It's Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick
19921h 48m5.4
Comedy, Drama
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genre
- Comedy
- Origin
- Czechoslovakia
About
A satiric tragi-comedy about two women and their lover Robert who is an emigrant that keeps coming back. This film shows chaotic post-communist Europe after the fall of totalitarianism. Two opposite characters, women, meet during the Velvet Revolution in November 1989. Intellectual dissident Nona and a Communist secret police boss’ mistress Ester. They meet at an anti-regime demonstration and become friends. They don’t want anything to do with politics, both want to get married and have kids, but also get rich. Crazy plans and risky attempts to realize their shared dreams land them in many sticky situations in the post-revolution chaos. Too much money gets in the way of the power of friendship.
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet.
Details
- Director
- Juraj Jakubisko
- Writing
- Juraj Jakubisko
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Sep 11, 1992
- Studio
- MiroFilm
Cast
Deana Horváthová
Nona
Dagmar Havlová Veškrnová
Ester
Juraj Kukura
Robert
Vilma Jamnická
Margita
Ľubomír Paulovič
Viliam
V. D. Hoai Phuong
Sajgon
Stano Dančiak
kpt. Klinec
Tomáš Žilinčík
Laco
Pavel Nový
Vekslák
Vladimír Jedľovský
Oľga Zöllnerová
Zdeněk Dušek
Dušan Lenci
Eva Mária Chalupová
Ján Barto
Hana Packertová
Komisárka
Jiří Pecha
František Velecký
Michal Gučík
Hana Militká
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