"A Masterwork."
Los Angeles Times
"Masterful."
Entertainement Variety
A FILM BY JAN HREBEJK
AND PETR JARCHOVSKY
ABOUT SEX, MONEY, AND A GOOD MAN
The title of director Jan Hrebejk's masterful Czech drama, set soon after the Prague floods of 2002, is taken from a poem by Robert Graves, but BEAUTY IN TROUBLE applies just as well to Marcela (played by a wonderful Geislerova). She's a resilient mother married to a gruff guy (Roman Luknar) who runs a chop shop. (The sex is hot, the apartment spare). Then, long story short, he's clapped in jail. And she gets involved with a wealthy vintner (abrham) who takes her and her kids to Tuscany. This a film of uncommon subtlety, fluidity, and specificity of character.
GRADE A-
-by Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
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