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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Directing | Juraj Jakubisko | Director |
Costume & Make-Up | Peter Čanecký | Costume Design |
Crew | Csaba Török | Sound Recordist |
Directing | Andrej Ludwig | Assistant Director |
Directing | Ivo Tomeček | Assistant Director |
Art | Slavomír Procházka | Set Decoration |
Production | Ivan Filus | Production Manager |
Camera | Stanislav Doršic | Camera Operator |
Sound | Jiří Bulis | Music |
Camera | Viktor Fančovič | Camera Operator |
Art | Tomáš Berka | Set Decoration |
Camera | Ivan Šimůnek | Camera Operator |
Writing | Juraj Jakubisko | Writer |
Editing | Jiří Brožek | Editor |