WHO NEVER LIVED...
(KTO NIGDY NIE ŻYŁ...)



2006, 104 min., Poland
DIRECTION:
Andrzej Seweryn
SCRIPT:
Maciej Strzembosz
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Piotr Wójtowicz
MUSIC:
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
ART DIRECTION:
Janusz Sosnowski
EDITING:
Anne Goursaud, Wojciech Mrówczyński
SOUND:
Piotr Knopp, Krzysztof Wodziński
PRODUCER:
Mirosław Słowiński
PRODUCTION:
Satchwell Warszawa

CAST:
Michałl Żebrowski (Father Jan), Joanna Sydor (Marta), Robert Janowski (Paweł), Teresa Marczewska (Jan's Mother)

Jan, a young priest, works with drug addicted youth. His supervisors do not like his attitude towards his work and the fact that he is admired by his pupils. So when he gets an order to start studies in Rome, he is convinced the authorities are attempting to isolate him from his believers. However the reason is different. His blood tests show Jan is an HIV carrier. The news will completely change his life…

Andrzej Seweryn

Born in 1946 in Heilbronn, Germany. Film and theatre director, actor, educator. Graduated from the Warsaw National Academy of Drama (Acting) in 1968. Member of Ateneum Theatre in Warsaw, 1968-1980. Immigrated to France in the early 80-ties where he acted in Odeaon and Chaillot theatres in Paris and TNP in Lyon. In 1993 he began working with Comedie Francaise where he is now member of its board. Best known for his film roles in films of Andrzej Wajda: The Promised Land (Ziemia obiecana, 1974), Rough Treatment (Bez znieczulenia, 1978), The Conductor (Dyrygent, 1979; Silver Bear Award for the Best Actor at the Berlin IFF), Man of Iron (Czlowiek z zelaza, 1981), Danton (1982), Pan Tadeusz (1999), The Revenge (Zemsta, 2002). He taught in the Warsaw National Academy of Drama and the National Academy of Art and Theatre in Lyon. Currently a professor in the Paris Conservatoire. He received numerous acting awards including award for the best actor in France in 1996. Honored with Order of the Cross "Polonia Restituta" (1997) , Order of Art and Literature (1994), Order National du Merite (1999) and Legion d'honneur (2005). Recipient of the "Wings" Award from the Polish Film Festival in America in 2000.

Filmography:

Sunday, November 5, 2006 at 3:00 pm. (Gateway Theatre)