39 and Half Weeks

39 and Half Weeks
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Genre	Comedy drama
Written by	Hanna Węsierska Karolina Szymczyk-Majchrzak Przemysław Jurek Bartosz Kozera
Directed by	Aleksander Pietrzak Maciej Migas
Starring	Tomasz Karolak Daria Widawska Alan Andersz Magdalena Lamparska Monika Krzywkowska Łukasz Konopka Sandra Drzymalska Marina Łuczenko-Szczęsna Maja Seklecka
Composer	Łukasz Targosz
Country of origin	Poland
Original language	Polish
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Producers	Justyna Pawlak, Maciej Wójcik
Cinematography	Paweł Flis
Editor	Jarosław Barzan
Running time	43 minutes
Production companies	TVN Watchout Studio
Original release
Network	TVN
Release	18 February (2019-02-18) – 8 June 2019 (2019-06-08)
Related
39 and a Half (2008–2009)

39 and Half Weeks (Polish: 39 i pół tygodnia) is a Polish-language comedy-drama television series aired in Poland on TVN from 18 February 2019 to 8 June 2019. It was directed by Aleksander Pietrzak and Maciej Migas, written by Hanna Węsierska, and produced by Justyna Pawlak and Maciej Wójcik. It is the continuation of the television series 39 and a Half, aired from 2008 to 2009. It has one season, with ten episodes in total, each with a running time of 45 minutes.

Premise

Darek Jankowski, a 50-year-old from Warsaw, Poland, who lives a carefree lifestyle, is diagnosed with a disease and informed that he has 39 and a half weeks left to live. He decides to make the most of the time he has left.

Cast

• Tomasz Karolak as Darek Jankowski, former amateur musician
• Daria Widawska as Anna Jankowska, Darek's wife
• Alan Andersz as Patryk Jankowski, Darek's son
• Magdalena Lamparska as Marta Jankowska, Patryk's wife
• Monika Krzywkowska as dr. Ewa Zarębska
• Łukasz Konopka as Piotr Rozwadowski, Anna's boss and lover
• Sandra Drzymalska as Karola, Ewa's daughter
• Marina Łuczenko-Szczęsna as Chelsea Amanda, Darek's daughter
• Maja Seklecka as Zośka Jankowska, Darek's daughter

Production

39 and Half Weeks is the continuation of the television series 39 and a Half, which was aired from 2008 to 2009, and its sequel 2009 short television film titled I pół. The series was first announced in January 2018 under the title 50 i co? (lit. '50 and so what?'). On 25 June 2019, it was announced that the title was changed to 39 and Half Weeks.

The series was directed by Aleksander Pietrzak and Maciej Migas, written by Hanna Węsierska, and produced by Justyna Pawlak and Maciej Wójcik. Some of the episodes were also written by Karolina Szymczyk-Majchrzak, Przemysław Jurek, and Bartosz Kozera. The cinematography was done by Paweł Flis, editing by Jarosław Barzan, music by Łukasz Targosz, scenography by Agata Stróżyńska, and costumes by Robert Adamczyk. Main cast included Tomasz Karolak, Daria Widawska, Alan Andersz, Magdalena Lamparska, Monika Krzywkowska, Łukasz Konopka, Sandra Drzymalska, Marina Łuczenko-Szczęsna, and Maja Seklecka. The series was produced by TVN and Watchout Studio, and filmed in Warsaw, Poland. It aired on the television channel TVN from 18 February 2019 to 8 June 2019, and has one season of ten episodes. Each episode has a running time of 43 minutes.

Episodes

Series	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released	Network
1	10		18 February 2019	8 June 2019	TVN

External links

• 39 and Half Weeks at IMDb
• 39 and Half Weeks at FilmPolski.pl (in Polish)
• 39 and Half Weeks at Filmweb (in Polish)