| Beauty in Trouble (Kraska v Nesnazich) [NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Czech Republic] | ![Beauty in Trouble (Kraska v Nesnazich) [NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Czech Republic]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515fTogmfWL._SL500_.jpg) | Director: Jan Hrebejk
Actors: Anna Geislerova, Josef Abrham, Jana Brejchova, Jiri Schmitzer, Emilia Vasaryova
Studio: SONY BMG
Category: DVD
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Rating:  2 reviews
Format: PAL, Subtitled, Widescreen, Import, Color
Languages: Czech (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Czech (Subtitled)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Region: 0
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 110 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
UPC: 886970712293
EAN: 0886970712293
ASIN: B0036SDGEA
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Publication Date: 2008
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Product Description
Czech released, PAL/Region free DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: SPOKEN LANGUAGE: CZECH Dolby Digital 2.0 and Dolby Digital 5.1; SUBTITLES: ENGLISH, CZECH; WIDESCREEN 2,35:1; SYNOPSIS: In their sixth feature-length film, screenwriter Petr Jarchovsky and director Jan Hrebejk as in the tragicomedy Up and Down touch upon complex inter-personal relationships in modern Czech society. The heroine of this love story inspired by the poem of the same name by Robert Graves, is an ordinary young woman, Marcela, who has to decide between two men: her undeserving but beloved husband, and an affable, well situated elderly foreigner. The elegant Czech-Italian represents a secure future for Marcela and her two children, and if good sense were guiding her, she wouldnt hesitate. A central role in this narrative which, according to its creators, is about "sex, money and a good person", however, is also given over to the heroines complicated family relations. Using a simple plot reminiscent of a story from a dime novel, the experienced filmmakers develop an intricate genre piece with an unexpected ending.
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Captured my attention June 25, 2010
Bradley F. Smith (Miami Beach, FL)
The "evil" step-father steals the show here, lecturing his stepdaughter's kids about behaviour and telling them their father is really in jail for stealing cars, not in India where the mother had told the kids he was. This is a family tale about a dysfunctional lot in Prague. We see scenes of the city where the tourists don't go. Then a white knight enters the picture and everything begins to change. The script and acting here are first rate. And the soundtrack matches the mood.
The Trouble with Beauty October 14, 2009
John Ackerman (Los Angeles, CA USA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was recently turned on to a brilliant Czech director, Jan Hrebejk, by a colleauge of mine. Since then I have become a Hrebejk-aholic. After watching some of his earlier, more popular films (Up and Down, Divided we Fall) I picked up "Beauty in Trouble." Upon inspection of the cover I must admit, I was a bit skeptic (haunting images of "How Stella got her Groove Back" came to me all to quickly), but nevertheless I remained loyal to Hrebejk and proceeded optimisticly.
Within minutes I was hitting myself for my prior cover-judgements (that old addage, "never judge a book by its cover" seems to be much more applicable to films these days).
What unfolded before me was nothing less than cinematic poetry, which is appropriate due to the fact that it is adapted from a Robert Graves poem of the same title. The film takes place in a troubled part of Prague, both aesthetically and economically, just after the 2002 floods. It is here where we are introduced to our "Beauty", Marcela (the gourgeous Anna Geislerova). A young mother of two, her situation is thus: living in a shamble of a flat connected to her husband's illegal chop shop. However in all this ruin there is one saving factor in their relationship, the sex. Unfortunately, the sex won't keep their children healthy and happy. With this in mind Marcela takes them and moves into her mother's just after her husband, Jarda, is arrested for stealing a car from a wealthy vintner, Evzen Benes(Josef Abrham).
Upon moving in with her mother we are introduced to two of the more charismatic characters of the film, as well as Hrebejk's true talents as a director; his ability to make you both truly hate and love everyone in his films. What Marcela and her kids move into is nothing short of comedic justice, a loving yet overly-timid mother and an evil stepfather (think the grinch with a comedic streak) who's first question to Marcela's tween daughter is if "she's been felt up by any boys lately" and for an encore offers Marcela's even younger son a beer. His sharp tongue and backwards idea of generosity know no ends.
One day while visiting her husband in jail Marcela runs into Evzen, who not only provides Jarda with a lawyer but begins a strangely satisfying courtship with Marcela. He houses them in his Czech residence, takes them on trips to his vineyard home in Tuscany, even going as far to inviting Richard, the stepfather, along as well.
The outcome, you must see for yourself. However it's not the plot that drives this movie, but everything else. From the soundtrack which is brilliantly incorporated into the movie, to the sheer beauty of locations (Prague, Tuscany, etc.) But the real driving force in this film is Hrebejk's keen eye for detail as well as his truly unconditional love for every character in this film. He does this brilliantly by using humorous character flaws that somehow make each character seem even stronger.
Fans of single-dimensional movies beware, there is no black and white in this film. It is this sea of grey that causes you to hate to love the "good guys" and love to hate the "bad guys." Woody Allen fans and fans of intelligent humor alike, you know what im talking about, and will find yourself wondering whether or not Jan Hrebejk might be a long lost Czech cousin of his.
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