Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease, with Hania Kroczek

Podcast: Radio LUZ · Radio LUZ

Opublikowano: 2026-10-03

Polish Cinema for Beginners turns to Krzysztof Zanussi's Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (2000) — a title lifted straight from some graffiti the director spotted on a Warsaw wall, and about as blunt a joke as you can make about mortality. At its centre is Tomasz, an atheist doctor in his sixties who spent his life avoiding questions of faith and death, that is until a terminal diagnosis makes them unavoidable. What could easily have been a heavy meditation on dying instead plays out with dry, unexpected humour and a clear refusal of sentimentality. Joining us to unpack it is H...