It's Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick

It's Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick

Release date : September 11, 1992
Runtime : 1h 48m
Countries of origin : Czechoslovakia /
Original Language : Czech / Slovak /
Director : Juraj Jakubisko /
Writers : Juraj Jakubisko /
Production companies : Mirofilm /
September 11, 1992 1h 48m Czechoslovakia Comedy Czech More
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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.
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  • title:It's Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1992
  • Runtime:1h 48m
  • Genres: Comedy · Drama ·
  • Countries of origin: Czechoslovakia ·
  • Original Language: Czech · Slovak ·
  • Director: Juraj Jakubisko /
  • Writers: Juraj Jakubisko ·
  • Production companies: Mirofilm ·
  • Overview: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.
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