It's Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick (1992)
It's Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick (1992)
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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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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Certification: 12+

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Genres: Comedy, Drama

Language: Český, Slovenčina

Release Date: 11 September 1992

Country: XC

Runtime: 108m

Company Credits

Company: Mirofilm

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Cast

Directed By

Juraj Jakubisko

Juraj Jakubisko

Director

Andrej Ludwig

Andrej Ludwig

Assistant Director

Ivo Tomeček

Ivo Tomeček

Assistant Director

Writing Credits

Production Crew

Ivan Filus

Ivan Filus

Production Manager

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Peter Čanecký

Peter Čanecký

Costume Design

Sound

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Stanislav Doršic

Stanislav Doršic

Camera Operator

Viktor Fančovič

Viktor Fančovič

Camera Operator

Ivan Šimůnek

Ivan Šimůnek

Camera Operator

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Slavomír Procházka

Slavomír Procházka

Set Decoration

Tomáš Berka

Tomáš Berka

Set Decoration

Other Crew

Csaba Török

Csaba Török

Sound Recordist

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