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

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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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Creators

Juraj Jakubisko

director

Juraj Jakubisko

writer

Cast

Deana Horváthová actor

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Dagmar Havlová Veškrnová actor Juraj Kukura actor

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Vilma Jamnická actor Ľubomír Paulovič actor

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V. D. Hoai Phuong actor

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Stano Dančiak actor

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Tomas Zilincik actor Pavel Nový actor

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Vladimír Jedľovský actor

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Oľga Zöllnerová actor

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Zdeněk Dušek actor

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Dušan Lenci actor

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Eva Mária Chalupová actor

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Jan Barto actor

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Hana Packertová actor

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Jiří Pecha actor František Velecký actor

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Michal Gučík actor

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Hana Militká actor