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

1992

1h 48m

4.9

4.9/10

8 votes • View on IMDb

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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Status: Released

Language: SK

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Production Information

Production Companies

MiroFilm

Production Countries

Czechoslovakia

Spoken Languages

Czech Slovak

Keywords

pregnancy czechoslovakia surrealism road trip communism satirical ambivalent farcical

Quick Facts

Original Title	Lepšie byť bohatý a zdravý ako chudobný a chorý
Release Date	September 11, 1992
Status	Released
Language	SK
IMDb ID	tt0107388
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