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5.2 1h 48m

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.

Top 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

Overview

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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