39 and a Half


39 and a Half is a Polish-language comedy-drama television series aired on TVN from 4 March 2008 to 1 December 2009. It was directed by Mitja Okorn, Łukasz Palkowski, and Łukasz Jaworski; written by Doman Nowakowski, Dorota Mierzejewska, and Tomasz Cichoń; and produced by Justyna Pawlak. It has 3 seasons, with 39 episodes in total, each with a running time of 45 minutes.
The series was continued with a short television film titled titled I pół, which aired on 1 December 2009, after the premiere of its last episode. It was further continued with the sequel television series 39 and Half Weeks, which aired from 18 February 2019 to 8 June 2019.

Premise

Darek Jankowski is a 39-year-old unemployed former amateur musician, who grapples with the midlife crisis, as he is about to turn 40 years old. He decides to get a stable job and reconnect with his ex-wife and his son, whom he had abandoned 7 years prior.

Cast

Production

39 and a Half was directed by Mitja Okorn, Łukasz Palkowski, and Łukasz Jaworski, written by Doman Nowakowski, Dorota Mierzejewska, and Tomasz Cichoń, and produced by Justyna Pawlak. The cinematography was done by Michał Englert, Michał Nowakowski, and Tomasz Naumiuk, editing by Jarosław Barzan, and Krzysztof Boruń, music by Łukasz Targosz, scenography by Joanna Doroszkiewicz, and costumes by Małgorzata Stefaniak, and Magdalena Jadwiga Rutkiewicz. The series was produced and distributed by TVN. It aired from 4 March 2008 to 1 December 2009, and has 39 episodes in total, spanning 3 seasons. Each episode has a running time of 45 minutes.

Continuations

The series was continued with a short television film titled I pół, which aired on 1 December 2009, after the premiere of its last episode. It was directed by Maciej Szwabe, written by Doman Nowakowski, and produced by Justyna Pawlak. It was further continued with the television series 39 and Half Weeks, which aired from 18 February 2019 to 8 June 2019.