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It's Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick
5.2 / 10• 1992• 1h 48m•NR• Slovak
ComedyDrama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Deana Horváthová
Nona
Lead
Dagmar Havlová Veškrnová
Ester
Juraj Kukura
Robert
VJ
Vilma Jamnická
Margita
Ľubomír Paulovič
Viliam
VD
V. D. Hoai Phuong
Sajgon
Stano Dančiak
kpt. Klinec
TŽ
Tomáš Žilinčík
Laco
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Juraj Jakubisko's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. It's Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
