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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.

  • Comedy
  • Drama

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Deana HorváthováDeana HorváthováNona
  • Photo of Dagmar Havlová VeškrnováDagmar Havlová VeškrnováEster
  • Photo of Juraj KukuraJuraj KukuraRobert
  • Photo of Vilma JamnickáVilma JamnickáMargita
  • Photo of Ľubomír PaulovičĽubomír PaulovičViliam
  • Photo of V. D. Hoai PhuongV. D. Hoai PhuongSajgon
  • Photo of Stano DančiakStano Dančiakkpt. Klinec
  • Photo of Tomáš ŽilinčíkTomáš ŽilinčíkLaco
  • Photo of Pavel NovýPavel NovýVekslák
  • Photo of Vladimír JedľovskýVladimír Jedľovský

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