It's Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick 1992
6.4 / 10
It's Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick
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.
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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Release Date:
Sep 11, 1992
Run Time:
1hr 48`
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Original Language:
Slovak
Status:
Released
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Cast
... Nona
... Ester
... Robert
... Margita
... Viliam
VDHP
V. D. Hoai Phuong... Sajgon
... kpt. Klinec
... Vekslák
... Komisárka
... Laco
...
ZD
Zdeněk Dušek...
DL
Dušan Lenci...
...
JB
Ján Barto...
...
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HM
Hana Militká...
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MR
Milos Remen... Production Assistant
IN
Ivan Nagy... Production Assistant
IF
Ivan Filus... Production Manager
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