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

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

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Slovak

Runtime

108 mins

Rating

5.3/10

Release Date

11 September 1992

Country

Czechoslovakia

Cast

Deana Horváthová

Deana Horváthová

Nona

Dagmar Havlová Veškrnová

Dagmar Havlová Veškrnová

Ester

Juraj Kukura

Juraj Kukura

Robert

Vilma Jamnická

Vilma Jamnická

Margita

Ľubomír Paulovič

Ľubomír Paulovič

Viliam

V. D. Hoai Phuong

V. D. Hoai Phuong

Sajgon

Stano Dančiak

Stano Dančiak

kpt. Klinec

Tomáš Žilinčík

Tomáš Žilinčík

Laco

Pavel Nový

Pavel Nový

Vekslák

Vladimír Jedľovský

Vladimír Jedľovský

Oľga Zöllnerová

Oľga Zöllnerová

Zdeněk Dušek

Zdeněk Dušek

Dušan Lenci

Dušan Lenci

Eva Mária Chalupová

Eva Mária Chalupová

Ján Barto

Ján Barto

Hana Packertová

Hana Packertová

Komisárka

Jiří Pecha

Jiří Pecha

František Velecký

František Velecký

Michal Gučík

Michal Gučík

Hana Militká

Hana Militká

J. Třebatická

J. Třebatická

Michaela Mikulášová-Čobejová

Michaela Mikulášová-Čobejová

M. Potešilová

M. Potešilová

Jozef Husár

Jozef Husár

Anton Živčic

Anton Živčic

Miroslav Topoľnický

Miroslav Topoľnický

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