6.8 /10 1 Votes
3.4/5 Mubi Cinematography Viktor Růžička Initial release 11 September 1992 Produced by Deana Horváthová Music director Jiří Bulis, Miloš Krkoška | 6.8/10 IMDb Directed by Juraj Jakubisko Distributed by Mirofilm Director Juraj Jakubisko Written by Juraj Jakubisko | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Music by Jiří Bulis
Miloš Krkoška Production
company Jakubisko film, Czech Television Release date 11 November 1992 (1992-11-11) Cast Deana Horváthová, Juraj Kukura, Dagmar Havlová, Vilma Jamnická, Ľubomír Paulovič Similar The Deserters and the N, See You in Hell - Friends, Sitting on a Branch - Enjoying, An ambiguous report ab, Crucial Years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
It s better to be wealthy and healthy than poor and ill 1992 trailer
Synopsis
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.
Contents
- It s better to be wealthy and healthy than poor and ill 1992 trailer
- Synopsis
- Director about the film
- Awards
- References
Director about the film
“Before the premiere of this last film from united Czechoslovakia in June 1992, the motif of separation of Czechoslovakia was taken as a joke, but when it happened 6 months later, it was a tragedy. Even though I predicted it then, I didn’t pass as a fortune-teller. I had no idea that my main character Dáša Veškrnová would go on to become the first lady in the part of the former Czechoslovakia where I have decided to live ….”
Awards
• Grand Prize The Golden Dolphin