Like a Drug (1999)

6.0/10 135 min Drama

Overview

18-year-old Anna finds out she's terminally ill and has only a few years left. Fragile girl changes her mindset, starts living out the remaining time as intensively as possible and marries Piotr, a student whom she just met in sanatorium.

Cast

Magdalena Cielecka

Anna Piwowska

Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska

Anna's mother

Andrzej Wichrowski

Anna's father

Igor Przegrodzki

Profesor Zimorowicz

Krzysztof Globisz

Priest Stefan

Bartosz Opania

Piotr Pawlowski / Jurek

Mariusz Bonaszewski

Andrzej

Cezary Morawski

Docent

Andrzej Grabowski

Uncle in London

Małgorzata Rożniatowska

Orderly

Dorota Kiełkowicz

Piotr's sister

Iwona Bielska

Aunt in London

Elżbieta Dębska

Katarzyna Łukaszyńska

Monika Jarosińska

Waitress (uncredited)

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