014
by Andreea Gabudeanu
