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It's Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick  (1992)


5.3|11 Sept, 1992|108 min
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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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Keywords
pregnancy
czechoslovakia
surrealism
road trip
communism
satirical
ambivalent
farcical

Casts

Deana Horváthová
Deana Horváthová
Nona
Dagmar Havlová Veškrnová
Dagmar Havlová Veškrnová
Ester
Juraj Kukura
Juraj Kukura
Robert
Vilma Jamnická
Margita
Ľubomír Paulovič
Ľubomír Paulovič
Viliam
V. D. Hoai Phuong
Sajgon
Stano Dančiak
Stano Dančiak
kpt. Klinec
Tomáš Žilinčík
Laco
Pavel Nový
Pavel Nový
Vekslák
Vladimír Jedľovský
Vladimír Jedľovský
Oľga Zöllnerová
Zdeněk Dušek
Zdeněk Dušek
Dušan Lenci
Eva Mária Chalupová
Eva Mária Chalupová
Ján Barto
Hana Packertová
Komisárka
Jiří Pecha
Jiří Pecha
František Velecký
František Velecký
Michal Gučík
Michal Gučík
Hana Militká
J. Třebatická
Michaela Mikulášová-Čobejová
Michaela Mikulášová-Čobejová
M. Potešilová
Jozef Husár
Anton Živčic
Miroslav Topoľnický

Crews

Juraj Jakubisko
Juraj Jakubisko
Director
Jiří Bulis
Music
Tomáš Berka
Set Decoration
Slavomír Procházka
Set Decoration
Peter Čanecký
Costume Design
Ivan Filus
Production Manager
Andrej Ludwig
Assistant Director
Ivo Tomeček
Assistant Director
Stanislav Doršic
Camera Operator
Viktor Fančovič
Camera Operator
Ivan Šimůnek
Camera Operator
Juraj Jakubisko
Juraj Jakubisko
Writer
Jiří Brožek
Jiří Brožek
Editor
Viktor Růžička
Cinematography
Miloš Krkoška
Music
Csaba Török
Sound
Slavomír Mikovec
Lighting Supervisor
Matej Mináč
Assistant Director
Juraj Homoľa
Production Assistant
Ivan Nagy
Production Assistant
Juraj Považan
Production Assistant
Miloš Remeň
Production Assistant
Igor Serina
Makeup Artist
Ľudmila Kováčiková
Makeup Artist
Štefánia Zárecká
Makeup Designer
Mária Šuleková
Costumer
Ivan Varinský
Props
Milan Tardík
Sound Effects
Naďa Marákyová
Assistant Editor
Katarína Dalkovičová
Assistant Editor

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